Essentials of conservation biology

I. Issues that Define the Discipline: What Is Conservation Biology? What Is Biological Diversity? Where Is the World's Biological Diversity Found?. II. Threats to Biological Diversity: Loss of Biological Diversity Patterns of Rarity and Abundance Threats to Biological Diversity: Habitat Destruction, Fragmentation, and Degradation More Threats to Biological Diversity: Exotic Species, Disease, and Overexploitation III. The Value of Biological Diversity: Direct Economic Value of Biological Diversity and Natural Resources Indirect Economic Values The Ethical Value of Biological Diversity. IV. Conservation at the Population Level: The Problems of Small Populations Population Biology of Endangered Species. V.…