What Is Conservation Biology?
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Michael E. Soulé; What is Conservation Biology?: A new synthetic discipline addresses the dynamics and problems of perturbed species, communities, and ecosystem
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Netukulimk implores one to uphold their responsibilities to future generations, with emphasis on responsibility to the place from which the knowledge emerges.
“Netukulimk implores one to uphold their responsibilities to future generations (Prosper et al., 2011); much like the early conceptual space of conservation biology (Soulé, 1985) but with emphasis here on responsibility to the place from which the knowledge emerges.”
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“Netukulimk implores one to uphold their responsibilities to future generations (Prosper et al., 2011); much like the early conceptual space of conservation biology (Soulé, 1985) but with emphasis here on responsibility to the place from which the knowledge emerges.”
BackgroundCommonness, population depletion and conservation biology
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A 2026 horizon scan for biodiversity conservation in South Africa
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- Authors
- Soulé, M. E.
- Corresponding author
- Michael E. Soulé
- Venue
- BioScience
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1985-12
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 727-734
- ISSN
- 0006-3568 (ISSN-L)
- 1525-3244
- OpenAlex
- W2511653215
- Cited by
- 1,645
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 63 · 2025: 86 · 2024: 119 · 2023: 149 · 2022: 109 · 2021: 123 · 2020: 144 · 2019: 125 · 2018: 87 · 2017: 105 · 2016: 64 · 2015: 67 · 2014: 57 · 2013: 45 · 2012: 24
- Type
- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- BioScience (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Keywords
- conservation biology, species dynamics, community dynamics, ecosystem dynamics
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