Conservation biology in Australia and Oceania

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Conservation biology in Australia and Oceania. Chipping Norton, NSW: Surrey Beatty, (OCoLC) Material Type: Internet resource: Document Type: Book, Internet Resource: All Authors / Contributors: Craig Moritz; Jiro Kikkawa.

Abstract: Oceania is a diverse region encompassing Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, New Zealand, and Polynesia, and it contains six of the world's 39 hotspots of diversity.

It has a poor record for extinctions, particularly for birds on islands and mammals. Major causes include habitat loss and degradation, invasive species, and by: Conservation biology in Australia and Oceania / edited by Craig Moritz and Jiro Kikkawa Surrey Beatty Chipping Norton, N.S.W Australian/Harvard Citation Kikkawa, Jiro.

Get this from a library. Conservation biology in Australia: an introduction. [T R New] -- An introductory textbook for conservation biology that explains the issues facing Australia's unique environments and biota and the measures needed to protect them.

Author, LaTrobe University. The book will be of interest to conservation biology students and practicing conservationists worldwide. For each copy of the book sold, another copy will be sent free to a practicing conservationist outside Western Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

Foreword by. Biology 4th Oceania Congress, and welcome to Queensland, where Australia shines. Delegates will have the opportunity to discuss conservation challenges and explore new and innovative opportunities Conservation biology in Australia and Oceania book like-minded professionals in the beautiful city of Brisbane.

Abstract: Oceania is a diverse region encompassing Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, New Zealand, and Polynesia, and it contains six of the world's 39 hotspots of diversity. It has a poor record for extinctions, particularly for birds on islands and mammals.

Major causes include habitat loss and degradation, invasive species, and overexploitation. Oceania’s community of conservation professionals The Society for Conservation Biology Oceania Section has over members from around our region and across the globe.

Together, our community of conservation professionals is working to advance the science and practice of conserving the Earth’s biological diversity. Pacific Conservation Biology provides a forum for discussion about regional conservation problems; debate about priorities and mechanisms for conservation oriented biological research; and dissemination of the results of relevant research.

Read more about the journal More. Editor-in-Chief: Mike Calver. Publishing Model: Access options available. The SCB Oceania Section hosts regional conferences every two years, with the conference location rotating between Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

For our regional conference we are partnering with the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance to host a conference on the theme of Ola Ka ʻĀina Momona: Managing for Abundance. evaluation of conservation status and needs, conservation and management of species, conservation both in protected areas and outside reserves, threats to habitats and species, captive breeding and release of species to the wild, the regulatory framework for conservation biology, and case histories of species conservation.

ISBN: The Oceania Section of the Society for Conservation Biology represents the Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island regions. The Society for Conservation Biology is global community of conservation professionals dedicated to advancing the science and practice of conserving Earth's biological diversity.

Learn how to manage and research threatened species and ecological communities with a major in Conservation Biology. Save. Apply. ATAR. Course Details. Course Details Careers & further study Fees & Scholarships Admission requirements How to apply Contact us.

Save. Apply. Keep Current Register for email table of contents alerts and be the first to know when Conservation Biology has published new research. Why sign up. It’s Free – you don’t have to have a subscription to receive email table of content alerts Convenient Delivery – each alert is delivered straight to your inbox.

User-Friendly – as each issue publishes, you get an at-a-glance listing of. Society for Conservation Biology. DOI: /jx In this book, a Pacific Historian explores the Pacific world in the eve of Western contact in the period between.

Abstract. Conservation biology has emerged as an important scientific discipline in Australia, reflected by the appearance of the new journal Pacific Conservation Biology, and the publication of a number of recent symposium volumes (e.g., Saunders et al.,; Saunders and Hobbs ; Moritz and Kikkawa ; Bradstock et al.

; Hopper et al. Authors Doug P. Armstrong is Professor of Conservation Biology at Massey University, New Zealand, and is the Oceania Chair of the IUCN Reintroduction Specialist Group. He has led a research program focused on reintroduction biology for 22 years, and has been involved in numerous New Zealand reintroduction projects in leading, participant or advisory roles.

build valuable industry connections with organisations—from Arid Recovery and BioR in South Australia to Conservation International; the Americas, Africa, and Oceania ranging from a few weeks to a full academic year.

To find available opportunities visit Study Overseas. Study Abroad and Exchange. (Wildlife Conservation Biology) offers. This volume of Terralog is a presentation of the venomous snakes of Australia and Oceania – alI of the about taxa currently recognized or under description of the family Elapidae, several of them with colour variations.

A few of these species are depicted in a. Practical Conservation Biology covers the complete array of topics that are central to conservation biology and natural resource management, thus providing the essential framework for under-graduate and post-graduate courses in these subject areas.

Written by two of the world’s leading environment experts, it is a ‘must have’ reference for environment professionals in government, non.About this book. Language: Bilingual in English and German. Turtles of the World, Volume 5: Australia and Oceania is a portrayal of the chelonians of Australia and Oceania and is the final volume in this series.

The geographic range covered in this book includes Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand and the islands of the Pacific Ocean.The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) Oceania section is proud to team up with the University of Queensland Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science (CBCS) to host the 4th Oceania Congress for Conservation Biology (OCCB) to be held on Julyin Brisbane, Australia.

The meeting will bring together the community of conservation professionals to address.