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Society recognizes a large variety of values associated with biodiversity including aesthetic, economic, conservation, and educational (McNeely et al. 1990; Heywood and Watson 1995). These values are all ultimately related to the definition of biodiversity as a manifestation of genetic diversity, the primary raw material that is filtered by natural selection, resulting in evolutionary and ecological adaptation of biota to environmental conditions. Minimizing additional loss of biodiversity will provide the best assurance that biota will adapt to the increasing rate and spatial extent of environmental change (Pratt and Cairns 1992), and that societal values will be sustained.
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White, D., Preston, E.M., Freemark, K.E., Kiester, A.R. (1999). A Hierarchical Framework for Conserving Biodiversity. In: Klopatek, J.M., Gardner, R.H. (eds) Landscape Ecological Analysis. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0529-6_8
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