Table of Contents: Practical conservation biology /

Main Author:	Lindenmayer, David.
Other Authors:	Burgman, Mark A.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., ©2005.
Subjects:	Conservation biology > Australia. Nature conservation > Australia. Plant conservation > Australia. Biodiversity conservation > Australia. Environmental management > Australia. Biodiversity conservation. Environmental management. Nature conservation. Plant conservation. Conservation biology. SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity. NATURE > Animals > Wildlife. Australia.
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Table of Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgements; General introduction; 1 Why conserve?; 2 What should be conserved?; 3 Conservation status: classification of threat; 4 Protected areas, off-reserve conservation and managed populations; 5 Changes in the physical environment; 6 Loss of genetic diversity, populations and species; 7 Changes in species distributions and abundances; 8 Harvesting natural populations; 9 Vegetation loss and degradation; 10 Landscapes and habitat fragmentation; 11 Fire and biodiversity; 12 Demands of the human population; 13 Measuring, managing and using genetic variation.