biodiversity conservation

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biodiversity conservation

Saving endangered species

2017
"'Saving Endangered Species' offers a cutting-edge, comprehensive look at one of science's biggest challenges. Includes a look at the history of the topic, recent breakthroughs, key facts to consider, and questions that remain unanswered."--Provided by publisher.

Marine ecosystems

human impacts on biodiversity, functioning and services
2015
"... In this volume, leading researchers integrate current understanding of the effects on biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services caused by the range of human activities and pressures at play in costal marine ecosystems, including fisheries, aquaculture, physical structures, nutrients, chemical contaminants, marine debris, and invasive species"--Back cover.

The annihilation of nature

human extinction of birds and mammals
2015
"Shows...the faces of Earth's sixth great mass extinction, revealing how humans have made this century a time of darkness for our planet's birds and mammals"--Dust jacket.

Life in the balance

humanity and the biodiversity crisis
1998
Studies the affects of biodiversity on the world, examines how humans are threatening biodiversity, and discusses what steps can be taken to stop a sixth extinction.

Rewilding the world

dispatches from the conservation revolution
2009
Fraser offers the first definitive account about rewilding--a visionary campaign to confront the looming extinction of thousands of species by restoring habitats, reviving migration corridors, and brokering peace between people and predators. Traveling with wildlife biologists and conservationists, Fraser reports on the vast projects that are turning Europe's former Iron Curtain into a greenbelt, creating trans-frontier Peace Parks to renew elephant routes throughout Africa, and linking protected areas from the Yukon to Mexico and beyond.

The end of the wild

2006
Argues that the loss of half the earth's species by the end of the twenty-first century is inevitable and that conservation efforts should focus on ecosystems on which humanity depends for water purification, storm damage control, and other functions.

Alien species in North America and Hawaii

impacts on natural ecosystems
1999
Examines the danger posed by the introduction of alien plant and animal species to the natural ecosystems of North America and Hawaii, and looks at what can be done to reduce the threat.

Losing strands in the web of life

vertebrate declines and the conservation of biological diversity
1998

The diversity of life

2010
Chronicles the processes that have created new species through time and examines the destruction of ecosystems by man.

What can we do about invasive species?

2010
Explains various plants and animals that have taken over areas and have damaged the ecosystem. Offers ideas on how one can help control invasive species. Includes photographs and side-bars.

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