Author:
Publisher: IUCN
Keywords: conservation, sustainable, development, resource, living, strategy, world
Number of Pages: 70
Published: 1980-03-08
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 2880321042
ISBN-13: 9782880321048

Authors:Kevin R. Crooks, M. Sanjaya,
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: conservation, biology, connectivity
Number of Pages: 726
Published: 2006-11-13
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 0521857066
ISBN-13: 9780521857062

One of the biggest threats to the survival of many plant and animal species is the destruction or fragmentation of their natural habitats. The conservation of landscape connections, where animals, plants, and ecological processes can move freely from one habitat to another, is therefore an essential part of any new conservation or environmental protection plan. In practice, however, maintaining, creating, and protecting connectivity in our increasingly dissected world is a daunting challenge. This fascinating volume provides a synthesis on the current status and literature of connectivity cons

Author: C V Horie
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinema
Keywords: conservation, museology, series, butterworths, materials
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1987-11-22
List price: $60.95
ISBN-10: 0750608811
ISBN-13: 9780750608817

The definitive introduction to the properties of materials used in conservation. It explains clearly the potentials and pitfalls of any proposed technique, providing a convenient summary of necessary information. The continual struggle of conservators to ameliorate the deterioration of objects has led to increasing use of synthetic polymers. These materials are part of the sophisticated technology that has been developed to augment and often replace traditional materials and methods. Conservators therefore have a wider range of techniques available. However, they must be able to appreciate the

Author: Samuel P. Hay
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
Keywords: conservation, movement, progressive, efficiency, gospel
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1999-03-18
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0822957027
ISBN-13: 9780822957027

The relevance and importance of Samuel P. Hay’s book, Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency, has only increased over time. Written almost half a century ago, it offers an invaluable history of the conservation movement’s origins, and provides an excellent context for understanding contemporary enviromental problems and possible solutions. Against a background of rivers, forests, ranges, and public lands, this book defines two conflicting political processes: the demand for an integrated, controlled development guided by an elite group of scientists and technicians and the deman

Authors:David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: conservation, biodiversity, topics, arthropod, diversity
Number of Pages: 536
Published: 2006-11-20
List price: $189.00
ISBN-10: 1402052030
ISBN-13: 9781402052033

This collection of more than 30 peer-reviewed papers focuses on the diversity and conservation of arthropods, whose species inhabit virtually every recess and plane � and feature in virtually every food web � on the planet. Highlighting issues ranging from large-scale disturbance to local management, from spatial heterogeneity to temporal patterns, these papers reflect exciting new research � and take the reader to some of the most biodiverse corners of the planet.

Authors:John L. Gittleman, Stephan M. Funk, David W. MacDona
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: conservation, biology, carnivore
Number of Pages: 692
Published: 2001-07-02
List price: $84.00
ISBN-10: 052166537X
ISBN-13: 9780521665377

Because carnivores are at the top of the food chain, it is often argued that protecting them will afford adequate protection to other taxa as well. In the past ten years, theoretical and empirical studies on carnivores have developed very quickly. This volume reviews and summarizes the current state of the field, describes limitations and opportunities for carnivore conservation, and offers a conceptual framework for future research and applied management. It will be of interest to students and researchers of conservation biology, mammalogy, animal behavior, ecology, and evolution.

Author: T. R. New
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: conservation, biodiversity, ecology, insect, species
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-07-06
List price: $69.00
ISBN-10: 052173276X
ISBN-13: 9780521732765

Insects are the most diverse and abundant animals that share our world, and conservation initiatives are increasingly needed and being implemented globally, to safe guard the wealth of individual species. This book provides sufficient background information, illustrated by examples from many parts of the world, to enable more confident and efficient progress towards the conservation of these ecologically indispensable animals. Writing for graduate students, academic researchers and professionals, Tim New describes the major ingredients for insect species management and conservation, and how th