Quantitative Methods for Conservation Biology,9780387954868

Quantitative Methods for Conservation Biology

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780387954868
ISBN10: 0387954864
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-07-01
Publisher(s): Springer Verlag
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Summary

This is one of the first books to review the quantitative tools used in the study of such subjects as biodiversity, resource management, and endangered species preservation. The topics covered include population viability analysis, population dynamics, metapopulation models, estimating risks and timing of extinctions, quasi-extinction, recovery dynamics, land use, population genetics and the genetics of bottleneck populations. Now reprinted in softcover, the book remains of great interest to graduate students and practicing biologists working in conservation biology, ecology, and natural resources.

Table of Contents

Preface v
Contributors ix
Detecting Extinction in Sighting Data
1(6)
Andrew Solow
Thomas Helser
Inferring Threat from Scientific Collections: Power Tests and an Application to Western Australian Acacia Species
7(20)
Mark Bargman
Bruce R. Maslin
David Andrewartha
Marie R. Keatley
Chris Boek
Michael McCarthy
Identifying the Ecological Correlates of Extinction-Prone Spceies: A Case Study of New Zealand Birds
27(12)
Brendan Moyle
Quantitative Methods for Modeling Species Habitat: Comparative Performance and an Application to Australian Plants
39(20)
Jane Elith
Risk Assessment of a Proposed Introduction of Pacific Salmon in the Delaware River Basin
59(18)
Paul T. Jacobson
Likelihood of Introducing Nonindigenous Organisms with Agricultural Commodities: Probabilistic Estimation
77(19)
Michael J. Firko
Edward V. Podleckis
``Best'' Abundance Estimates and Best Management: Why They Are Not the Same
96(13)
Barbara L. Taylor
Paul R. Wade
Whaling Models for Cetacean Conservation
109(18)
Mark S. Boyce
Assessing Land-Use Impacts on Bull Trout Using Bayesian Belief Networks
127(21)
Danny C. Lee
Using Matrix Models to Focus Research and Management Efforts in Conservation
148(21)
Selina S. Heppell
Deborah T. Crouse
Larry B. Crowder
Variability and Measurement Error in Extinction Risk Analysis: The Northern Spotted Owl on the Olympic Peninsula
169(19)
Lloyd Goldwasser
Scott Ferson
Lev Ginzburg
Can Individual-Based Models Yield a Better Assessment of Population Variability?
188(11)
Yiannis G. Matsinos
Wilfried F. Wolff
Donald L. DeAngelis
Potential of Branching Processes as a Modeling Tool for Conservation Biology
199(27)
Frederic Gosselin
Jean-Dominique Lebreton
Role of Genetics in Conservation Biology
226(33)
Sabine S. Loew
Modeling Problems in Conservation Genetics Using Laboratory Animals
259(15)
Richard Frankham
Theoretical Properties of Extinction by Inbreeding Depression Under Stochastic Environments
274(17)
Yoshinari Tannka
Mathematical Methods for Identifying Representative Reserve Networks
291(16)
Hugh Possingham
Ian Ball
Sandy Andelman
Index 307

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