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Preface.. List of Contributors.. List of Boxes.. 1. The Pathology of Biodiversity Loss: the Practice of Conservation.. 2. Prioritizing Choices in Conservation.. 3. What is Biodiversity Worth? Economics as a Problem and a Solution.. 4. Impacts of Modern Molecular Genetic Techniques on Conservation Biology.. 5. The Role of Metapopulations in Conservation.. 6. Managing Biodiversity in the Light of Climate Change: Current Biological Effects and Future Impacts.. 7. Technology in Conservation: a Boon but with Small Print.. 8. Animal Welfare and Conservation: Measuring Stress in the Wild.. 9. Does Modelling have a Role in Conservation?.. 10. Conservation in the Tropics: Evolving Roles for Governments, International Donors and Non-governement Organizations.. 11. Do Parasites Matter? Infectious Diseases and the Conservation of Host Populations.. 12. The Nature of the Beast: Using Biological Processes in Vertebrate Pest Management.. 13. Introduced Species and the Line between Biodiversity Conservation and Naturalistic Eugenics.. 14. Bushmeat: the Challenge of Balancing Human and Wildlife Needs in African Moist Tropical Forests.. 15. Does Sport Hunting Benefit Conservation?.. 16. Can Farming and Wildlife Coexist?.. 17. Living with Wildlife: the Roots of Conflict and the Solutions.. 18. Principles, Practice and Priorities: the Quest for Alignment.. Index

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