NATUURBEHOUD EN BIODIVERSITEIT Andrew P. Dobson Uit de inhoud: – Wat is biodiversiteit? – Habitatversnippering en -vernietiging – De wiskunde van het uitsterven – Wanneer is een soort bedreigd? – Natuur als handelswaar – Soorten in gevangenschap – Het aanwijzen van natuurreservaten – Het beheer van natuurreservaten – Biodiversiteit in een veranderende wereld – Natuurlijke rijkdommen Reacties: “The book is a handsomely illustrated and urgently written call for preserving the richness of living things and their habitats with practical advise on how to do it. Dobson, a Princeton ecologist, does not abandon hope, but makes it clear that it’s an increasingly desperate hope.” New Scientist “Crucial to the success of this book are the author’s combination of theoretical expertise in mathematical population biology and wide experience of fieldwork on most of the major continents, and an ability to convey specialist concepts and phenomena in terms that are accessible to a broad audience. Topics as diverse as mathematical prediction of extinction and the management of wildlife reserves, and as seemingly intractable as getting ecologists, economists and governments to work together, are handled with equal aplomb. If you have no more than a passing acquaintance with conservation biology, this book is the place to start – and experts should wish they had started with it too.” Endeavour “A supremely engaging journey through the science bearing on today’s number one environmental problem: the loss of biological diversity.... Dobson eloquently explains the ecological science now being used to assess the value of biodiversity, the threats that it faces, and the strategies for its conservation – wonderfully written and cutting-edge.” Walter Reid, World Resources Institute

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