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OverviewConservation Biology for All provides cutting-edge but basic conservation science to a global readership. A series of authoritative chapters have been written by the top names in conservation biology with the principal aim of disseminating cutting-edge conservation knowledge as widely as possible. Important topics such as balancing conversion and human needs, climate change, conservation planning, designing and analyzing conservation research, ecosystem services, endangered species management, extinctions, fire, habitat loss, and invasive species are covered. Numerous textboxes describing additional relevant material or case studies are also included. The global biodiversity crisis is now unstoppable; what can be saved in the developing world will require an educated constituency in both the developing and developed world. Habitat loss is particularly acute in developing countries, which is of special concern because it tends to be these locations where the greatest species diversity and richest centres of endemism are to be found. Sadly, developing world conservation scientists have found it difficult to access an authoritative textbook, which is particularly ironic since it is these countries where the potential benefits of knowledge application are greatest. There is now an urgent need to educate the next generation of scientists in developing countries, so that they are in a better position to protect their natural resources. Full Product DetailsAuthor: the late Navjot S. Sodhi (Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore) , Paul R. Ehrlich (Biology Department, Stanford University, USA)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 19.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.30cm Weight: 0.980kg ISBN: 9780199554232ISBN 10: 0199554234 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 07 January 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsNavjot S. Sodhi and Paul R. Ehrlich: Introduction 1: Curt Meine: Conservation Biology: Past and Present 2: Kevin J. Gaston: Biodiversity 3: Cagan H. Sekercioglu: Ecosystem Functions and Services 4: William F. Laurance: Habitat Destruction: Death of a Thousand Cuts 5: Andrew F. Bennett and Denis A. Saunders: Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change 6: Carlos A. Peres: Overharvesting 7: Daniel Simberloff: Invasive Species 8: Thomas E. Lovejoy: Climate Change 9: David M. J. S. Bowman and Brett P. Murphy: Fire and Biodiversity 10: Stuart L. Pimm and Clinton N. Jenkins: Extinctions and the Practice of Preventing Them 11: Thomas Brooks: Conservation Planning and Priorities 12: David Wilcove: Endangered Species Management: The US Experience 13: Lian Pin Koh and Toby A. Gardner: Conservation in Human-Modified Landscapes 14: C. Anne Claus, Kai M. A. Chan, and Terre Satterfield: The Roles of People in Conservation 15: Madhu Rao and Joshua Ginsberg: From Conservation Theory to Practice: Crossing the Divide 16: Corey J. A. Bradshaw and Barry W. Brook: The Conservation Biologist's Toolbox - Principles for the Design and Analysis of Conservation Studies IndexReviewsIf a book could receive a standing ovationthis one is a candidate. Sodhi and Ehrlich have created a comprehensive introduction to conservation biology that is accessible intellectually, and financially, to a broad audienceindeed it is Conservation biology for all. Ecology The book is packed with information, is wide-ranging, and includes most emerging issues that come under the umbrella of conservation biology today. The book is packed with information, is wide-ranging, and includes most emerging issues that come under the umbrella of conservation biology today. If a book could receive a standing ovationthis one is a candidate. Sodhi and Ehrlich have created a comprehensive introduction to conservation biology that is accessible intellectually, and financially, to a broad audienceindeed it is Conservation biology for all. Ecology The book is packed with information, is wide-ranging, and includes most emerging issues that come under the umbrella of conservation biology today. Author Information"Navjot S. Sodhi is currently a Professor of Conservation Ecology at the National University of Singapore. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan (Canada). He has been studying the effects of rain forest loss and degradation on Southeast Asian fauna and flora for over 13 years. He has published over 100 scientific papers in international and regional scientific journals such as Nature, Science, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Annual Review of Ecology, Conservation Biology, Biological Conservation, and Biodiversity and Conservation. He has written/edited several books/monographs such as Tropical Conservation Biology (2007, Blackwell). He has also spent time at Harvard University as a Bullard Fellow (2001-02) and Hrdy Fellow (2008-09) where he now holds an adjunct position. He currently (or has been) is an Associate Editor/Editor of prestigious journals such as Conservation Biology, Biological Conservation, Animal Conservation, the Auk and Biotropica. Paul R. Ehrlich is Bing Professor of Population Studies and professor of biology at Stanford University and a Fellow of the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics. His research has ranged from the evolution of DDT resistance in fruit flies, the theory of systematics, the dynamics of butterfly populations, and the behaviour of birds and reef fishes to the conservation of mammal populations and human cultural evolution. He is co-founder of the field of coevolution. He is the author or co-author of over 40 books, and some 1000 scientific papers and articles. Ehrlich is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and past president of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, and a recipient of numerous international honors, including the Crafoord Prize (given by the Royal Swedish Academy as an explicit equivalent of a Nobel in fields where the Nobel is not given) and a MacArthur ""genius award""." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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