Conservation of Exploited Species

by Edited by John D. Reynolds , Georgina M. Mace , Kent H. Redford , John G. Robinson

• ISBN13: 9780521787338
• ISBN10: 0521787335
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-19
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book brings together international experts to examine interactions between the biology of wildlife and the divergent goals of people involved in hunting, fishing, gathering, and culling wildlife. Reviews of theory show how sustainable exploitation is tied to the study of population dynamics, with direct links to reproductive rates, life histories, behavior, and ecology. As such theory is rarely put into practice to achieve sustainable use and effective conservation, Conservation of Exploited Species explores the many reasons for this failure and considers remedies to tackle them.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	x
Foreword	xiii
Sir Robert May
Preface	xvii
Part I Setting the scene	1	(38)
Exploitation as a conservation issue	3	(13)
Georgina M. Mace
John D. Reynolds
Can we exploit sustainably?	16	(23)
Donald Ludwig
Part II Population-based approaches	39	(106)
The gospel of maximum sustainable yield in fisheries management: birth, crucifixion and reincarnation	41	(26)
Andre E. Punt
Anthony D. M. Smith
Sustainable exploitation of fluctuating populations	67	(20)
Russell Lande
Bernt-Erik Saether
Steinar Engen
The exploitation of spatially structured populations	87	(23)
E.J. Milner-Gulland
The conservation of exploited species in an uncertain world: novel methods and the failure of traditional techniques	110	(35)
Paul R. Wade
Part III Taxonomic comparisons	145	(112)
Life histories of fishes and population responses to exploitation	147	(22)
John D. Reynolds
Simon Jennings
Nicholas K. Dulvy
Mammalian life histories and responses of populations to exploitation	169	(13)
Andy Purvis
Trade of live wild birds: potentials, principles, and practices of sustainable use	182	(21)
Steven R. Beissinger
Game vertebrate extraction in African and Neotropical forests: an intercontinental comparison	203	(39)
John E. Fa
Carlos A. Peres
Lessons from the plant kingdom for conservation of exploited species	242	(15)
Charles M. Peters
Part IV From individuals to communities	257	(144)
The role of behaviour in studying sustainable exploitation	259	(22)
William J. Sutherland
Jennifer A. Gill
The Allee effect: a barrier to recovery by exploited species	281	(20)
Christopher W. Petersen
Don R. Levitan
Life histories and sustainable harvesting	301	(22)
Hanna Kokko
Jan Lindstrom
Esa Ranta
Phenotypic and genetic changes due to selective exploitation	323	(20)
Richard Law
An ecosystem perspective on conserving targeted and non-targeted species	343	(27)
Michel J. Kaiser
Simon Jennings
The half-empty forest: sustainable use and the ecology of interactions	370	(31)
Kent H. Redford
Peter Feinsinger
Part V Conservation meets sustainable use	401	(82)
Sustainable use and pest control in conservation: kangaroos as a case study	403	(21)
Gordon C. Grigg
Anthony R. Pople
Conservation and resource use in Arctic ecosystems	424	(16)
Anne Gunn
Conservation out of exploitation: a silk purse from a sow's ear?	440	(22)
Jon Hutton
Barney Dickson
Getting the biology right in a political sort of way	462	(21)
Steven Sanderson
Part VI Final thoughts	483	(16)
Using `sustainable use' approaches to conserve exploited populations	485	(14)
John G. Robinson
Index	499