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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2004, c1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (378 p.)
• Disciplina: 591.5
• Soggetto topico: Conservation biology; Nature conservation
• Altri autori: SutherlandWilliam J
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Conservation science and action
• ISBN: 1-4443-0202-7; 9786612252112; 1-282-25211-9; 1-4443-1348-7; 1-4443-1349-5; 0-632-06124-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996198206803316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno