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Conserving bird biodiversity : general principles and their application / edited by Ken Norris and Deborah J. Pain.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Conservation biology series (Cambridge, England)Publication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 337 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 051106702X
  • 9780511067020
  • 0511060718
  • 9780511060717
  • 9780521783408
  • 0521783402
  • 9780521789493
  • 0521789494
  • 0511069154
  • 9780511069154
  • 9780511606304
  • 0511606303
  • 1107120969
  • 9781107120969
  • 1280418044
  • 9781280418044
  • 9786610418046
  • 6610418047
  • 0511176767
  • 9780511176760
  • 1139146572
  • 9781139146579
  • 0511325592
  • 9780511325595
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Conserving bird biodiversity.DDC classification:
  • 333.95/816 22
LOC classification:
  • QL676.5 .C54 2002eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Biodiversity: evolution, species, genes / Michael W. Bruford -- Why conserve bird diversity? / Colin Bibby -- Mapping and monitoring bird populations: their conservation uses / Les Underhill and David Gibbons -- Priority-setting in species conservation / Georgina M. Mace and Nigel J. Collar -- Selecting sites for conservation / Andrew Balmford -- Critically endangered bird populations and their management / Ben D. Bell and Don V. Merton -- Diagnosing causes of population declines and selecting remedial actions / Rhys E. Green -- Outside the reserve: pandemic threats to bird biodiversity / Deborah J. Pain and Paul F. Donald -- Predicting the impact of environmental change / Ken Norris and Richard Stillman -- Fragmentation, habitat loss and landscape management / Paul Opdam and John A. Wiens -- The interface between research, education and training / Leon Bennun -- Conservation policies and programmes affecting birds / Gerard C. Boere and Clayton D.A. Rubec.
Summary: In order to slow or stop the unprecedented loss of biodiversity, conservationists need reliable information on which to base conservation or restoration programmes. Using bird conservation to illustrate the basic scientific principles and applying this to real problems, this book is essential reading for students and researchers in conservation biology.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-321) and index.

Biodiversity: evolution, species, genes / Michael W. Bruford -- Why conserve bird diversity? / Colin Bibby -- Mapping and monitoring bird populations: their conservation uses / Les Underhill and David Gibbons -- Priority-setting in species conservation / Georgina M. Mace and Nigel J. Collar -- Selecting sites for conservation / Andrew Balmford -- Critically endangered bird populations and their management / Ben D. Bell and Don V. Merton -- Diagnosing causes of population declines and selecting remedial actions / Rhys E. Green -- Outside the reserve: pandemic threats to bird biodiversity / Deborah J. Pain and Paul F. Donald -- Predicting the impact of environmental change / Ken Norris and Richard Stillman -- Fragmentation, habitat loss and landscape management / Paul Opdam and John A. Wiens -- The interface between research, education and training / Leon Bennun -- Conservation policies and programmes affecting birds / Gerard C. Boere and Clayton D.A. Rubec.

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In order to slow or stop the unprecedented loss of biodiversity, conservationists need reliable information on which to base conservation or restoration programmes. Using bird conservation to illustrate the basic scientific principles and applying this to real problems, this book is essential reading for students and researchers in conservation biology.

English.

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