Practical Conservation BiologyCovers the complete array of topics that are central to conservation biology and natural resource management, thus providing the essential framework for under-graduate and post-graduate courses in these subject areas. The book is the most comprehensive assessment of conservation topics in Australia and one of the most comprehensive worldwide. |
Contents
General introduction | 1 |
Principles for conservation | 5 |
1 Why conserve? | 7 |
2 What should be conserved? | 27 |
classification of threat | 57 |
4 Protected areas offreserve conservation and managed populations | 87 |
Impacts | 121 |
5 Changes in the physical environment | 123 |
Methods of analysis | 335 |
13 Measuring managing and using genetic variation | 337 |
14 Measuring diversity | 357 |
15 Identifying habitat | 367 |
16 Reserve design | 385 |
17 Monitoring assessment and indicators | 401 |
18 Risk assessment | 425 |
Management principles for conservation | 449 |
6 Loss of genetic diversity populations and species | 147 |
7 Changes in species distributions and abundances | 167 |
8 Harvesting natural populations | 205 |
9 Vegetation loss and degradation | 229 |
10 Landscapes and habitat fragmentation | 255 |
11 Fire and biodiversity | 293 |
12 Demands of the human population | 319 |
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