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Conservation Biology Mark A. Burgman & David B. Lindenmayer Hunting and wildlife management in Sarawak Julian Caldecott Global patterns of biodiversity Peter Cotgreave & Irwin Forseth Soil microbiology Mark S. Coyne General ecology David T. Krohne Point of no return N. Loder Ecosystems and human well-being Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Environmental problems and their causes G. Tyler Miller Essentials of ecology G. Tyler Miller Evolution, biodiversity and community processes G. Tyler Miller Population dynamics, carrying capacity and conservation biology G. Tyler Miller Sustaining wild species G. Tyler Miller Wildlife issues in a changing world Michael P. Moulton & James Sanderson The protein gap F. Pearce Conservation and sustainable development Richard B. Primack Ex situ conservation strategies Richard B. Primack Exotic species introductions, disease, and overexploitation Richard B. Primack

Threats to biological diversity Richard B. Primack What is the value of biological diversity? Richard B. Primack Soil biology primer Biodiversity and conservation Clem Tisdell Conservation of genetic diversity Fred Van Dyke

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Conservation BiologyMark A. Burgman & David B. LindenmayerSource: Burgman, M. A., & Lindenmayer, D. B. (1998). Conservation biology for the Australian environment, (pp. 1330, 105120). Chipping Norton, NSW: Surrey Beatty & Sons.

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Hunting and wildlife management in SarawakJulian CaldecottSource: Caldecott, J. (1988). Hunting and wildlife management in Sarawak. IUCN Tropical Forest Programme, (pp. 17, 911, 14, 8688). IUCN, Gland: Switzerland.

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Global patterns of biodiversityPeter Cotgreave & Irwin ForsethSource: Cotgreave, P., & Forseth, I. (2002). Global patterns of biodiversity and productivity: Biomes. Introductory ecology (pp. 1839). London: Blackwell Science.

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Soil microbiologyMark S. CoyneSource: Coyne, M. S. (1999). Soil microbiology: An exploratory approach (pp. 4358). Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers.

General ecologyDavid T. KrohneSource: Krohne, D. T. (2001). General ecology (2nd ed., pp. 357401).Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning

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Point of no returnN. LoderSource: Loder, N. (2005). Point of no return. Conservation in Practice, 6(3), 2934.

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Ecosystems and human well-beingMillennium Ecosystem AssessmentSource: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2003). Ecosystems and human well-being: A framework for assessment (pp. 4970). Washington,DC: Island Press.

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Environmental problems and their causesG. Tyler MillerSource: Miller, G. T. (1999). Environmental problems and their causes. Environmental science (7th ed., pp. 427). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.

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Essentials of ecologyG. Tyler MillerSource: Miller, G. T. (2005). Essentials of ecology (pp. 5586). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.

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Evolution, biodiversity and community processesG. Tyler MillerSource: Miller, G. T. (2001). Evolution, biodiversity and community processes. Environmental science (8th ed., pp. 109134). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.

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Population dynamics, carrying capacity and conservation biologyG. Tyler MillerSource: Miller, G. T. (2001). Population dynamics, carrying capacity and conservation biology. Environmental science (8th ed., pp. 168178). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.

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Sustaining wild speciesG. Tyler MillerSource: Miller, G. T. (1997). Sustaining wild species. Environmental science (6th ed., pp. 430458). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.

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Wildlife issues in a changing worldMichael P. Moulton & James SandersonSource: Moulton, M. P., & Sanderson, J. (1999). Wildlife issues in a changing world (2nd ed., pp. 8890, 96, 235239, 342343). Boca Raton, FL: Lewis.

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The protein gapF. PearceSource: Pearce, F. (2005). The protein gap. Conservation in Practice, 6(3), 2127.

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Conservation and sustainable developmentRichard B. PrimackSource: Primack, R. B. (2002). Conservation and sustainable development. Essentials of conservation biology (3rd ed., pp. 549586). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates Inc.

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Ex situ conservation strategiesRichard B. PrimackSource: Primack, R. B. (1998). Ex situ conservation strategies. Essentials of conservation biology (2nd ed., pp. 361393). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates Inc.

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Exotic species introductions, disease, and overexploitationRichard B. PrimackSource: Primack, R. B. (1993). Threats, exotic species introductions, disease, and overexploitation. Essentials of conservation biology (pp. 167196). Sinauer Associates Inc.

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Threats to biological diversityRichard B. PrimackSource: Primack, R. B. (1995). Threats to biological diversity. A primer of conservation biology (pp. 55102). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates Inc.

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What is the value of biological diversity?Richard B. PrimackSource: Primack, R. B. (1998). What is the value of biological diversity? Essentials of conservation biology (2nd ed., pp. 7999). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates Inc.

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Soil biology primerSource: Soil biology primer (n.d.). Chapter 2. Retrieved October 27, 2005, from http://soils.usda.gov/sqi/concepts/soil_biology/

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Biodiversity and conservationClem TisdellSource: Tisdell, C. (1999). Biodiversity and conservation. Biodiversity, conservation and sustainable development (pp. 2548). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

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Conservation of genetic diversityFred Van DykeSource: Van Dyke, F. (2003). Conservation of genetic diversity. Conservation biology (pp. 147173). Boston: McGraw-Hill.

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