Ch. 1. What is conservation biology? -- Ch. 2. Global biodiversity : patterns and processes -- Ch. 3. Threats to biodiversity -- Ch. 4. Conservation values and ethics -- Ch. 5. Ecological economics ...

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This area entails study and maintenance of biological diversity at the level of genes, populations, communities, ecosystems and biomes; intellectual underpinnings include evolutionary theory, ...