Behaviour and Conservation

by Edited by L. Morris Gosling , William J. Sutherland

• ISBN13: 9780521662307
• ISBN10: 0521662303
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

How does an understanding of the behaviour of a given animal species contribute to its conservation? The answer to this question has profound consequences for our efforts to conserve endangered species. Behaviour and Conservation links the extraordinary advances that have been made in behavioural ecology over the last 30 years with the new discipline of conservation biology. It uses the power of an evolutionary approach to help solve problems in practical conservation, and suggests a new direction for behavioural ecology. The book addresses the ways in which behaviour and conservation interact, investigating the conservation impact of people, habitat loss and fragmentation, threats to wild populations of animals, conservation priorities and the use of behavioural approaches for conservation applications. Leading authorities in animal behaviour outline the relevance of their work to key problems in animal conservation for all researchers and students in the behavioural sciences and conservation biology.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	ix
Part I Introduction
Advances in the study of behaviour and their role in conservation	3	(10)
William J. Sutherland
L. Morris Gosling
Part II Conservation impact of people
The evolutionary ecology of human population growth	13	(21)
Ruth Mace
Grassland conservation and the pastoralist commons	34	(17)
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
Lore M. Ruttan
Predicting the consequences of human disturbance from behavioural decisions	51	(14)
Jennifer A. Gill
William J. Sutherland
The role of behavioural models in predicting the ecological impact of harvesting	65	(20)
John D. Goss-Custard
Richard A. Stillman Andrew D. West
Selwyn Mcgrorty
Sarah E.A. Le V. Dit Durell
Richard W. G. Caldow
Part III Habitat loss and fragmentation
Butterfly movement and conservation in patchy landscapes	85	(20)
Chris D. Thomas
Michel Baguette
Owen T. Lewis
Life history characteristics and the conservation of migratory shorebirds	105	(20)
Theunis Piersma
Allan J. Baker
Ranging behaviour and vulnerability to extinction in carnivores	125	(16)
Rosie Woodroffe
Joshua R. Ginsberg
Habitat fragmentation and swarm raiding army ants	141	(20)
Graeme P. Boswell
Nigel R. Franks
Nicholas F. Britton
Part IV Sexual selection, threats and population viability
Sexual selection and conservation	161	(11)
Anders Pape Mller
Dispersal patterns, social organization and population viability	172	(26)
Sarah Durant
Incorporating behaviour in predictive models for conservation	198	(23)
Richard A. Pettifor
Ken J. Norris
J. Marcus Rowcliffe
Controversy over behaviour and genetics in cheetah conservation	221	(17)
Tim Caro
The role of animal behaviour in marine conservation	238	(23)
John D. Reynolds
Simon Jennings
Part V Conservation applications of behaviour
Communication behaviour and conservation	261	(20)
Peter K. Mcgregor
Thomas M. Peake
Gillian Gilbert
Reducing predation through conditioned taste aversion	281	(19)
David P. Cowan
Jonathon C. Reynolds
Elaine L. Gill
Retaining natural behaviour in captivity for re-introduction programmes	300	(15)
Michael P. Wallace
Consequences of social perturbation for wildlife management and conservation	315	(15)
Frank A.M. Tuyttens
David W. Macdonald
Animal welfare and wildlife conservation	330	(19)
Elizabeth L. Bradshaw
Patrick Bateson
References	349	(69)
Index	418