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UNISA996198206803316 |
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Titolo |
Conservation science and action [[electronic resource] /] / edited by William J. Sutherland |
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Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2004, c1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-4443-0202-7 |
9786612252112 |
1-282-25211-9 |
1-4443-1348-7 |
1-4443-1349-5 |
0-632-06124-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (378 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Conservation biology |
Nature conservation |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-346) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Conservation Science and Action; List of contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1: Biodiversity; CHAPTER 2: Extinction; CHAPTER 3: Introductions; CHAPTER 4: Pollutants and pesticides; CHAPTER 5: Sustainable and unsustainable exploitation; CHAPTER 6: Small and declining populations; CHAPTER 7: Metapopulatioll, source-sink and disturbance dynamics; CHAPTER 8: Implications of historical ecology for conservation; CHAPTER 9: Selecting areas for conservation; CHAPTER 10: Managing habitats and species; CHAPTER 11: Economics of nature conservation; CHAPTER 12: Conservation education |
CHAPTER 13: Conservation policy and politicsCHAPTER 14: Conservation and development; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Conservation Science and Action is intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in conservation biology. This book reviews the latest thinking and approaches, and in doing so provides a readily accessible reference work for conservation professionals and managers. Because conservation biology is now one of the most dynamic disciplines in the life sciences, William Sutherland |
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