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Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions.
The origin of the society resulted from the emergence of the field as a distinct subject in the 1970s. The phrase conservation biology originated from a conference of ecologists and population biologists at the University of Michigan, that published the book "Conservation Biology" An Evolutionary-Ecological Perspective [7] was highly influential internationally, eventually selling tens of ...
Conservation biology; Conservation Biology (journal) Conservation biology of parasites; Conservation genetics; Conservation genomics; Conservation paleobiology; Conservation status; Conservation-induced extinction; Conservation-reliant species; Cross-fostering; Cryoconservation of animal genetic resources
Studies linking genes and biology with political ideology have been criticised. Evan Charney publishing in Perspectives on Politics argues that Alford et al.'s research is methodologically flawed, their data does not support their conclusions, and the creation of 'liberal' and 'conservative' 'phenotypes' is untenable.
This category is for articles relating to nature conservation, conservation biology and the conservation movement For non-environmental conservation, see Category:Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage .
While animal behavior and conservation biology are conceptually intertwined, the idea of using animal behavior in conservation management was only first used explicitly in 1974. [5] Since then, conservation behavior has slowly gained prominence with a surge of publications in the field since the mid-1990s and the Animal Behavior Society even ...
Conservation Biology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Society for Conservation Biology, published by Wiley-Blackwell and established in May 1987. [1] It covers the science and practice of conserving Earth's biological diversity , including issues concerning any of the Earth's ecosystems or regions.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature is the best known worldwide conservation status listing and ranking system. . Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups set through criteria such as rate of decline, population size, area of geographic distribution, and degree of population and distribution fragmenta