Conservation Biology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Saving Species Through Population Biology and Viability Analyses: A Morass of Math, Myth, and Mistakes?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3

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   2. The Analysis of Population Persistence: An Outlook on the Practice of Viability Analysis

      • Martha J. Groom, Miguel A. Pascual

      Pages 4-27

   3. Rare Plant Demography: Lessons from the Mariposa Lilies (Calochortus: Liliaceae)

      • Peggy L. Fiedler, B. E. Knapp, Nancy Fredricks

      Pages 28-48

   4. Evaluating Extinction Risks in Plant Populations

      • Eric S. Menges

      Pages 49-65

   5. Physical Effects of Habitat Fragmentation

      • Lauri K. Freidenburg

      Pages 66-79

   6. Reintroduction of Rare Plants: Genetics, Demography, and the Role of Ex Situ Conservation Methods

      • Edward O. Guerrant Jr., Bruce M. Pavlik

      Pages 80-108

3. Broad Brushes and Taxonomic Tours: Summaries of the State of the Natural World

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-111

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   2. Conservation and Management of Species in the Sea

      • Mary H. Ruckelshaus, Cynthia G. Hays

      Pages 112-156

   3. Reptilian Extinctions Over the Last Ten Thousand Years

      • Ted J. Case, Douglas T. Bolger, Adam D. Richman

      Pages 157-186

   4. Conservation Status of the World’s Fish Fauna: An Overview

      • Robert A. Leidy, Peter B. Moyle

      Pages 187-227

   5. Challenges in Insect Conservation: Managing Fluctuating Populations In Disturbed Habitats

      • Cheryl B. Schultz, Gary C. Chang

      Pages 228-254

   6. An Australian Perspective on Plant Conservation Biology in Practice

      • Stephen D. Hopper

      Pages 255-278

4. Habitat Degradation and Ecological Restoration: Hubris, Hegemony, and Healing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-282

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   2. Critical Issues in Invasion Biology for Conservation Science

      • Ingrid M. Parker, Sarah H. Reichard

      Pages 283-305

   3. Challenges and Approaches for Conserving Hawaii’s Endangered Forest Birds

      • Thomas B. Smith, Steven G. Fancy

      Pages 306-316

   4. Picking Up The Pieces: Botanical Conservation on Degraded Oceanic Islands

      • Mike Maunder, Alastair Culham, Clare Hankamer

      Pages 317-344

   5. When do Genetic Considerations Require Special Approaches to Ecological Restoration?

      • Eric E. Knapp, Andrew R. Dyer

      Pages 345-363

   6. Replacing Endangered Species Habitat: The Acid Test of Wetland Ecology

      • Joy Zedler

      Pages 364-379

5. When Conservation Meets the Real World of Economics, Politics, and Tradeoffs

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 381-383

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Reflecting a new generation of conservation biologists' upper-division and graduate level conservation biology courses, as well as for individual reference, this book incorporates a number of new authors and additional chapters, covering all aspects of one of the most dynamic areas in the life sciences. Containing ten additional chapters, it includes such timely topics as ecosystem management and the economics of conservation.

• biology
• conservation biology
• ecosystem
• population biology
• economic geology

• Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, USA

  Peggy L. Fiedler

• Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

  Peter M. Kareiva

Policies and ethics