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Biodiversity and conservation [electronic resource]

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Routledge, 2006 - Science - 236 pages

This revised second edition provides an introductory guide through the maze of interdisciplinary themes that comprise 'biodiversity.' It combines biological sciences with insights into the origins, variety and distribution of biodiversity, analysis of the social and political context, and the threats to, and opportunities for, the survival of natural systems.

Whilst retaining its existing structure, this updated new edition reflects advances that have demonstrated the importance of living systems as drivers of environmental services vital to human health and security. The final chapter has been revised to tackle more explicitly the contrasting approaches to conservation, and throughout, the book has been updated to reflect new research and developments.

With highly original international case studies and ample illustrations to explain difficult topics clearly, this excellent book remains the only introductory text which brings together the full range of theory and practice of 'biodiversity' and 'conservation'.

  

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Contents

The Rio Earth Summit I
1
The OHara farm Galway
7
Scotswood Community Garden Newcastle upon Tyne
12
Greenpeace antiwhaling protest
14
The nature of television
16
Human impact on rainforest
17
logged rainforest replanted with cannabis
18
a creature or community?
24
global and national ecosystem services
119
Extinction
127
The Clovis overkill extinctions
128
Partula twgida
131
Red Data categories
137
Habitat fragmentation
139
The plight of Asias vultures
144
The fatal lure of the Grey Wolf
145

The Garden of Ediacara
26
weird wonder or upsidedown worm?
28
Evidence for the KT impact hypothesis
32
Characteristics of mass extinctions
36
The creation of biodiversity
44
Ecotron experiment
45
A diversity gradient with altitude
52
A speciesrich marsh Aberlady Bay Scotland a Local Nature Reserve
57
Habitat heterogeneity
60
Habitat complexity
62
Disturbance and succession
67
Chapter3 An inventory of planet Earth
82
methods and measures
84
Microbial metabolic diversity
85
Classifications of life through European history
87
the example of ponds in the United Kingdom
95
the Udzungwa partridge
97
Erwins famous 30 million species of arthropod
102
the other last biotic frontier
103
Mount Kupe part of the Cameroon Mountain Endemic Bird Area
108
direct use production
117
greed and need the bushmeat crisis
146
Nature reserve wardens intercept illegal logging in Mozambique
148
economic and social forces the passenger pigeon and American buffalo
149
The value of conservation in the United Kingdom
156
Grey Seals on the Fame Islands north east England
157
Mount Kupe Forest Project Cameroon
161
Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force 2004
164
The conservation of biodiversity
167
Elephants in Zimbabwe
174
A Species Action Plan for Desmoulins whorl snail
175
The author wrestling with a wouldbe Zimbabwean handbag at a crocodile farm at Victoria Falls
179
Rio Convention caveats
180
Reconnecting and restoring
188
IUCN protected area management categories
191
A campsite in a Zimbabwean National Park
192
Partula snail reintroduction
195
Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust training programme
198
Glossary
204
Further reading
213
Bibliography
223
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University of Essex :: Course catalogue detail
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Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)
Biodiversity and Conservation. Routledge, New York, New York, usa. Leveque, C., and J.-C. Mounolou. 2003. Biodiversity. John Wiley and Sons, West Sussex, ...
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Please consult the web for updates that may occur during the year. Description: Biodiversity and Conservation. Campus. Units ...
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BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
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About the author (2006)

Michael J. Jeffries is a Lecturer in Ecology and Environment at Northumbria University.

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