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Distribution Ecology in Conservation Biology

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Conservation biology uses ecology as one of the main sciences that provide theoretical paradigms and methodologies to further its aim of developing solutions to the biodiversity crisis. Some of the most important areas of concern in conservation biology are sustainable management, protection of endangered species, design and management of protected areas, the preservation of ecosystems, and global climate change. Before analysing the contribution of distribution ecology to conservation biology, we will see a brief description of each of these areas. The contributions of distribution ecology to biodiversity conservation are arranged according to levels of organisation, in the following sections: individual (and gene) distribution, aggregated distributions, metapopulations and source–sinks, landscape ecology and pattern-based models, species distribution models, and ensemble distribution.

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    Marcelo Hernán Cassini

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Cassini, M.H. (2013). Distribution Ecology in Conservation Biology. In: Distribution Ecology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6415-0_10

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