Conservation Biology: Evolution in ActionThe main goal of this book is to encourage and formalize the infusion of evolutionary thinking into mainstream conservation biology. It reviews the evolutionary foundations of conservation issues, and unifies conceptual and empirical advances in evolutionary conservation biology. The book can be used either as a primary textbook or as a supplementary reading in an advanced undergraduate or graduate level course - likely to be called Conservation Biology or in some cases Evolutionary Ecology. The focus of chapters is on current concepts in evolution as they pertain to conservation, and the empirical study of these concepts. The balanced treatment avoids exhaustive reviews and overlapping duplication among the chapters. Little background in genetics is assumed of the reader. |
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Contents
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Conserving Biodiversity within and among Species | 81 |
Evolutionary Responses to Environmental Change | 141 |
Conservation of the Coevolving Web of Life | 221 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Conservation Biology: Evolution in Action |
| Editors | Scott P. Carroll, Charles W. Fox |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0199719225, 9780199719228 |
| Length | 392 pages |
| Subjects | › › Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection Science / Environmental Science Science / Life Sciences / Ecology Science / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics |
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