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Contents
Executive Summary
1
Chapter 1:
Introduction
9
Case Study: Camp Pendleton,
11
Case Study: Western Rangelands,
14
The Committee and Its Report,
16
References,
19
Chapter 2:
What Is Biodiversity?
20
Species, Populations, and Genes,
21
Genetic Diversity and Adaptation,
22
Measures of Diversity,
23
Endemism and Diversity Across Space,
26
Landscapes as Biodiversity,
29
Species are Histories,
31
Biologically Based Ranking and Rating Methods,
32
Summary,
37
References,
37
Chapter 3:
The Values of Biodiversity
43
Biological Values,
44
Social and Cultural Values,
60
Summary,
67
References,
68
