Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 392 pages
- Published by: Oxford University Press, USA September 15, 2008
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0195306783
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0195306781
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Book Dimensions:
9.8 x 6.9 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1.8 pounds
Product Description
The main goal of this book is to encourage and formalize the infusion of evolutionary thinking into mainstream conservation biology. It reviews the evolutionary foundations of conservation issues, and unifies conceptual and empirical advances in evolutionary conservation biology. The book can be used either as a primary textbook or as a supplementary reading in an advanced undergraduate or graduate level course - likely to be called Conservation Biology or in some cases Evolutionary Ecology. The focus of chapters is on current concepts in evolution as they pertain to conservation, and the empirical study of these concepts. The balanced treatment avoids exhaustive reviews and overlapping duplication among the chapters. Little background in genetics is assumed of the reader.
About The Author
Scott P. Carroll is a professor in the department of entomology at UC Davis. He received his B.S. in Ecology from the
University of Minnesota, M.S. in Zoology from the
University of Oklahoma, and his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Utah.
Charles W. Fox is a professor in the department of entomology at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. He received his B.S. in Zoology from UC Davis, and his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley. He is also coeditor of "Functional Ecology" journal, published by Blackwell on behalf of the British Ecological Society.
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