Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Biodiversity and Ecosystems
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Contents
Conservation Biology Mark A. Burgman & David B. Lindenmayer Hunting and wildlife management in Sarawak Julian Caldecott Global patterns of biodiversity Peter Cotgreave & Irwin Forseth Soil microbiology Mark S. Coyne General ecology David T. Krohne Point of no return N. Loder Ecosystems and human well-being Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Environmental problems and their causes G. Tyler Miller Essentials of ecology G. Tyler Miller Evolution, biodiversity and community processes G. Tyler Miller Population dynamics, carrying capacity and conservation biology G. Tyler Miller Sustaining wild species G. Tyler Miller Wildlife issues in a changing world Michael P. Moulton & James Sanderson The protein gap F. Pearce Conservation and sustainable development Richard B. Primack Ex situ conservation strategies Richard B. Primack Exotic species introductions, disease, and overexploitation Richard B. Primack
Threats to biological diversity Richard B. Primack What is the value of biological diversity? Richard B. Primack Soil biology primer Biodiversity and conservation Clem Tisdell Conservation of genetic diversity Fred Van Dyke
Conservation Biology
Mark A. Burgman & David B. Lindenmayer
Source: Burgman, M. A., & Lindenmayer, D. B. (1998). Conservation biology for the Australian environment, (pp. 1330, 105120). Chipping Norton, NSW: Surrey Beatty & Sons.
Soil microbiology
Mark S. Coyne
Source: Coyne, M. S. (1999). Soil microbiology: An exploratory approach (pp. 4358). Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers.
General ecology
David T. Krohne
Source: Krohne, D. T. (2001). General ecology (2nd ed., pp. 357401).Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning
Point of no return
N. Loder
Source: Loder, N. (2005). Point of no return. Conservation in Practice, 6(3), 2934.
Essentials of ecology
G. Tyler Miller
Source: Miller, G. T. (2005). Essentials of ecology (pp. 5586). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.