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Chapter 1:
INTRODUCTION, HISTORY OF LIFE
Chapter 2:
EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS AND THE AGE OF REPTILES
Chapter 3:
THE AGE OF MAMMALS
Chapter 4:
EVOLUTION OF HUMANS AND THE PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTIONS
Chapter 5:
EXTINCTION AND DEPLETION FROM OVER-EXPLOITATION
Chapter 6:
INTERNATIONAL TRADE THREATENING LIVING SPECIES
Chapter 7:
WHALES AND WHALING
Chapter 8:
FISH AND FISHING
Chapter 9:
SECONDARY EFFECTS OF OVER-EXPLOITATION
Chapter 10:
CATALOGING AND MAPPING BIODIVERSITY
Chapter 11:
VALUES OF BIODIVERSITY
Chapter 12:
NATURAL PRODUCTS
Chapter 13: 
ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION
Chapter 14:
EXOTIC INTRODUCTIONS
Chapter 15:
TEMPERATE FORESTS AND DEFORESTATION
Chapter 16:
TROPICAL FORESTS
Chapter 17:
DESERTS AND GRASSLANDS
Chapter 18:
ENDANGERED FRESHWATER HABITATS
Chapter 19:
ENDANGERED MARINE HABITATS
Chapter 20:
ISLANDS
Chapter 21: 
PROTECTED AREAS
Chapter 22:
HABITAT POLLUTION
Chapter 23:
CAPTIVE BREEDING AND REINTRODUCTION
Chapter 24:
HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH AND ITS IMPACT

BIODIVERSITY and CONSERVATION

A Hypertext Book by Peter J. Bryant
School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine

The origin, nature and value of biological diversity,
the threats to its continued existence, and
approaches to preserving what is left

This is a hypertext book, but most of the links leave the book in order to take advantage of documents produced and updated elsewhere. You can always get back to your starting place by using the "Back" button or the "History" file on your browser.

This resource is used in Bio65, Biological Conservation (on UCI campus and on line). If you want to take it on line, please e:mail the instructor at pjbryant@uci.edu

 

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A Project of the Interdisciplinary Minor in Global Sustainability

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