The Ecological Basis of Conservation

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Defining the Scientific Issues
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   Chapter 2 Part 1: Science, Conservation, Policy, and the Public
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   Chapter 3 Part 2: Providing the Scientific Information that Conservation Practitioners Need
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   Chapter 4 Part 3: A Policy Perspective on Biodiversity Protection and Ecosystem Management
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   Chapter 5 Conservation and Human Population Growth: What Are the Linkages?
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   Chapter 6 Developing an Analytical Context for Multispecies Conservation Planning
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   Chapter 7 Operationalizing Ecology under a New Paradigm: An African Perspective
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   Chapter 8 Themes
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    Chapter 9 The Paradigm Shift in Ecology and Its Implications for Conservation
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    Chapter 10 The Emerging Role of Patchiness in Conservation Biology
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    Chapter 11 Linking Ecological Understanding and Application: Patchiness in a Dryland System
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    Chapter 12 Themes
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    Chapter 13 The Evaluation of Biodiversity as a Target for Conservation
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    Chapter 14 Conserving Ecosystem Function
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    Chapter 15 The Relationship Between Patchiness and Biodiversity in Terrestrial Systems
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    Chapter 16 Reevaluating the Use of Models to Predict the Consequences of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation
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    Chapter 17 Managing for Heterogeneity and Complexity on Dynamic Landscapes
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    Chapter 18 Integration of Species and Ecosystem Approaches to Conservation
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    Chapter 19 The Land Ethic of Aldo Leopold
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    Chapter 20 Themes
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    Chapter 21 The Future of Conservation Biology: What’s a Geneticist to Do?
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    Chapter 22 Habitat Destruction and Metapopulation Dynamics
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    Chapter 23 How Viable Is Population Viability Analysis?
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    Chapter 24 Reserve Design and the New Conservation Theory
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    Chapter 25 Ecosystem Processes and the New Conservation Theory
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    Chapter 26 Measurement Scales and Ecosystem Management
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    Chapter 27 Biogeographic Approaches and the New Conservation Biology
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    Chapter 28 Conserving Interaction Biodiversity
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    Chapter 29 Themes
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    Chapter 30 State-Dependent Decision Analysis for Conservation Biology
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    Chapter 31 Expanding Scientific Research Programs to Address Conservation Challenges in Freshwater Ecosystems
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    Chapter 32 Standard Scientific Procedures for Implementing Ecosystem Management on Public Lands
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    Chapter 33 Whatever It Takes for Conservation: The Case for Alternatives Analysis
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    Chapter 34 Conservation Activism: A Proper Role for Academics?
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    Chapter 35 Getting Ecological Paradigms into the Political Debate: Or Will the Messenger Be Shot?
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    Chapter 36 Themes
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    Chapter 37 A Summary of the Sixth Cary Conference
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    Chapter 38 The Linkages between Ecology and Conservation Policy
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    Chapter 39 The Central Scientific Challenge for Conservation Biology
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    Chapter 40 Toward a Comprehensive Conservation Theory