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OverviewPractical Conservation Biology provides the essential framework for undergraduate and post-graduate courses in conservation biology and natural resource management by covering the complete array of topics that are central to these fields. The book is a key resource document introducing topics as varied as extinction risks, losses of genetic variability, threatening processes, fire effects, landscape fragmentation, habitat loss and vegetation clearing, reserve design, sustainable harvesting of natural populations, population viability analysis, risk assessment, conservation biology policy, human population growth and its impacts on biodiversity. While it primarily deals with the Australian context, it also includes many overseas case studies and contains valuable material for students, post-graduates and professionals. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David D. Lindenmayer , Mark M. BurgmanPublisher: CSIRO Publishing Imprint: CSIRO Publishing Dimensions: Width: 20.00cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 26.00cm Weight: 1.670kg ISBN: 9780643090897ISBN 10: 0643090894 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 01 November 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Inactive Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsReviewsIt provides a comprehensive overview and attempts to cut through the mass of ecological detail and distil out the most important ideas and applications for current conservation management issues in Australia. This book is a significant improvement on the previous edition and it is hoped that future editions will be created based on continuing developments in conservation biology science. Although Practical Conservation Biology is written with the advanced undergraduate reader in mind, it would also prove a valuable reference for the postgraduate student or researcher setting foot on unfamiliar soil. One would certainly expect to see it on university booklists Australia wide, and remain so for many years to come. It provides a comprehensive overview and attempts to cut through the mass of ecological detail and distil out the most important ideas and applications for current conservation management issues in Australia. This book is a significant improvement on the previous edition and it is hoped that future editions will be created based on continuing developments in conservation biology science. Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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