Ecological Challenges and Conservation Conundrums: Essays and Reflections for a Changing World

· John Wiley & Sons
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344
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About this ebook

Short, compelling, but mostly thought-provoking essys that encompass many of the central issues shaping ecology and conservation in the changing world
  • Collected essays from one of the best known ecologists and conservationists in the world
  • Includes all issues at the cutting edge of the interface between ecology and conservation
  • Attractive to a broad audience of ecologists, conservationists, natural resource managers, policy makers, and naturalists

About the author

Professor John Wiens, PRBO Conservation Science, California, USA
Professor Wiens is currently Chief Conservation Science Officer at PRBO Conservation Science, California, and a visiting faculty member of the University of Western Australia in Perth, where he collaborates with colleagues on restoration ecology. He held positions at Oregon state University, the University of New Mexico and Colorado State University before leaving academia in 2002 to join The Nature Conservancy as Lead Scientist. He has published over ten books and 250 scientific papers. At PRBO Professor Wiens develops guidance for assessing how landscapes are likely to change and how management practices can help to mitigate or adapt to the changes.

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