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Protecting life on Earth : an introduction to the science of conservation /
Written to be accessible to any college-level reader, Protecting Life on Earth offers a non-technical, yet comprehensive introduction to the growing field of conservation science. This multifaceted exploration of our current biodiversity crisis delivers vivid examples throughout, including features...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Environmental history
- Variation, natural selection, and evolution
- Species : the basic unit of conservation
- Climate and global patterns of distribution
- Ecology : individuals and populations
- Ecology : communities and ecosystems
- Biodiversity and extinction
- Value, economics, and the tragedy of the commons
- Conservation science
- Conservation and the legal system : USA
- Invasive species and conservation
- Restoration ecology
- Conservation in action.