Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... biologists must establish which caves are essential and which are not for the viability of local bat populations . Not every cave that has any endangered bats in it should be closed . In the case of the large hibernacula of Myotis ...
... biologists must establish which caves are essential and which are not for the viability of local bat populations . Not every cave that has any endangered bats in it should be closed . In the case of the large hibernacula of Myotis ...
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... biologists often assume that conservation programs in the Third World are hopeless efforts doomed to failure . It seems that there is little local appreciation of conservation , that reserves can only be the scraps of land unwanted for ...
... biologists often assume that conservation programs in the Third World are hopeless efforts doomed to failure . It seems that there is little local appreciation of conservation , that reserves can only be the scraps of land unwanted for ...
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... biologists who suspect that an expert who uses spontaneous language is incap- able of scientific rigor . But we should not neglect our linguistic abili- ties from fear of such misunderstandings . When biologists refrain from using the ...
... biologists who suspect that an expert who uses spontaneous language is incap- able of scientific rigor . But we should not neglect our linguistic abili- ties from fear of such misunderstandings . When biologists refrain from using the ...
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