Anna Sher is a full professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Denver, where she has been faculty since 2003. She was a double major in Biology and Art at Earlham College, where she has also taught ecology as a Howard Hughes Fellow, visiting lecturer, and as the co-leader of the Earlham Study Abroad Kenya Program in 1992, 2000, and 2002. She received her PhD from the University of New Mexico, where she also taught botany as a visiting lecturer. As a postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Sher was awarded a Fulbright postdoctoral research fellowship to conduct research on plant interactions in Israel at Ben Gurion University's Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, and she also studied the ecology of an invasive grass at the University of California, Davis.

Sher provides just the right amount of detail, at the appropriate level, for my students. The examples are current, the figures are clear, and the information is topical." -Susan Margulis, Canisius College

• 1. Defining Conservation Biology 2. What Is Biodiversity? 3. The Value of Biodiversity 4. Threats to Biodiversity: Habitat Change 5. Climate Change and Other Threats to Biodiversity 6. Extinction Risk 7. Conserving Populations and Species 8. Establishing New Populations and Ex Situ Conservation 9. Protected Areas 10. Conservation Outside Protected Areas 11. Restoration Ecology 12. The Challenges of Sustainable Development 13. An Agenda for the Future

Anna Sher is a full professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Denver, where she has been faculty since 2003. She was a double major in Biology and Art at Earlham College, where she has also taught ecology as a Howard Hughes Fellow, visiting lecturer, and as the co-leader of the Earlham Study Abroad Kenya Program in 1992, 2000, and 2002. She received her PhD from the University of New Mexico, where she also taught botany as a visiting lecturer. As a postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Sher was awarded a Fulbright postdoctoral research fellowship to conduct research on plant interactions in Israel at Ben Gurion University's Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, and she also studied the ecology of an invasive grass at the University of California, Davis.

Sher provides just the right amount of detail, at the appropriate level, for my students. The examples are current, the figures are clear, and the information is topical." -Susan Margulis, Canisius College

• 1. Defining Conservation Biology 2. What Is Biodiversity? 3. The Value of Biodiversity 4. Threats to Biodiversity: Habitat Change 5. Climate Change and Other Threats to Biodiversity 6. Extinction Risk 7. Conserving Populations and Species 8. Establishing New Populations and Ex Situ Conservation 9. Protected Areas 10. Conservation Outside Protected Areas 11. Restoration Ecology 12. The Challenges of Sustainable Development 13. An Agenda for the Future

Anna Sher is a full professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Denver, where she has been faculty since 2003. She was a double major in Biology and Art at Earlham College, where she has also taught ecology as a Howard Hughes Fellow, visiting lecturer, and as the co-leader of the Earlham Study Abroad Kenya Program in 1992, 2000, and 2002. She received her PhD from the University of New Mexico, where she also taught botany as a visiting lecturer. As a postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Sher was awarded a Fulbright postdoctoral research fellowship to conduct research on plant interactions in Israel at Ben Gurion University's Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, and she also studied the ecology of an invasive grass at the University of California, Davis.

Sher provides just the right amount of detail, at the appropriate level, for my students. The examples are current, the figures are clear, and the information is topical." -Susan Margulis, Canisius College

• 1. Defining Conservation Biology 2. What Is Biodiversity? 3. The Value of Biodiversity 4. Threats to Biodiversity: Habitat Change 5. Climate Change and Other Threats to Biodiversity 6. Extinction Risk 7. Conserving Populations and Species 8. Establishing New Populations and Ex Situ Conservation 9. Protected Areas 10. Conservation Outside Protected Areas 11. Restoration Ecology 12. The Challenges of Sustainable Development 13. An Agenda for the Future