Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... Conservation Biology . " It differs from the first one ( Conservation Biology : An Evolutionary - Ecological Perspective , M.E. Soulé and B.A. Wilcox , eds . , 1980 , Sinauer Associ- ates , Sunderland , MA ) by having a different ...
... Conservation Biology . " It differs from the first one ( Conservation Biology : An Evolutionary - Ecological Perspective , M.E. Soulé and B.A. Wilcox , eds . , 1980 , Sinauer Associ- ates , Sunderland , MA ) by having a different ...
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... conservation biology had to await a serious threat to biological diversity . Mission - oriented crisis disciplines such as conservation biology straddle the frontier between these worlds . Perhaps a better metaphor is that they are like ...
... conservation biology had to await a serious threat to biological diversity . Mission - oriented crisis disciplines such as conservation biology straddle the frontier between these worlds . Perhaps a better metaphor is that they are like ...
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... conservation biology was born . Its current polymorphism reflects this . The idea of conservation biology seems to convey several things at once , including scholarship , a common purpose , and the potential for making a significant ...
... conservation biology was born . Its current polymorphism reflects this . The idea of conservation biology seems to convey several things at once , including scholarship , a common purpose , and the potential for making a significant ...
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