%0 Journal Article
%T changingperspectivesonbiodiversityconservation:fromspeciesprotec-tiontoregionalsustainability
%A jianguo
%A wu
%J 生物多样性
%D 2008
%X ？biodiversityisthebasisforecosystemgoodsandservicesthatprovideforhumansurvivalandprosperity.witharapidlyincreasinghumanpopulationanditsdemandsfornaturalresources,landscapesarebeingfragmented,habitatsarebeingdestroyed,andbiodiversityisdeclining.howcanbiodiversitybeeffectivelyconservedinthefaceofincreasinghumanpressures?inthispaper,ireviewchangingperspectivesonbiodiversityconservation,anddiscusstheirrelevancetothepracticeofbiodiversityconservation.themajorpointsinclude:thenotionofbalanceofnatureisamythratherthanascientificconcept;thetheoryofislandbiogeographyisusefulheuristicallybutflawedpractically;theslossdebateisintriguingintheorybutir-relevantinreality;theconceptofminimumviablepopulationandpopulationviabilityanalysisareuseful,buttechnicallyinefficientandconceptuallyinadequate;metapopulationtheoryismathematicallyelegantbutecologicallyoversimplistic;andintegrativeperspectivesandapproachesforbiodiversityconservationareneededthatincorporateinsightsfromlandscapeecologyandsustainabilityscience.ifurtherdiscusssomekeyprinciplesforregionalconservationplanning,andarguethatthelong-termsuccessofbiodiversitycon-servationinanyregionwillultimatelydependontheeconomicandsocialsustainabilityofthatregion.bothresearchandpracticeinbiodiversityconservation,therefore,needtoadoptabroaderperspectiveofsustain-ability
%K biodiversity
%K conservationbiology
%K landscapeecology
%K sustainabilityscience
%U http://www.biodiversity-science.net/CN/abstract/abstract8489.shtml