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Chapter 1:
INTRODUCTION, HISTORY OF LIFE

Chapter 2:
EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS AND THE AGE OF REPTILES

Chapter 3:
THE AGE OF MAMMALS

Chapter 4:
EVOLUTION OF HUMANS AND THE PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTIONS

Chapter 5:
EXTINCTION AND DEPLETION FROM OVER-EXPLOITATION

Chapter 6:
WHALES AND WHALING

Chapter 7:
FISH AND FISHING

Chapter 8:
OVEREXPLOITATION THREATENING LIVING SPECIES

Chapter 9:
SECONDARY EFFECTS OF OVER-EXPLOITATION

Chapter 10:
CATALOGING AND MAPPING BIODIVERSITY

Chapter 11:
VALUES OF BIODIVERSITY

Chapter 12:
NATURAL PRODUCTS

Chapter 13: 
ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION

Chapter 14:
EXOTIC INTRODUCTIONS

Chapter 15:
TEMPERATE FORESTS AND DEFORESTATION

Chapter 16:
TROPICAL FORESTS

Chapter 17:
DESERTS AND GRASSLANDS

Chapter 18:
ENDANGERED FRESHWATER HABITATS

Chapter 19:
ENDANGERED MARINE HABITATS

Chapter 20:
ISLANDS

Chapter 21: 
PROTECTED AREAS

Chapter 22:
HABITAT POLLUTION

Chapter 23:
CAPTIVE BREEDING AND REINTRODUCTION

Chapter 24:
HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH AND ITS IMPACT

BIODIVERSITY and CONSERVATION

A Hypertext Book by Peter J. Bryant
School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine

The origin, nature and value of biological diversity,
the threats to its continued existence, and
approaches to preserving what is left

This is a hypertext book, but most of the links leave the book in order to take advantage of documents produced and updated elsewhere. You can always get back to your starting place by using the "Back" button or the "History" file on your browser.

This resource is used in Bio65, Biological Conservation (on UCI campus and on line). If you want to take it on line, please e:mail the instructor at pjbryant@uci.edu

It is also being used in Biol 215 Conservation Biology at Northwest Indian College, Bellingham, Washington (summer 2005 season). Instructor: Roberto Gonzalez-Plaza

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