1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990001665740403321

Autore

Stazione agraria sperimentale di Bari

Titolo

Attività della Stazione nel triennio 1957-59 / Stazione Agraria Sperimentale di Bari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bari : Stazione Agraria Sperimentale, 1960

Descrizione fisica

133 p. ; 23 cm

Disciplina

630.724

Locazione

FAGBC

Collocazione

60 630.6 B 13

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996198206803316

Titolo

Conservation science and action [[electronic resource] /] / edited by William J. Sutherland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2004, c1998

ISBN

1-4443-0202-7

9786612252112

1-282-25211-9

1-4443-1348-7

1-4443-1349-5

0-632-06124-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SutherlandWilliam J

Disciplina

591.5

Soggetti

Conservation biology

Nature conservation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-346) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 and his international team of authors have selected many of the liveliest topics where key advances are currently being made. They stress ideas, point to unresolved issues, and suggest possible