| Phylogeny and Conservation Contributor(s): Purvis, Andrew (Editor), Gittleman, John L. (Editor), Brooks, Thomas (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521532000 ISBN-13: 9780521532006 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $81.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: Phylogeny is a potentially powerful tool for conserving biodiversity. This book explores how it can be used to tackle questions of great practical importance and urgency for conservation. Using case studies from many different taxa and regions of the world, the volume evaluates how useful phylogeny is in understanding the processes that have generated today's diversity and the processes that now threaten it. The urgency with which conservation decisions have to be made as well as the need for the best possible decisions make this volume of great value to researchers, practitioners and policy-makers. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 333.951 |
| Series: Conservation Biology (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.56 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
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Contributor Bio(s): Gittleman, John L.: - JOHN GITTLEMAN is Professor of Biology at the University of Virginia. He is the author of many scientific papers and several books, including Carnivore Conservation (2001, ISBN 0 521 66232 X). His current research examines global patterns and processes of speciation and extinction in mammals.Brooks, Thomas: - THOMAS BROOKS is head of the Conservation Synthesis Department in Conservation International's Center for Applied Biodiversity Science. His interests lie in species conservation, particularly birds, and tropical forest hotspots. |