Conservation of wildlife and habitats

Approaching the contributions of a world-wide sector of scientific institutions to addressing the extinction crisis, Botanical Gardens and Their Role in Plant Conservation brings together a diversity of perspectives.

This handbook provides a state-of-the-art, comprehensive overview of the expanding field of urban biodiversity.

This handbook provides a state-of-the-art, comprehensive overview of the expanding field of urban biodiversity.

All life on Earth has the right to exist, but as we teeter on the verge of a sixth extinction this book discusses why biodiversity matters and why we should care if species go extinct.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Extinction is a natural process.

Everyone is familiar with the dodo and the wooly mammoth, but how many people have heard of the scimitar cat and the Falkland Island fox?

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Although their significance often goes unnoticed in our day-to-day lives, insects are diverse creatures that play an indispensable role in our ecosystems.

This book describes a fauna of global conservation concern and provides a framework for researchers to begin to test hypotheses regarding the evolution of freshwater mussels in Central America.

'This is clearly a book with great breadth and diversity.

The great auk is gone.

The great auk is gone.

A naturalist's lyrical journey into the world of an endangered community of birds and the vanishing grasslands that sustain themAn elegant shorebird with a rounded body and an improbably elongated bill, the long-billed curlew is a highly intelligent bird that mates for life.

A naturalist's lyrical journey into the world of an endangered community of birds and the vanishing grasslands that sustain themAn elegant shorebird with a rounded body and an improbably elongated bill, the long-billed curlew is a highly intelligent bird that mates for life.

Primate Archaeology and Adaptation offers an interdisciplinary examination of Nicobar long-tailed macaques, situating their tool use, social behavior, and ecological flexibility within deep evolutionary time and contemporary conservation challenges.

Primate Archaeology and Adaptation offers an interdisciplinary examination of Nicobar long-tailed macaques, situating their tool use, social behavior, and ecological flexibility within deep evolutionary time and contemporary conservation challenges.

The application of evolutionary biology addresses a wide range of practical problems in medicine, agriculture, the environment, and society.

The application of evolutionary biology addresses a wide range of practical problems in medicine, agriculture, the environment, and society.

Academic training often leaves students poorly prepared for what they actually encounter in the field, where bridging the distance to the general public in matters related to wildlife and the status of our planet can pose a real challenge.

Academic training often leaves students poorly prepared for what they actually encounter in the field, where bridging the distance to the general public in matters related to wildlife and the status of our planet can pose a real challenge.