TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fiedler,Peggy Lee
AU  - Jain,Subodh K.
TI  - Conservation biology: the theory and practice of nature conservation, preservation, and management 
SN  - 0412019515
AV  - QH75 .C662 1992
PY  - 1992///
CY  - New York
PB  - Chapman and Hall
KW  - Nature conservation
KW  - Plant conservation
KW  - Biodiversity conservation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Species richness in plant communities; / Peter S. Ashton; -- Hierarchies of cause : toward an understanding of rarity in vascular plant species; / Peggy L. Fiedler and Jeremy J. Ahouse; -- Peasant farming systems, agricultural modernization, and the conservation of crop genetic resources in Latin America; / Miguel A. Altieri and M. Kat Anderson; -- The new paradigm in ecology : implications for conservation biology above the species level; / Steward T. A. Pickett, V. Thomas Parker and Peggy L. Fiedler; -- Reptilian extinctions : the last ten thousand years; / Ted J. Case. Douglas T. Bolger and Adam D. Richman; -- Loss of biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems : evidence from fish faunas; / Peter B. Moyle and Robert A. Leidy; -- Threats to invertebrate biodiversity : implications for conservation strategies; / John E. Hafernik, Jr; -- Forest fragmentation and the conservation of biological diversity; / Larry D. Harris and Gilberto Silva-Lopez; Issues of scale in conservation biology; / Reed F. Noss; -- Stochastic modeling of extinction in plant populations; / Eric S. Menges; -- The effects of inbreeding on isolated populations : are minimum viable population sizes predictable?; / Robert C. Lacy; -- Conservation of Asian primates : aspects of genetics and behavioral ecology that predict vulnerability; / Mary C. Pearl --Genetic and demographic considerations in the sampling and reintroduction of rare plants; / Edward O. Guerrant, Jr; -- Ecological management of sensitive natural areas; / C. Ronald Carroll; -- Park protection and public roads; / Christine Schonewald-Cox and Marybeth Buechner; -- From conservation biology to conservation practices : strategies for protecting plant diversity; / Donald A. Falk; -- The role of ecological restoration in conservation biology; / Laura L. Jackson; -- Why should we conserve species and wildlands?; / G. Ledyard Stebbins
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