Title:
Evolutionary conservation biology
Series:
Cambridge studies in adaptive dynamics
Publication Information:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004
ISBN:
9780521827003
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Summary
Summary
As human threats to the Earth's biota span unprecedented temporal and spatial scales, it has become urgent to integrate currently disparate areas of conservation biology into a unified framework. Combining conservation genetics, demography, and ecology, this book presents an integrative approach to managing species as well as ecological and evolutionary processes. The contributions are intended for students, professionals, and researchers in conservation biology, ecology, genetics, and evolution.
Table of Contents
| Contributing authors |
| Acknowledgements |
| Notational standards |
| 1 Introduction Regis Ferriere, UlfDieckmann and Denis Couvet |
| Part A Theory of Extinction: Introduction |
| 2 From individual interactions to population viabilityWilfried Gabriel and Regis Ferriere |
| 3 Age structure, mating system and population viability Stephane Legendre |
| 4 Spatial dimensions of population viabilityMats Gyllenberg and Ilkka Hanski and Johan A. J. Metz |
| Part B The Pace of Adaptive Responses to Environmental Change: Introduction |
| 5 Responses to environmental change: adaptation or extinctionRichard Frankham and Joel Kingsolver |
| 6 Empirical evidence for rapid evolutionDavid Reznick and Helen Rodd and Leonard Nunney |
| 7 Genetic variability and life-history evolutionKimberly A. Hughes and Ryan Sawby |
| 8 Environmental stress and quantitative genetic variationAlexandra G. Imasheva and Volker Loeschcke |
| Part C Genetic and Ecological Bases of Adaptive Responses: Introduction |
| 9 Fixation of new mutations in small populationsMichael C. Whitlock and Reinhard Burger |
| 10 Quantitative-genetic models and changing environmentsReinhard Burger and Christoph Krall |
| 11 Adaptive dynamics and evolving biodiversity UlfDieckmann and Regis Ferriere |
| Part D Spatial Structure: Introduction |
| 12 Genetic structure in heterogeneous environments OscarE. Gaggiotti and Denis Couvet |
| 13 Conservation implications of niche conservatism and evolution in heterogeneous environmentsRobert D. Holt and Richard Gomulkiewicz |
| 14 Adaptive responses to landscape disturbances: theoryKalle Parvinen |
| 15 Adaptive responses to landscape disturbances: empirical evidenceBruno Colas and Chris D. Thomas and Ilkka Hanski |
| Part E Community Structure |
| 16 Coevolutionary dynamics and extinction Judith Bronstein and UlfDieckmann |
| 17 Ecosystem evolution and conservationMichel Loreau and Claire de Mazancourt and Robert D. Holt |
| 18 The congener as an agent of extermination and rescue of rare speciesDonald A. Levin |
| 19 Epilogue Regis Ferriere, UlfDieckmann and Denis Couvet |
| References |
| Index |
