Nature's keepers : the new science of nature management.

Budiansky, Stephen.

Nature's keepers : the new science of nature management. - London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995. - 310p., [8]p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps, port. 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-296) and index.

With examples from plant and animal life, Budiansky shows how new research into the paradoxes of nature, mathematical ecology, is being applied to actual problems, such as the grouse underpopulation on Scottish moors.

9780297816362 . £20.00 9780297816362 .


Ecosystem management
Philosophy of nature
Nature--Effect of human beings on
Nature conservation
Wildlife conservation.
Conservation biology.
Environment and Ecology.
Science: general issues
Pollution & threats to the environment
Applied ecology

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