LEADER 02911nam 2200577Ia 450 001 996198206803316 005 20230617015117.0 010 $a1-4443-0202-7 010 $a9786612252112 010 $a1-282-25211-9 010 $a1-4443-1348-7 010 $a1-4443-1349-5 010 $a0-632-06124-3 035 $a(CKB)111004368744880 035 $a(EBL)454451 035 $a(OCoLC)609844464 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000129050 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11936980 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129050 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10072156 035 $a(PQKB)11175136 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454451 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368744880 100 $a19970514e20041998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aConservation science and action$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by William J. Sutherland 210 $aOxford ;$aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Science$d2004, c1998 215 $a1 online resource (378 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-86542-762-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 317-346) and index. 327 $aConservation 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 327 $aCHAPTER 13: Conservation policy and politicsCHAPTER 14: Conservation and development; References; Index 330 $aConservation 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 606 $aConservation biology 606 $aNature conservation 615 0$aConservation biology. 615 0$aNature conservation. 676 $a591.5 701 $aSutherland$b William J$0293380 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996198206803316 996 $aConservation science and action$91911249 997 $aUNISA