Conservation in a changing world / edited by Georgina M. Mace, Andrew Balmford, and Joshua R. Ginsbe...
Conservation in a changing world / edited by Georgina M. Mace, Andrew Balmford, and Joshua R. Ginsbe...
Conservation in a changing world / edited by Georgina M. Mace, Andrew Balmford, and Joshua R. Ginsberg.
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N333.9516/23
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English
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Physical content
xi, 308 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The challenges to conservation in a changing world: putting processes on the map / Andrew Balmford, Georgina M. Mace and Joshua R. Ginsberg -- 2. Anthropogenic, ecological and genetic factors in extinction / Russell Lande -- 3. Integrating endangered species protection and ecosystem management: t...
8. Endemism and species turnover with elevation in montane avifaunas in the neotropics: implications for conservation / Douglas F. Stotz -- 9. Indicator taxa for biodiversity assessment in the vanishing tropics / Sacha Spector and Adrian B. Forsyth -- 10. Key sites for conservation: area-selection m...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
As evidence for the rapid loss of biological diversity strengthens, there is widespread recognition of the need to identify priorities and techniques for conservation action. Much progress has been made in the development of quantitative methods for identifying priority areas based on what we know about species distributions, but we must now build...
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Conservation in a changing world / edited by Georgina M. Mace, Andrew Balmford, and Joshua R. Ginsberg.
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"This book derives from papers presented at a joint Zoological Society of London and Conservation International Symposium held in London in September 1996"--Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N333.9516/23
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74VMB2jDLVaZ
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ISBN
0521634458 (paperback)
9780521632706 (hardback)
0521632706 (hardback)
9780521634458 (pbk.)
0521634458 (pbk.)
9780521634458 (paperback)
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333.9516
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991002248589702626
