Management and the Conservation of Biodiversity

by Hawksworth, David L.

• ISBN13: 9789048138449
• ISBN10: 9048138442
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-15
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book brings together a selection of 21 original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation that address aspects of management for the conservation of biodiversity. The topics addressed include: lessons from the Northern spotted owl saga, hidden costs of implementing the EU Habitats Directive, the importance of recently created agricultural wetlands, cutting reeds to create a sustainable habitat, impacts and control of feral cats, selecting areas to complement existing reserve systems, beneficial effects of rabbit warrens, effects of fences on large predator ranges, spatial structure of critical habitats and connectivity, effects of an agro-pasture landscape on biodiversity, community involvement, reserve selection in forests, germ-plasm interventions in agroforestry systems, shade coffee plantations and the protection of tree diversity, reserves and the reduction of deforestation rates in dry tropical forests, reconciling forest conservation actions with usage by and needs of local peoples, weed invasion in understory plant communities in tropical lowland forests, problems of patch area and connectivity in plant conservation, the need not to focus just on hot-spots, and partitioning conservation across elevations.The organisms and communities considered embrace birds, coral reefs, various large and small mammals, reptiles, forest trees, and dune and boreal semi-natural grassland plants. The contributions are taken from situations being confronted in regions including the Andaman Islands, Brazil, Canary Islands, the Caribbean, Finland, Germany, Guinea, India, Italy, Mexico, Myanmar, Poland, South Africa, Spain, and the USA.Collectively, the studies presented here provide a snap-shot of the types of management actions being undertaken for conservation and their efficacy. This makes the volume especially valuable for use in conservation biology courses.Reprinted from Biodiversity and Conservation, volume 18: 4 (2009)

Table of Contents

Conservation management for the past, present and future	p. 1
Management on the basis of the best scientific data or integration of ecological research within management? Lessons learned from the Northern spotted owl saga on the connection between research and management in conservation biology	p. 13
Shedding light on the hidden costs of the Habitats Directive: the case of hamster conservation in Germany	p. 31
Avian communities' preferences in recently created agricultural wetlands in irrigated landscapes of semi-arid areas	p. 47
A review on the impacts of feral cats (Felis silvestris catus) in the Canary Islands: implications for the conservation of its endangered fauna	p. 65
Review of the protected area network in Guinea, West Africa, and recommendations for new sites for biodiversity conservation	p. 83
European rabbits as ecosystem engineers: warrens increase lizard density and diversity	p. 105
Do fences constrain predator movements on an evolutionary scale? Home range, food intake and movement patterns of large predators reintroduced to Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa	p. 123
Spatial distribution, connectivity, and the influence of scale: habitat availability for the endangered Mona Island rock iguana	p. 141
The effect of an agro-pasture landscape on diversity and migration patterns of frugivorous butterflies in Chiapas, Mexico	p. 155
Community involvement in management for maintaining coral reef resilience and biodiversity in southern Caribbean marine protected areas	p. 171
Reserve selection and persistence: complementing the existing Atlantic Forest reserve system	p. 193
Managing genetic variation in tropical trees: linking knowledge with action in agroforestry ecosystems for improved conservation and enhanced livelihoods	p. 205
Comparing tree diversity and composition in coffee farms and sacred forests in the Western Ghats of India	p. 223
Spatial and temporal deforestation dynamics in protected and unprotected dry forests: a case study from Myanmar (Burma)	p. 237
Conflict of use for multi-purpose tree species in the state of Pará, eastern Amazonia, Brazil	p. 255
Diversity of understory plants in undisturbed and disturbed tropical lowland forests of Little Andaman Island, India	p. 281
Relative importance of habitat area, connectivity, management and local factors for vascular plants: spring ephemerals in boreal semi-natural grasslands	p. 303
Are there habitats that contribute best to plant species diversity in coastal dunes?	p. 323
Diversity patterns in savanna grassland communities: implications for conservation strategies in a biodiversity hotspot	p. 335
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