Evolutionary Conservation Biology

Name: Evolutionary Conservation Biology
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ISBN: 9780521827003

ISBN-10: 0521827000

ISBN-13: 9780521827003

Edition: 2003

Authors: Rï¿½gis Ferriï¿½re, Ulf Dieckmann, Denis Couvet, Richard Law, Hans Metz

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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.

Book details

List price: $119.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/10/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.29" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.826
Language: English

Dr. Rï¿½gis Ferriï¿½re is Professor of Mathematical Ecology in the Department of Ecology at the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France and Associate Professor of Evolutionary Ecology in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.

Dr. Denis Couvet is Professor at Musï¿½um National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France and Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France.



Contributing authors


Acknowledgements


Notational standards



Introduction Regis Ferriere, Ulf




Theory of Extinction: Introduction



From individual interactions to population viability




Age structure, mating system and population viability Stephane Legendre



Spatial dimensions of population viability




The Pace of Adaptive Responses to Environmental Change: Introduction



Responses to environmental change: adaptation or extinction




Empirical evidence for rapid evolution




Genetic variability and life-history evolution




Environmental stress and quantitative genetic variation




Genetic and Ecological Bases of Adaptive Responses: Introduction



Fixation of new mutations in small populations




Quantitative-genetic models and changing environments




Adaptive dynamics and evolving biodiversity Ulf




Spatial Structure: Introduction



Genetic structure in heterogeneous environments Oscar




Conservation implications of niche conservatism and evolution in heterogeneous environments




Adaptive responses to landscape disturbances: theory




Adaptive responses to landscape disturbances: empirical evidence




Community Structure



Coevolutionary dynamics and extinction Judith Bronstein and Ulf




Ecosystem evolution and conservation




The congener as an agent of extermination and rescue of rare species




Epilogue Regis Ferriere, Ulf



References


Index