Conservation Biology: The Theory and Practice of Nature Conservation Preservation and Management

• • • John Harper • • • Nature conservation has changed from an idealistic philosophy to a serious technology. Ecology, the science that underpins the technol­ ogy of conservation, is still too immature to provide all the wisdom that it must. It is arguable that the desire to conserve nature will in itself force the discipline of ecology to identify fundamental problems in its scientific goals and methods. In return, ecologists may be able to offer some insights that make conservation more ...