Key Topics in Conservation Biology

Preface.
List of Contributors.
List of Boxes.
1. The Pathology of Biodiversity Loss: the Practice ofConservation: Chris R. Dickman (University of Sydney), Stuart L.Pimm (Duke University) and Marcel Cardillo (Imperial CollegeLondon).
2. Prioritizing Choices in Conservation: Georgina M. Mace(Zoological Society of London), Hugh P. Possingham (University ofQueensland) and Nigel Leader-Williams (University of Kent).
3. What is Biodiversity Worth? Economics as a Problem and aSolution: David Pearce (deceased), Susanna Hecht (University ofCalifornia at Los Angeles) and Frank Vorhies (ConsultantSustainability Economist).
4. Impacts of Modern Molecular Genetic Techniques onConservation Biology: Eli Geffen (Tel Aviv University), GordonLuikart (University of Montana)and Robin S. Waples (NOAA).
5. The Role of Metapopulations in Conservation: H. ResitAkçakaya (Applied Biomathematics), Gus Mills (University ofPretoria) and C. Patrick Doncaster (University of Southampton).
6. Managing Biodiversity in the Light of Climate Change: CurrentBiological Effects and Future Impacts: Terry L. Root (StanfordUniversity), Diana Liverman (University of Oxford) and Chris Newman(University of Oxford).
7. Technology in Conservation: a Boon but with Small Print:Stephen A. Ellwood (University of Oxford), Rory P. Wilson(University of Wales Swansea) and Alonzo C. Addison (VirtualHeritage Network).
8. Animal Welfare and Conservation: Measuring Stress in theWild: Graeme McLaren (UK Environment Agency), Christian Bonacic(University of Oxford) and Andrew Rowan.
9. Does Modelling have a Role in Conservation?: Mark S. Boyce(University of Alberta), Steve P. Rushton (University of Newcastle)and Tim Lynam (CSIRO).
10. Conservation in the Tropics: Evolving Roles for Governments,International Donors and Non-governement Organizations: Steve Cobb(Environment and Development Group), Joshua Ginsberg (ColumbiaUniversity) and Jorgen Thomsen (Conservation International).
11. Do Parasites Matter? Infectious Diseases and theConservation of Host Populations: Philip Riordan (University ofOxford), Peter Hudson (Penn State University) and Steve Albon(Macaulay Institute).
12. The Nature of the Beast: Using Biological Processes inVertebrate Pest Management: Sandra Baker (University of Oxford),Grant Singleton and Rob Smith (University of Huddersfield).
13. Introduced Species and the Line between BiodiversityConservation and Naturalistic Eugenics: David W. Macdonald(University of Oxford), Carolyn M. King (University of Waikato) andRobert Strachan (Environment Agency Wales).
14. Bushmeat: the Challenge of Balancing Human and WildlifeNeeds in African Moist Tropical Forests: John E. Fa (DurrellWildlife Conservation Trust), Lise Albrechtsen (Food andAgriculture Organization) and David Brown (Overseas DevelopmentInstitute).
15. Does Sport Hunting Benefit Conservation?: Andrew K.Loveridge (University of Oxford), J.C. Reynolds (The GameConservancy Trust) and E.J. Milner-Gulland (Imperial CollegeLondon).
16. Can Farming and Wildlife Coexist?: Ruth E. Feber (Universityof Oxford), Elizabeth J. Asteraki (CAB International) and Les G.Firbank (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology).
17. Living with Wildlife: the Roots of Conflict and theSolutions: Claudio Sillero-Zubiri (University of Oxford), RamanSukumar (Indian Institute of Science) and Adrian Treves (MakerereUniversity).
18. Principles, Practice and Priorities: the Quest forAlignment: David W. Macdonald (University of Oxford), N. MarkCollins (Commonwealth Foundation) and Richard Wrangham (HarvardUniversity).
Index