Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781405150736
Year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 352


Description:
This introductory textbook examines diminishing terrestrial and
aquatic habitats in the tropics, covering a broad range of topics
including the fate of the coral reefs; the impact of agriculture,
urbanization, and logging on habitat depletion; and the effects of
fire on plants and animal survival.




Includes case studies and interviews with prominent
conservation scientists to help situate key concepts in a real
world context


Covers a broad range of topics including: the fate of the coral
reefs; the impact of agriculture, urbanization, and logging on
habitat depletion; and the effects of fire on plants and animal
survival


Highlights conservation successes in the region, and emphasizes
the need to integrate social issues, such as human hunger, into a
tangible conservation plan


Documents the current state of the field as it looks for ways
to predict future outcomes and lessen human impact



?Sodhi et al. have done a masterful job of compiling a
great deal of literature from around the tropical realm, and they
have laid out the book in a fruitful and straightforward
manner?I plan to use it as a reference and as supplemental
reading for several courses and I would encourage others to do the
same.? Ecology, 90(4), 2009, pp.
1144?1145