Conservation Biology: An Evolutionary-ecological PerspectiveMichael E. Soulé, Bruce A. Wilcox |
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... conservationists . In the long run such areas are a valuable source of new cultivars , medicines and industrial products and biological control agents . In addition , new ideas to improve forestry and agriculture may originate from work ...
... conservationists . In the long run such areas are a valuable source of new cultivars , medicines and industrial products and biological control agents . In addition , new ideas to improve forestry and agriculture may originate from work ...
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... conservationists wish to preserve the " wild- type " . That is , conservationists may have to practice selection on more traits than do animal breeders in order to preserve the original pheno- type , and the rate of inbreeding must be ...
... conservationists wish to preserve the " wild- type " . That is , conservationists may have to practice selection on more traits than do animal breeders in order to preserve the original pheno- type , and the rate of inbreeding must be ...
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... conservationists deploy their forces in an attempt to preserve both endangered species and en- dangered ecosystems ... conservationist army has become quite adept at harrying the advancing columns of the enemy and carrying out last ...
... conservationists deploy their forces in an attempt to preserve both endangered species and en- dangered ecosystems ... conservationist army has become quite adept at harrying the advancing columns of the enemy and carrying out last ...
Contents
LAWRENCE E GILBERT | 11 |
JARED M DIAMOND | 57 |
BRUCE A WILCOX | 95 |
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adult Africa age class age distribution animals Barro Colorado Island behavior biological biologists biomass birds bush meat captive breeding CAPTIVE PROPAGATION changes Chapter chromosome climatic conservation biology density Diamond dispersal disturbance diversity domestic ecological ecosystems effective population size Eisenberg equation evolutionary example extinction rates faunas fecundity female Figure frugivores gene genetic genetic drift growth rate Guinea habitat harvest heliconiines herbivores heterozygosity home range important inbreeding depression increase individuals insects insular ecology isolated km² land land-bridge islands large mammals loss lowland maintained males mammals mating microhabitats mutualists National Park nature reserves neotropical number of species occur offspring percent plants Pleistocene population growth potential probably production rainfall require result sample SAN DIEGO savanna selection small populations SOCIOBIOLOGY Soulé speciation strategy studies successional survival rates Table taxa Terborgh terrestrial tion trees tropical forests tropical rain forest variance vegetation vertebrates wild wildlife zoos