Saving Biological Diversity Balancing Protection of Endangered Species and Ecosystems /

The distinctive contribution of this book is that it presents a pragmatic approach for preserving biological diversity. Experts in a wide variety of fields, including philosophy, environmental policy, law, economics and biology, present different perspectives on how to prevent widespread extinction...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Askins, Robert A. (Editor ), Dreyer, Glenn D. (Editor ), Visgilio, Gerald R. (Editor ), Whitelaw, Diana M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Temas:
Biodiversity.
Conservation biology.
Ecology .
Environmental economics.
Environmental Law.
Conservation Biology.
Environmental Economics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Saving Biological Diversity: An Overview
  • Saving Biological Diversity: An Overview
  • Protecting Populations of Particular Species
  • Toward a Policy-Relevant Definition of Biodiversity
  • Navigating for Noah: Setting New Directions for Endangered Species Protection in the 21st Century
  • Economics of Protecting Endangered Species
  • The Center for Plant Conservation: Twenty Years of Recovering America's Vanishing Flora
  • The Piping Plover as an Umbrella Species for the Barrier Beach Ecosystem
  • Restoring Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) to New England
  • Protecting Regional Ecosystems
  • Sea Change: Changing Management to Protect Ocean Ecosystems
  • Valuing Benefits from Ecosystem Improvements using Stated Preference Methods: An Example from Reducing Acidification in the Adirondacks Park
  • Conserving Forest Ecosystems: Guidelines for Size, Condition and Landscape Requirements
  • Restoring America's Everglades: A Lobbyist's Perspective
  • The Need For Global Efforts To Save Biological Diversity
  • A Wildland and Woodland Vision for the New England Landscape: Local Conservation, Biodiversity and the Global Environment
  • Creative Approaches to Preserving Biodiversity in Brazil and the Amazon
  • Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Ocean Acidification: The Potential Impacts on Ocean Biodiversity
  • Advancing Conservation in a Globalized World
  • Protecting Biodiversity, from Flagship Species to the Global Environment.

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