Presenting key information and well-selected examples, this student-friendly volume integrates the science of conservation biology with its implications for ethics, law, policy and economics. It represents a major new text for anyone interested in conservation.

Fred Van Dyke's new textbook, Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications, 2nd Edition, represents a major new text for anyone interested in conservation. Drawing on his vast experience, Van Dyke's organizational clarity and readable style make this book an invaluable resource for students in conservation around the globe.

Presenting key information and well-selected examples, this student-friendly volume carefully integrates the science of conservation biology with its implications for ethics, law, policy and economics. In addition to rigorous examination of the scientific theory supporting conservation biology and its applications, this unique book includes a number of features which set it apart from others. These include its chapters on aquatic conservation, landscape ecology, and ecosystem management, and its direct explanation and invitation to students on how to enter the work of conservation as a professional and personal vocation.

A skillfully written, readable style that permits students to re-create the intellectual process of connecting empirical studies with conceptual theories and models to reaching conclusions and insights needed for conservation application and management Presentation of and original insight on the latest developments in conservation theory and application Strong organizational coherence with logical flow and transition from chapter to chapter Student-friendly pedagogy that emphasizes the learning process, not simply information presentation Well-integrated context and synthesis of the science of conservation biology with its implications in ethics, law, policy, and economics that engages students on multiple intellectual levels

Autorentext

Fred Van Dyke is a professor of biology at Wheaton College (Illinois). He has previously served on the faculties of Northwestern College (Iowa) and the Au Sable Institute for Environmental Studies, as a wildlife biologist for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, as a scientific and professional consultant to the U. S. National Park Service, the U. S. Forest Service, the Pew Charitable Trust, and to various private environmental and conservation consultants. He is the author of numerous publications on animal home range and habitat use, management and conservation of animal populations, management of successional processes to conserve habitat, and conservation values and ethics.

Inhalt
The History and Distinctions of Conservation Biology.- Values and Ethics in Conservation.- The Legal Foundations of Conservation Biology.- Biodiversity: Concept, Measurement, and Challenge.- Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change.- Genetic Diversity Understanding Conservation at Genetic Levels.- Genetic Management Managing Genetic Diversity for Conservation Goals.- The Conservation of Populations: Concept, Theory, and Analysis.- Population Management and Restoration.- The Conservation of Habitat and Landscape.- The Conservation of Aquatic Systems.- Ecosystem Management.- Conservation Economics.- On Becoming a Conservation Biologist: The Things Textbooks Never Tell You.