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Reid, Walter V., and K.R. Miller. 1989. Keeping Options Alive: The Scientific Basis
for Conserving Biodiversity. World Resources Institute. Washington, D.C.
“In a way, Keeping Options Alive is a ‘how-to’ publication. Its timely premise
is that the biological sciences can help policy makers identify the threats
to biodiversity, evaluate conservation tools, and come up with successful
management strategies to the crisis of biotic impoverishment before it is
full-blown.” —from the foreword.
Soulé, Michael E. (ed.). 1987. Viable Populations for Conservation. Cambridge
University Press. Cambridge, England.
“This book addresses the most recent research in the rapidly developing
integration of conservation biology with population biology.” —from the
back cover.
Thorne-Miller, Boyce, and S.A. Earle. 1998. The Living Ocean: Understanding and
Protecting Marine Biodiversity—2nd edition. Island Press. Washington, D.C.
A valuable primer for understanding the threats to marine biodiversity and
the conservation needs of this important ecosystem.
Western, David, and M.C. Pearl (eds.). 1989. Conservation for the Twenty-First
Century. Oxford University Press. New York, New York.
This collection of writings from a diverse group of authors outlines
approaches to nature conservation and it also reviews some possible future
outcomes for habitats and wildlife.
Wilson, Edward O. (ed.), and Frances M. Peter (photographer). 1989. Biodiversity.
National Academy Press. Washington, D.C.
This book is a collection of papers from a major conference that highlights
the causes of biodiversity loss followed by a systematic analysis of the
approaches to preserving biodiversity.
“Anyone concerned with biodiversity should own this book …”
—from the journal Science.
Wilson, Edward O. 1992. The Diversity of Life. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
New York, New York.
“In this book a master scientist tells the great story of how life on earth
evolved. Edward O. Wilson describes how the species of the world became
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