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How long does it take to read Essentials of Conservation Biology?

Richard B. Primack, Ricardo Rozzi, Peter Feinsinger, Rodolfo Dirzo, Massardo Francisca

Essentials of Conservation Biology by Richard B. Primack, Ricardo Rozzi, Peter Feinsinger, Rodolfo Dirzo, Massardo Francisca takes about 11 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 11 hours 2 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1993. 602 pages, about 165,550 words.

23 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 18 hours 24 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 11 hours 2 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 6 hours 54 minutes

The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

This volume combines theory with applied and basic research to explain the connections between conservation biology and environmental economics, ethics, law, and the social sciences. It stresses the need for theory, research and an interdisciplinary approach in solving conservation problems.

Subjects: Conservation biology, Environnement, Biologie de la conservation, Natuurbehoud, Conservation des ressources naturelles, Ecologie

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