BIOLOGY 150: Conservation Biology
Santa Clara University Library Resources
Databases: General
OmniFile and Academic Search Elite provide broad, excellent coverage for many disciplines, including the sciences. Remember to check the references in good articles for leads to other good articles.
Academic Search Elite
Covers wide range of academic topics including science & engineering, business, education, social sciences, humanities. Full text for ~2,050 publications, including 1,500 peer-reviewed scholarly journals.
OmniFile Full Text
Multi-disciplinary database includes general science and applied science & technology, plus social sciences, business, education, and humanities.
Databases: Science
Biological Abstracts
Life sciences journal literature from 1980-present includes biology, medical research, agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, genetics, botany, ecology, etc. The number of simultaneous users is limited, so please log off when finished. Results include both abstracts and full text. For full text only, check the Full Text checkbox.
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
Multidisciplinary database covers all areas of pollution as well as bacteriology, ecology, toxicology, risk assessment, environmental biotechnology, waste management, and water resources. 1981-present.
ScienceDirect
SCU's ScienceDirect online journal collection contains 400+ journals in science, technology, medicine, and more, including high impact-factor journals such as the Trends and Current Opinion series. Most are full-text. Dates covered: 1995-present.
Science E-Reference Books: Environment
Blackwell's concise encyclopedia of ecology / Peter Calow, ed. QH540.4.B58 1999eb
Blackwell's concise encyclopedia of environmental management / Peter Calow, ed. GE300.B54 1999eb
Environmental encyclopedia / Marci Bortman [et al.], eds. GE10 .E38 2003
Genetics / Richard Robinson, ed. QH427 .G46 2003
[For more Science E-References]
Science Print Reference Books: Environment
Conservation and environmentalism : an encyclopedia / Robert Paehlke, ed. GE10 .C68 1995
Encyclopedia of biodiversity / Simon Asher Levin, ed. QH541.15.B56 E53 2001
The encyclopedia of the environment / Ruth A. Eblen and William R. Eblen, editors. GE10 .E53 1994
Journals
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. QH75.A1 C665
Conservation ecology. QH75.A1 C673
Selected Print & Video Resources
California grasslands: ecology and management / Mark R. Stromberg, Jeffrey D. Corbin, Carla D'Antonio, eds. Folio QH541.5.P7 C35 2007
California's changing landscapes : diversity and conservation of California vegetation / Michael Barbour. QK86.U6 C34 1993
California's wild heritage : threatened and endangered animals in the Golden State / Peter Steinhart. Folio QL84.22.C2 S74 1990
Coastal-marine conservation : science and policy / G. Carleton Ray and Jerry McCormick-Ray, eds. QH541.5.C65 C5916 2004
Conservation and the genetics of populations / Fred W. Allendorf and Gordon Luikart. QH75 .A42 2007
Conservation biology : research priorities for the next decade / Michael E. Soule and Gordon H. Orians, eds. QH75 .C6616 2001
Conservation biology in theory and practice / Graeme Caughley, Anne Gunn. QH75 .C38 1996
Conservation in a changing world / Georgina M. Mace, Andrew Balmford, Joshua R. Ginsberg, eds. QH75.A1 C6658 1998
Essentials of conservation biology / Richard B. Primack. QH75 .P752 1998
Fate of the wild : the Endangered Species Act and the future of biodiversity / Bonnie B. Burgess. QH76 .B87 2001
Fire in California's ecosystems / Neil G. Sugihara, ed. Folio QH105.C2 F57 2006
Genetics and the extinction of species : DNA and the conservation of biodiversity / Laura F. Landweber and Andrew P. Dobson, eds. QH75 .G454 1999
The importance of species : perspectives on expendability and triage / Peter Kareiva and Simon A. Levin, eds. QH75 .I4 2003
Introduction to conservation genetics / Richard Frankham, Jonathan D. Ballou, and David A. Briscoe. QH75.A1 F73 2002
Life on the edge: a guide to California's endangered natural resources / Carl G. Thelander, ed. Folio QL84.22.C2 L54 1994
Molecular genetic approaches in conservation / Thomas B. Smith and Robert K. Wayne, eds. QH75 .M65 1996
A primer of conservation biology / Richard B. Primack. QH75 .P7525 1995
Quantitative conservation biology : theory and practice of population viability analysis / William F. Morris, Daniel F. Doak. QH352.5 .M67 2002
Research techniques in animal ecology : controversies and consequences / Luigi Boitani and Todd K. Fuller, eds. QH541.2 .R47 2000
Saving nature's legacy : origins of the idea of biological diversity / Timothy J. Farnham. QH541.15.B56 F37 2007
Terrestrial vegetation of California / Michael G. Barbour, ed. Folio QK149 .T44 2007
Untangling ecological complexity : the macroscopic perspective / Brian A. Maurer. QH541 .M384 1999
VIDEOS
Journey to planet Earth [videorecording] / Marilyn and Hal Weiner. DVD-00656 10 parts
For more: in addition to searching OSCAR with Conservation Biology as a Subject, try Nature Conservation as Subject; use a Keyword search for specific topics.
Web Resources
California Biogeographic Data
California Fish and Game Department's Biogeographic Data Branch provides pathways to California endangered and threatened species lists and links to organizations such as NatureServe and its publications, including Ecological Systems of the United States.
California Bioregions
Click on any one of California's ten regions on the bioregions map. Each bioregion offers vegetation maps, land ownership, threatened species, reports and publications, photos, and more.
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science / Conservation International
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS), the scientific hub of Conservation International, links science to conservation worldwide. Reports, gap analysis of key biodiversity areas, Biodiversity Hotspots, etc.
CERES (California Environmental Resources Evaluation System)
The California Resources Agency developed CERES as a portal to information on California's environments. Search by geographic area, topic, organization, and more.
Convention on Biological Diversity
The U.N. Environment Programme's Convention on Biological Diversity includes the Convention document, programs, issues, case studies, and reports.
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Begun by the World Resources Institute working with the United Nations and the World Bank, Millennium Assessment reports on the status of the world's ecosystems.
National Wildlife Refuge System
The 500+ U.S. wildlife refuges protect hundreds of species, as well as habitats. Useful links on this site: Habitats and Conservation and Comprehensive Conservation Planning by Region.
U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER)
LTER was established by the National Science Foundation "to support research on long-term ecological phenomena in the United States."
Citing Works
____________________________
Created September 2008
For help with biology information resources, please contact:
Michal Strutin
Science Subject Librarian
mstrutin@scu.edu
408-551-7021
Image Credit: County of San Luis Obispo