Abstract: Journal Article What is Conservation Biology? A new synthetic discipline addresses the dynamics and problems of perturbed species, communities, and ecosystems Get access Michael E. Soulé Michael E. Soulé Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar BioScience, Volume 35, Issue 11, December 1985, Pages 727–734, https://doi.org/10.2307/1310054 Published: 01 December 1985