Ch. 1. What is conservation biology? -- Ch. 2. Global biodiversity : patterns and processes -- Ch. 3. Threats to biodiversity -- Ch. 4. Conservation values and ethics -- Ch. 5. Ecological economics ...

While headlines focus on bringing back the woolly mammoth, the most significant impact of this research lies in its immediate benefits for endangered elephants and other threatened species alive today ...

This area entails study and maintenance of biological diversity at the level of genes, populations, communities, ecosystems and biomes; intellectual underpinnings include evolutionary theory, ...