Essentials of conservation biology
Richard B. Primack (Author)
This text combines theory and applied and basic research to explain the connections between conservation biology and ecology, climate change biology, the protection of endangered species, protected area management, environmental economics, and sustainable development. A major theme throughout the book is the active role that scientists, local people, the general public, conservation organizations, and governments can play in protecting biodiversity, even while providing for human needs. Each chapter begins with general ideas and principles, which are illustrated with choice examples from the current literature. The most instructive examples are discussed in boxes highlighting projects, species, and issues of particular significance. Chapters end with summaries, an annotated list of suggested readings, and discussion questions. This new edition comes with extensive summary statements in the text margins, as study aids
Print Book, English, 2014
Sixth edition View all formats and editions
Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers, Sunderland, Massachusetts, 2014
xv, 603 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
9781605352893, 1605352896
876140621
Part I Major Issues That Define the Discipline
Chapter 1 What Is Conservation Biology?
Chapter 2 What Is Biodiversity?
Chapter 3 Where Is the World's Biodiversity Found?
Part II Valuing Biodiversity
Chapter 4 Ecological Economics
Chapter 5 Indirect Use Value
Chapter 6 Ethical Values
Part III Threats to Biodiversity
Chapter 7 Extinction
Chapter 8 Vulnerability to Extinction
Chapter 9 Habitat Destruction, Fragmentation, Degradation, and Global Climate Change
Chapter 10 Overexploitation, Invasive Species, and Disease
Part IV Conservation at the Population and Species Levels
Chapter 11 Problems of Small Populations
Chapter 12 Applied Population Biology
Chapter 13 Establishing New Populations
Chapter 14 Ex Situ Conservation Strategies
Part V Practical Applications
Chapter 15 Establishing Protected Areas
Chapter 16 Designing Networks of Protected Areas
Chapter 17 Managing Protected Areas
Chapter 18 Conservation Outside Protected Areas
Chapter 19 Restoration Ecology
Part VI Conservation and Human Societies
Chapter 20 Conservation and Sustainable Development at the Local and National Levels
Chapter 21 An International Approach to Conservation and Sustainable Development
Chapter 22 An Agenda for the Future