Biodiversity and Conservation: Critical Concepts in the Environment

Volume I: History, Background, and Concepts  1. What is Biodiversity and How is it Measured?  2. Origins of Biodiversity  3. Geographic Patterns of biodiversity  4. Temporal Patterns of Biodiversity  5. Conservation Genetics  6. Key Concepts  7. The Value of Biodiversity  Volume II: Causes and Consequences of Biodiversity Loss  8. Ultimate Causes  9. Habitat Loss  10. Habitat Fragmentation  11. Invasive Species  Volume III:Corporate Brands and Corporate Reputation  12. Pollution  13. Climate Change  14. Unsustainable Exploitation  15. Threatened Ecosystems  Volume IV: Responses to Biodiversity Loss  16. International Legal Framework  17. Protected Areas and Protected Area Networks  18. Conservation Planning  19. Identifying Threats  20. Restoration and Re-wilding  21. Translocations and Introductions  22. Ex-Situ Conservation  23. Conservation Practice  24. Community Conservation  Volume V: Future Directions in Biodiversity Conservation  25. Lessons from the Past  26. Predicting the Future of Biodiversity  27. Conservation Outside of Protected Areas  28. The it revolution and Biodiversity Science  29. Biodiversity, Poverty, and Sustainable Development  30. Paying for Biodiversity  31. The Future of Biodiversity Research

The collection’s fresh and explicitly interdisciplinary approach provides a unique insight into the development of the subject from a predominantly science-based topic to a vibrant interdisciplinary concern, with an increasing appreciation of the social obligations of conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation is an essential reference collection and is destined to be valued by scholars and students—as well as conservation policy-makers and practitioners—as a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource.