Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... Africa ( Floret , 1981 ; Floret et al . , 1983 ; Le Houérou , 1980a , b ) . It should be kept in mind that the arid zone harbors about 55 percent of Africa's 550 million head of livestock , and that livestock numbers have increased by ...
... Africa ( Floret , 1981 ; Floret et al . , 1983 ; Le Houérou , 1980a , b ) . It should be kept in mind that the arid zone harbors about 55 percent of Africa's 550 million head of livestock , and that livestock numbers have increased by ...
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... Africa ( Kenya , Tanzania , Ethiopia , Botswana , and South Africa ) have shown that wildlife protection and manage- ment can be a most important asset in economic development , both as sources of meat and of foreign exchange from ...
... Africa ( Kenya , Tanzania , Ethiopia , Botswana , and South Africa ) have shown that wildlife protection and manage- ment can be a most important asset in economic development , both as sources of meat and of foreign exchange from ...
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... Africa : classification , production , interna- tional evolution and development outlook . Proc . XIII Grassland ... Africa ( Les fourrages ligneux en Afrique ) . Inter- national Livestock Center for Africa , Addis Ababa . 491 pp . ( 22 ) ...
... Africa : classification , production , interna- tional evolution and development outlook . Proc . XIII Grassland ... Africa ( Les fourrages ligneux en Afrique ) . Inter- national Livestock Center for Africa , Addis Ababa . 491 pp . ( 22 ) ...
Contents
Conservation Biology and the Real World | 1 |
The Fitness and Viability of Populations 13 | 13 |
Processes of Species | 19 |
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a-diversity abundance Africa alleles animals Barro Colorado Barro Colorado Island bats biological biologists bird species breeding caves Chapter climate coadaptation communities conservation biology crop density dispersal distribution disturbance ecological ecosystem edge effects endemic environmental example extinction fauna Figure flora fragmentation frugivores fynbos genes genetic load genetic variation genic diversity Gentry geographic growth Guinea habitat specificity heliophiles heterosis heterozygosity heterozygous homozygotes Houérou Hubbell and Foster human inbreeding inbreeding depression increase individuals insect interactions introduced species Irian Jaya islands isolated km² levels loci males mammals mangrove mating natural number of species nutrients occur outbreeding depression overdominance patches patterns percent plant species pops population population densities predators problems range rare species rarity reef regeneration regions relatively reserves result season soil Soulé studies Table taxa Terborgh tion tree species troglobites tropical forests variability vegetation vertebrates zone Ꮴ Ꮴ Ꮴ