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The concepts from population genetics, metapopulation dynamics, and beta-diversity that apply to the design of nature preserves and whether they suggest a different ideal design for nature preserves or not.
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The maintenance and preservation of biodiversity by interdisciplinary science are known as conservation biology. The primary tool used by the scientists in preserving the nature is systematics and knowledge of biodiversity.
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