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Main Title Conservation biology the theory and practice of nature conservation, preservation, and management /
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Fiedler, Peggy Lee.
Jain, Subodh K.
Publisher Chapman and Hall,
Year Published 1992
OCLC Number 25202535
ISBN 0412019515 : 0412019612 :
Subjects Nature conservation ; Plant conservation ; Biological diversity conservation
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ERAM  QH75.C662 1992 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 03/31/1995
Collation xxix, 507 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
Species richness in plant communities / Peter S. Ashton -- Hierarchies of cause : toward an understanding of rarity in vascular plant species / Peggy L. Fiedler and Jeremy J. Ahouse -- Peasant farming systems, agricultural modernization, and the conservation of crop genetic resources in Latin America / Miguel A. Altieri and M. Kat Anderson -- The new paradigm in ecology : implications for conservation biology above the species level / Steward T. A. Pickett, V. Thomas Parker and Peggy L. Fiedler -- Reptilian extinctions : the last ten thousand years / Ted J. Case. Douglas T. Bolger and Adam D. Richman -- Loss of biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems : evidence from fish faunas / Peter B. Moyle and Robert A. Leidy -- Threats to invertebrate biodiversity : implications for conservation strategies / John E. Hafernik, Jr. -- Forest fragmentation and the conservation of biological diversity / Larry D. Harris and Gilberto Silva-Lopez. Issues of scale in conservation biology / Reed F. Noss -- Stochastic modeling of extinction in plant populations / Eric S. Menges -- The effects of inbreeding on isolated populations : are minimum viable population sizes predictable? / Robert C. Lacy -- Conservation of Asian primates : aspects of genetics and behavioral ecology that predict vulnerability / Mary C. Pearl --Genetic and demographic considerations in the sampling and reintroduction of rare plants / Edward O. Guerrant, Jr. -- Ecological management of sensitive natural areas / C. Ronald Carroll -- Park protection and public roads / Christine Schonewald-Cox and Marybeth Buechner -- From conservation biology to conservation practices : strategies for protecting plant diversity / Donald A. Falk -- The role of ecological restoration in conservation biology / Laura L. Jackson -- Why should we conserve species and wildlands? / G. Ledyard Stebbins.