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| List of Plates | |
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| List of Boxes | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction – Humans, Nature, and Human Nature | |
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| Homo not-so-sapiens? | |
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| Homo sapiens – Just Another Species? | |
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| Human Population Density and Technology Underlie Environmental Impact | |
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| A Biodiversity Crisis | |
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| The Scale of the Biodiversity Problem | |
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| Biodiversity, Ecosystem Function and Ecosystem Services | |
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| Drivers of Biodiversity Loss – The Extinction Vortex | |
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| Habitat Loss – Driven from House and Home | |
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| Invaders – Unwanted Biodiversity | |
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| Overexploitation – Too Much of a Good Thing | |
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| Habitat degradation – Laying Waste | |
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| Global climate change – Life in the Greenhouse | |
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| Toward a Sustainable Future? | |
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| Ecological Applications – to Conserve, Restore, and Sustain Biodiversity | |
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| From an Economic Perspective – Putting a Value on Nature | |
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| The Sociopolitical Dimension | |
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| Ecological Applications At The Level Of Individual Organisms | |
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| Ecological Applications of Niche Theory | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Unwanted Aliens – Lessons from Niche Theory | |
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| Ecological Niche Modeling – Predicting Where Invaders will Succeed | |
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| Are we Modeling Fundamental or Realized Niches? | |
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| When Humans Disrupt Ecosystems and Make it Easy for Invaders | |
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| Conservation of Endangered Species – Each to Its Own Niche | |
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| Monarch’s Winter Palace Under Siege | |
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| A Species off the Rails – Translocation of the Takahe | |
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| Restoration of Habitats Impacted by Human Activities | |
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| Land Reclamation – Prospecting for Species to Restore Mined Sites | |
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| Agricultural Intensification – Risks to Biodiversity | |
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| How Much Does it Cost to Restore a Species? | |
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| River Restoration – Going with the Flow | |
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| Life-history Theory and Management | |
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| Introduction – Using Life-history Traits to Make Management Decisions | |
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| Species Traits as Predictors for Effective Restoration | |
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| Restoring Grassland Plants – A Pastoral Duty | |
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| Restoring Tropical Forest – Abandoned Farmland Reclaimed for Nature | |
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| Species Traits as Predictors of Invasion Success | |
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| Species Traits Predict Invasive Conifers | |
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| Invasion Success – The Importance of Flexibility | |
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| Separating Invasions into Sequential Stages – Different Traits for Each? | |
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| What We Know and Don’t Know About Invader Traits | |
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| Species Traits as Predictors of Extinction Risk | |
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| Niche Breadth and Flexibility – Freshwater and Forest at Risk | |
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| When Big isn’t Best – r/K Theory, Harvesting, Grazing and Pollution | |
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| When Competitiveness Matters – CSR Theory, Grazing and Habitat Fragmentation | |
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| Dispersal, Migration and Management | |
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| Introduction – Why Species Mobility Matters | |
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| Migration and Dispersal – Lessons for Conservation | |
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| For Whom the Bell Tolls – The Surprising Story of a South American Bird | |
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| The Ups and Downs of Panda Conservation | |
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| Dispersal of a Vulnerable Aquatic Insect – A Damsel in Distress | |
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| Designing Marine Reserves | |
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| Restoration and Species Mobility | |
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| Behavior Management | |
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| Bog Restoration  | |