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Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa comprehensively explores the challenges and potential solutions to key conservation issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. Easy to read, this lucid and accessible textbook includes fifteen chapters that cover a full range of conservation topics, including threats to...

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Main Authors: Wilson, John W. (Author), Primack, Richard B. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Open Book Publishers [2019]
Series:Open textbook library.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. What is Conservation Biology?
  • 2. Introduction to Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 3. What is Biodiversity?
  • 4. Why Should We Protect Biodiversity?
  • 5. The Scramble for Space
  • 6. Our Warming World
  • 7. Pollution, Overharvesting, Invasive Species, and Disease
  • 8. Extinction Is Forever
  • 9. Applied Population Biology
  • 10. Conserving Ecosystems
  • 11. Preventing Extinctions
  • 12. Biodiversity and the Law
  • 13. The Importance of Protected Areas
  • 14. Conservation on Unprotected Lands
  • 15. An Agenda for the Future

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