Saving Biological Diversity: Balancing Protection of Endangered Species and Ecosystems

by Diana M. Whitelaw, Gerald R. Visgilio, Glenn D. Dreyer, et al.

Book Overview

Saving Biological Diversity: An Overview.-What Are We Trying to Save? And Why? Toward a Policy-Relevant Definition of Biodiversity.-Part I Protecting Populations of Particular Species.-Navigating for Noah, Setting New Directions for Endangered Species Protection in the 21st Century.-Economics of Protecting Endangered Species.-Center for Plant Conservation: Twenty Years of Recovering America's Vanishing Flora.-The Piping Plover as an Umbrella Species...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441934952
• ISBN13: 9781441934956
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"