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Conservation biogeography

edited by R. J. Ladle and R. J. Whittaker

Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

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  • : pbk

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"e-ISBN:9781444390018, Wiley Online Library ISBN:9781444390001, ePub ISBN:9781444390025"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographies references and index

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内容説明

The Earth's ecosystems are in the midst of an unprecedented period of change as a result of human action. Many habitats have been completely destroyed or divided into tiny fragments, others have been transformed through the introduction of new species, or the extinction of native plants and animals, while anthropogenic climate change now threatens to completely redraw the geographic map of life on this planet. The urgent need to understand and prescribe solutions to this complicated and interlinked set of pressing conservation issues has lead to the transformation of the venerable academic discipline of biogeography - the study of the geographic distribution of animals and plants. The newly emerged sub-discipline of conservation biogeography uses the conceptual tools and methods of biogeography to address real world conservation problems and to provide predictions about the fate of key species and ecosystems over the next century. This book provides the first comprehensive review of the field in a series of closely interlinked chapters addressing the central issues within this exciting and important subject. View www.wiley.com/go/ladle/biogeography yo access the figures from the book.

目次

List of Contributors SECTION 1: ROOTS, RELEVANCE, AIMS, AND VALUES 1 The roots of conservation biogeography (Robert J. Whittaker and Richard J. Ladle). 2 Social values and conservation biogeography (Richard J. Ladle, Paul Jepson and Lindsey Gillson). 3 Base-lines, patterns and process (Lindsey Gillson, Richard J. Ladle and Miguel B. Araujo). SECTION 2: THE DISTRIBUTION OF DIVERSITY: CHALLENGES AND APPLICATIONS 4 Basic biogeography: estimating biodiversity and mapping nature (Brett R. Riddle, Richard J. Ladle, Sara Lourie, Robert J. Whittaker). 5 The shaping of the global protected area estate (Paul Jepson, Robert J. Whittaker & Sara Lourie). 6 Systematic conservation planning: past, present, and future (James E.M. Watson, Hedley S. Grantham, Kerrie A. Wilson and Hugh P. Possingham). SECTION 3: CONSERVATION PLANNING IN A CHANGING WORLD 7 Planning for persistence in a changing world (Richard A. Fuller, Richard J. Ladle, Robert J. Whittaker & Hugh P. Possingham 8 Applied island biogeography (Kostas A. Triantis and Shonil A. Bhagwat). 9 Biological invasions and the homogenization of faunas and floras (Julian D. Olden, Julie L. Lockwood, and Catherine L. Parr). SECTION 4: FUTURE DIRECTIONS 10 Prospects and challenges (Richard J. Ladle & Robert J. Whittaker). Glossary of Terms. References. Index.

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