Biodiversity and Conservation

by Ladle; Richard

• ISBN13: 9780415456548
• ISBN10: 0415456541
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2008-12-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

A new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in the Environment, this is a four-volume collection of cutting-edge and canonical research on biodiversity and conservation.

Table of Contents

@text:CONTENTSVolume I: History, Background, and Concepts1. What is Biodiversity and How is it Measured?1. K. H. Redford and B. D. Richter (1999) 'Conservation of Biodiversity in a World of Use, Conservation Biology, 13(6), 1246-56.2. R. F. Noss (1990) 'Indicators for Monitoring Biodiversity: A Hierarchical Approach', Conservation Biology, 4(4), 355-64.3. C. J. Humphries, P. H. Williams, and R. I. Vanewright (1995) 'Measuring Biodiversity Value for Conservation', Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 26, 93-111.4. N. J. Gotelli and R. K. Colwell (2001) 'Quantifying Biodiversity: Procedures and Pitfalls in the Measurement and Comparison of Species Richness', Ecology Letters, 4(4), 379-91.5. R. Dirzo and P. H. Raven (2003) 'Global State of Biodiversity and Loss', Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 28, 137-67.2. Origins of Biodiversity6. G. L. Bush (1975) 'Modes of Animal Speciation', Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 6, 339-64.7. P. B. Rainey and M. Travisano (1998) 'Adaptive Radiation in a Heterogeneous Environment', Nature, 394(6688), 69-72.8. D. Schluter (1996) 'Ecological Causes of Adaptive Radiation', American Naturalist, 148, S40-S64.9. P. J. Mayhew (2007) 'Why are There so Many Insect Species? Perspectives from Fossils and Phylogenies', Biological Reviews, 82(3), 425-543. Geographic Patterns of biodiversity10. K. J. Gaston (2000) 'Global Patterns in Biodiversity', Nature, 405(6783), 220-7.11. R. E. Ricklefs (2004) 'A Comprehensive Framework for Global Patterns in Biodiversity', Ecology Letters, 7(1), 1-15.12. M. R. Willig, D. M. Kaufman, and R. D. Stevens (2003) 'Latitudinal Gradients of Biodiversity: Pattern, Process, Scale, and Synthesis', Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 34, 273-309.4. Temporal Patterns of Biodiversity13. M. J. Benton (1995) 'Diversification and Extinction in the History of Life', Science, 268(5207), 52-8.14. D. W. Steadman (1995) 'Prehistoric Extinctions of Pacific Island Birds: Biodiversity Meets Zooarchaeology', Science, 267(5201), 52-8.15. D. H. Erwin (2001) 'Lessons from the Past: Biotic Recoveries from Mass Extinctions', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 98(10), 5399-403.16. P. L. Koch and A. D. Barnosky (2006) 'Late Quaternary Extinctions: State of the Debate', Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 37, 215-50.5. Conservation Genetics17. W. Amos and A. Balmford (2001) 'When does Conservation Genetics Matter?', Heredity, 87, 257-65.18. P. W. Hedrick and S. T. Kalinowski (2000) 'Inbreeding Depression in Conservation Biology', Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 31, 139-62.19. D. A. Tallmon, G. Luikart, and R. S. Waples (2004) 'The Alluring Simplicity and Complex Reality of Genetic Rescue', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 19(9), 489-96.6. Key Concepts20. G. Caughley (1994) 'Directions in Conservation Biology', Journal of Animal Ecology, 63(2), 215-44.21. R. Lande (1993) 'Risks of Population Extinction from Demographic and Environmental Stochasticity and Random Catastrophes', American Naturalist, 142(6), 911-27.22. R. J. Whittaker, K. J. Willis, and R. Field (2001) 'Scale and Species Richness: Towards a General, Hierarchical Theory of Species Diversity', Journal of Biogeography, 28(4), 453-70.23. L. S. Mills, M. E. Soule, and D. F. Doak (1993) 'The Keystone Species Concept in Ecology and Conservation', Bioscience, 43(4), 219-24.7. The Value of Biodiversity24. P. R. Ehrlich and A. H. Ehrlich (1992) 'The Value of Biodiversity', Ambio, 21(3), 219-26.25. R. Costanza et al. (1997) 'The Value of the World's Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital', Nature, 387, 253-60.26. P. Jepson and S. Canney (2003) 'Values-led Conservation',