Conserving life on earth
David W. Ehrenfeld.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1972.
- xv, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.
Published in 1970 under title: Biological conservation.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-351) and index.
Introduction -- How natural communities are threatened: ecology and man-made change -- How natural communities are threatened: Pollution, industrial accidents and species manipulations -- Two endangered natural communities -- How species are threatened -- The fate of the blue whale -- Preservation of natural communities -- Analogues of natural communities -- Preservation of species -- Conclusions.