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200 10$aProtecting life on Earth$b[electronic resource] $ean introduction to the science of conservation /$fMichael P. Marchetti, Peter B. Moyle
210   $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2010
215   $a1 online resource (233 p.)
225 0 $aStephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment Protecting life on Earth 
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-520-26432-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Environmental History -- $t2. Variation, Natural Selection, and Evolution -- $t3. Species. The basic unit of conservation -- $t4. Climate and Global Patterns of Distribution -- $t5. Ecology. Individuals and populations -- $t6. Ecology. Communities and ecosystems -- $t7. Biodiversity and Extinction -- $t8. Value, Economics, and the Tragedy of the Commons -- $t9. Conservation Science -- $t10. Conservation and the American Legal System -- $t11. Invasive Species and Conservation -- $t12. Restoration Ecology -- $t13. Conservation in Action -- $tBibliography -- $tINDEX
330   $aWritten 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 on some of nature's most compelling wildlife. Beginning with a brief introduction to environmental history, the text introduces the central concepts of evolution and ecology, and covers several major issues related to the conservation of biodiversity including extinction, climate change, sustainability, conservation law, and invasive species. It also touches on adjacent disciples such as economics and sociology as they relate to conservation. The text even includes practical advice on the decisions we make every day-how we spend our money, where we live and work, what we eat and buy. Throughout, Protecting Life on Earth underscores the ways in which our future is tied to that of Earth's threatened species, and demonstrates exactly why conservation is so vitally important for us all.
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606   $aEcology$vTextbooks
610   $aagriculture.
610   $aanimal habitat.
610   $aanimal populations.
610   $aanimals.
610   $abiodiversity.
610   $abiology.
610   $aclimate change.
610   $aconservation law.
610   $aconservation.
610   $aearth sciences.
610   $aecology.
610   $aecosystem.
610   $aendangered animals.
610   $aenvironment.
610   $aenvironmental history.
610   $aenvironmental law.
610   $aenvironmentalism.
610   $aevolution.
610   $aextinction.
610   $aglobal warming.
610   $agreen living.
610   $ainvasive species.
610   $anatural selection.
610   $anature reserve.
610   $anature.
610   $anonfiction.
610   $arestoration ecology.
610   $ascience.
610   $asocial issues.
610   $aspecies.
610   $asustainability.
610   $awildlife.
610   $azoology.
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