[email protected] pointed out that there is a
conservation biology text available for free download:
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0199554242/mongabay07-20>CONSERVATION
BIOLOGY FOR ALL
Oxford University Press makes conservation biology textbook by some
of the world's most prominent ecologists and conservation biologists
available as free download
"Conservation Biology for All provides cutting-edge but basic
conservation science to a global readership. A series of
authoritative chapters have been written by the top names in
conservation biology with the principal aim of disseminating
cutting-edge conservation knowledge as widely as possible. Important
topics such as balancing conversion and human needs, climate change,
conservation planning, designing and analyzing conservation research,
ecosystem services, endangered species management, extinctions, fire,
habitat loss, and invasive species are covered. Numerous text boxes
describing additional relevant material or case studies are also included. "
http://www.mongabay.com/conservation-biology-for-all.html
