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Contents

Conservation Biology Mark A. Burgman & David B. Lindenmayer Hunting and wildlife management in Sarawak Julian Caldecott Global patterns of biodiversity Peter Cotgreave & Irwin Forseth Soil microbiology Mark S. Coyne General ecology David T. Krohne Point of no return N. Loder Ecosystems and human well-being Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Environmental problems and their causes G. Tyler Miller Essentials of ecology G. Tyler Miller Evolution, biodiversity and community processes G. Tyler Miller Population dynamics, carrying capacity and conservation biology G. Tyler Miller Sustaining wild species G. Tyler Miller Wildlife issues in a changing world Michael P. Moulton & James Sanderson The protein gap F. Pearce Conservation and sustainable development Richard B. Primack Ex situ conservation strategies Richard B. Primack Exotic species introductions, disease, and overexploitation Richard B. Primack

Threats to biological diversity Richard B. Primack What is the value of biological diversity? Richard B. Primack Soil biology primer Biodiversity and conservation Clem Tisdell Conservation of genetic diversity Fred Van Dyke

Conservation Biology
Mark A. Burgman & David B. Lindenmayer
Source: Burgman, M. A., & Lindenmayer, D. B. (1998). Conservation biology for the Australian environment, (pp. 1330, 105120). Chipping Norton, NSW: Surrey Beatty & Sons.

Hunting and wildlife management in Sarawak

Julian Caldecott
Source: Caldecott, J. (1988). Hunting and wildlife management in Sarawak. IUCN Tropical Forest Programme, (pp. 17, 911, 14, 8688). IUCN, Gland: Switzerland.

Global patterns of biodiversity

Peter Cotgreave & Irwin Forseth
Source: Cotgreave, P., & Forseth, I. (2002). Global patterns of biodiversity and productivity: Biomes. Introductory ecology (pp. 1839). London: Blackwell Science.

Soil microbiology
Mark S. Coyne
Source: Coyne, M. S. (1999). Soil microbiology: An exploratory approach (pp. 4358). Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers.

General ecology
David T. Krohne
Source: Krohne, D. T. (2001). General ecology (2nd ed., pp. 357401).Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning

Point of no return
N. Loder
Source: Loder, N. (2005). Point of no return. Conservation in Practice, 6(3), 2934.

Ecosystems and human well-being

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2003). Ecosystems and human well-being: A framework for assessment (pp. 4970). Washington,DC: Island Press.

Environmental problems and their causes

G. Tyler Miller
Source: Miller, G. T. (1999). Environmental problems and their causes. Environmental science (7th ed., pp. 427). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.

Essentials of ecology
G. Tyler Miller
Source: Miller, G. T. (2005). Essentials of ecology (pp. 5586). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.

Evolution, biodiversity and community processes

G. Tyler Miller
Source: Miller, G. T. (2001). Evolution, biodiversity and community processes. Environmental science (8th ed., pp. 109134). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.

Population dynamics, carrying capacity and conservation biology

G. Tyler Miller
Source: Miller, G. T. (2001). Population dynamics, carrying capacity and conservation biology. Environmental science (8th ed., pp. 168178). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.

Sustaining wild species

G. Tyler Miller
Source: Miller, G. T. (1997). Sustaining wild species. Environmental science (6th ed., pp. 430458). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.

Wildlife issues in a changing world

Michael P. Moulton & James Sanderson
Source: Moulton, M. P., & Sanderson, J. (1999). Wildlife issues in a changing world (2nd ed., pp. 8890, 96, 235239, 342343). Boca Raton, FL: Lewis.

The protein gap

F. Pearce
Source: Pearce, F. (2005). The protein gap. Conservation in Practice, 6(3), 2127.

Conservation and sustainable development

Richard B. Primack
Source: Primack, R. B. (2002). Conservation and sustainable development. Essentials of conservation biology (3rd ed., pp. 549586). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates Inc.

Ex situ conservation strategies

Richard B. Primack
Source: Primack, R. B. (1998). Ex situ conservation strategies. Essentials of conservation biology (2nd ed., pp. 361393). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates Inc.

Exotic species introductions, disease, and overexploitation

Richard B. Primack
Source: Primack, R. B. (1993). Threats, exotic species introductions, disease, and overexploitation. Essentials of conservation biology (pp. 167196). Sinauer Associates Inc.

Threats to biological diversity

Richard B. Primack
Source: Primack, R. B. (1995). Threats to biological diversity. A primer of conservation biology (pp. 55102). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates Inc.

What is the value of biological diversity?

Richard B. Primack
Source: Primack, R. B. (1998). What is the value of biological diversity? Essentials of conservation biology (2nd ed., pp. 7999). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates Inc.

Soil biology primer

Source: Soil biology primer (n.d.). Chapter 2. Retrieved October 27, 2005, from http://soils.usda.gov/sqi/concepts/soil_biology/

Biodiversity and conservation

Clem Tisdell
Source: Tisdell, C. (1999). Biodiversity and conservation. Biodiversity, conservation and sustainable development (pp. 2548). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Conservation of genetic diversity

Fred Van Dyke
Source: Van Dyke, F. (2003). Conservation of genetic diversity. Conservation biology (pp. 147173). Boston: McGraw-Hill.

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