Conservation biology: the theory and practice of nature conservation, preservation, and management

Abstract

Part I: The natural order. Species richness in plant communities - P S Ashton Hierarchies of cause: toward an understanding of rarity in vascular plant species - P L Fiedler and J J Ahouse Peasant farming systems, agricultural modernization and the conservation of crop genetic resources in Latin America - M Altieri and M K Anderson The new paradigm in ecology: implications for conservation biology above the species level - S T A Pickett, V T Parker and P L Fiedler Part II: Processes and effects of change Reptilian extinctions: the last ten thousand years - T J Case, D T Bolger and A D Richman Loss of biodiversity in aquatic systems: evidence from fish faunas - P B Moyle and R A Leidy Threats to invertebrate biodiversity: implications for conservation strategies - J E Hafernik, Jr Forest fragmentation and the conservation of biological diversity - L D Harris and G Silva-Lopez Issues of scale in conservation biology - R F Noss. Part III: Population biology and genetics. Stochastic modelling of extinction in plant populations - E S Menges The effects of inbreeding on isolated populations: are minimum viable population sizes predictable? - R C Lacy Conservation of Asian primates: aspects of genetics and behavioural ecology that predict vulnerability - M C Pearl. Part IV: The practice of conservation, preservation and management. Genetic and demographic considerations in rare plant conservation - E O Guernant Ecological management of sensitive natural areas - C R Carroll Park protection and public roads - C Schonewald-Cox and M Buechner. From conservation biology to conservation practice: strategies for protecting plant diversity - D Falk Why should we conserve species and wild lands? - G L Stebbins.