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Genre/Form: | Textbooks |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Navjot S Sodhi; Barry W Brook; Corey J A Bradshaw |
ISBN: | 9781405150736 1405150734 |
OCLC Number: | 476794467 |
Description: | 332 s. : illustrations |
Contents: | Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Diminishing habitats in regions of high biodiversity. 2. Invaluable losses. 3. Broken homes: tropical biotas in fragmented landscapes. 4. Burning down the house. 5. Alien invaders. 6. Human uses and abuses of tropical biodiversity. 7. Threats in three dimensions: tropical aquatic conservation. 8. Climate change: feeling the tropical heat. 9. Lost without a trace: the tropical extinction crisis. 10. Lights at the end of the tunnel: conservation options and challenges. References. Index |
Responsibility: | Navjot S. Sodhi, Barry W. Brook, Corey J.A. Bradshaw |
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"This is by far the best introduction to conservation biology in the broadest sense that I have yet encountered." (Biodivers Conserv, 2011) "It is simply a good, detailed, and up-to-date book that belongs on the shelves of scholars in tropical biology, ecology, conservation biology, and the environmental sciences." ( Ecology , April 2009) "This is the most up-to-date and informative reference on the wrongs of conservation of biodiversity in the tropics." ( Environmental Conservation , December 2008) Read more...
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