Primack, Richard B.
PRIMACK, Richard B.
PRIMACK, Richard B. American, b. 1950. Genres: Environmental sciences/Ecology, Biology. Career: Boston University, Boston, MA, professor of plant ecology, 1978-. Member of board of directors, Tropical Forest Foundation, Tropical Ecosystems Directorate, and U.S. Man and the Bio- sphere Program. Publications: Essentials of Conservation Biology, 1993; A Primer of Conservation Biology, 1995; (ed.) Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Southeast Asian Forests, 1995; Conservation and Community Development in the Maya Forest of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico, in press. Address: Department of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington St., Boston, MA 02215, U.S.A.
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