Name: Conservation Biology By Peggy L. Fiedler
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Conservation Biology: For the Coming Decade by Peggy L. Fiedler

Reflecting a new generation of conservation biologists' upper-division and graduate level conservation biology courses, as well as for individual reference, this book incorporates a number of new authors and additional chapters, covering all aspects of one of the most dynamic areas in the life sciences. Containing ten additional chapters, it includes such timely topics as ecosystem management and the economics of conservation.

Section I Saving Species Through Population Biology and Viability Analyses: A Morass of Math, Myth, and Mistakes?.- 1 The Analysis of Population Persistence: An Outlook on the Practice of Viability Analysis.- 2 Rare Plant Demography: Lessons from the Mariposa Lilies (Calochortus: Liliaceae).- 3 Evaluating Extinction Risks in Plant Populations.- 4 Physical Effects of Habitat Fragmentation.- 5 Reintroduction of Rare Plants: Genetics, Demography and the Role of Ex Situ Conservation Methods.- Section II Broad Brushes and Taxonomic Tours: Summaries of the State of the Natural World.- 6 Conservation and Management of Species in the Sea.- 7 Reptilian Extinctions over the Last Ten Thousand Years.- 8 Conservation Status of the Worlds Fish Fauna: An Overview.- 9 Challenges in Insect Conservation: Managing Fluctuating Populations in Disturbed Habitats.- 10 An Australian Perspective on Plant Conservation Biology in Practice.- Section III Habitat Degradation and Ecological Restoration: Hubris, Hegemony, and Healing.- 11 Critical Issues in Invasion Biology for Conservation Science.- 12 Challenges and Approaches for Conserving Hawaiis Endangered Birds.- 13 Picking Up the Pieces: Botanical Conservation on Degraded Oceanic Islands.- 14 When Do Genetic Considerations Require Special Approaches to Ecological Restoration?.- 15 Replacing Endangered Species Habitat: The Acid Test of Wetland Ecology.- Section IV When Conservation Meets the Real World of Economics, Politics, and Tradeoffs.- 16 The Economics of Biological Diversity Conservation.- 17 The Patagonia Challenge: Melding Conservation with Development.- 18 Tropical Agroecology and Conservation Ecology: Two Paths Toward Sustainable Development.- Section V New Technologies and Novel Perspectives for the Next Generation ofConservation Biology.- 19 Using Molecular Genetics to Learn about the Ecology of Threatened Species: The Allure and the Illusion of Measuring Genetic Structure in Natural Populations.- 20 Conservation Endocrinology: Field Endocrinology Meets Conservation Biology.- 21 Global Climate Change and Species Interactions.- 22 Contributions of Spatially Explicit Landscape Models to Conservation Biology.- Epilogue A Retrospective Gap Analysis.

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NPB9780412096518

ISBN 13

9780412096518

ISBN 10

041209651X

Title

Conservation Biology: For the Coming Decade by Peggy L. Fiedler

Author

Peggy L. Fiedler

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New

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Hardback

Publisher

Chapman and Hall

Year published

1997-10-31

Number of pages

534

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Conservation Biology Peggy L. Fiedler

Conservation Biology by Peggy L. Fiedler

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Conservation Biology: For the Coming Decade by Peggy L. Fiedler

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