Biodiversity in managed landscapes :

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TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.Description: xxx, 778 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780195079586
0195079582

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574.5 BIO

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Contents:

The geologic history of diversity / Douglas H. Erwin -- Species expirations and current extinction rates : a review of the evidence / Alwyn H. Gentry -- The meaning of quantitative genetic variation in evolution and conservation / Russell Lande -- Conserving genetic diversity in natural systems / Gary K. Meffe -- On population viability analysis and management / Bruce G. Marcot and Dennis D. Murphy -- An organism-based perspective of habitat fragmentation / Scott M. Pearson [and others] -- Biodiversity and ecological processes / Mary F. Willson -- Relating phylogeographic population structure to issues in conservation biology / Brett R. Riddle and K. Bruce Jones -- The relationship between socio-economic factors and the loss of biodiversity : first efforts at theoretical and quantitative models / Gary E. Machlis and Deborah J. Forester -- Biodiversity inventory : building an inventory at scales from local to global / John G. Dennis and Michael A. Ruggiero -- Diversity measurement and comparisons with examples / J.H. Gove, Ganapati P. Patil, and Charles Taillie -- Natural Heritage Data Center network : managing information for managing biodiversity / Robert E. Jenkins Jr. -- Regional scale monitoring of biodiversity / K. Bruce Jones and Brett R. Riddle -- Comparative utility of vegetation maps of different resolutions for conservation planning / Peter A. Stine [and others] -- Biodiversity inventories and monitoring : essential elements for integrating conservation principles with resource development projects / Francisco Dallmeier -- Biodiversity, fishes, and the introduction paradigm / Walter R. Courtenay Jr. and Peter B. Moyle -- The use of genetic information in establishing reserves for nature conservation / Stephen D. Hopper -- Strategies to reduce erosion of biological diversity by exotic terrestrial species / Lloyd L. Loope and Charles P. Stone -- Management of land and species richness in the tropics / Ariel E. Lugo and Sandra Brown -- The diversity and maintenance of old-growth forests / Thomas A. Spies and Jerry F. Franklin -- Translocation in conservation / Alan R. Templeton -- Strategies for maintenance and repair of biotic community diversity on rangelands / Neil E. West -- Strategies for ecosystem-based conservation of fish communities / Jack E. Williams and Gary E. Davis -- Conserving plant species diversity : the challenge of recovery / Bruce M. Pavlik -- Conservation of desert fishes : Spain, Australia, and the United States / John N. Rinne [and others] -- Canopy tree retention and avian diversity in the Oregon Cascades / Andrew J. Hansen and Patrick Hounihan --Conserving biodiversity in managed landscapes / Kenton R. Miller -- Beyond protected areas : changing perceptions of ecological management objectives / Walter V. Reid -- Integration of in situ conservation of plant genetic resources into landscape and regional planning / Gordon Brent Ingram -- A triad approach to land-use allocation / Malcolm L. Hunter Jr. and Aram Calhoun -- Maintaining biodiversity in a managed land and seascape : the Great Barrier Reef, Australia / Graeme Kelleher and Wendy Craik -- Diversified agroforestry systems : buffers for biodiversity reserves and landbridges for fragmented habitats in the tropics / Jiragorn Gajaseni, Rodrigo Matta-Machado, and Carl F. Jordan -- Interior and exterior land use as factors in landscape biodiversity from case studies / Kerry J. Dawson -- Changes in biodiversity of the Wadden Sea and adjacent habitats : the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark / W.J. Wolff -- Conserving biodiversity through ecosystem management / Hal Salwasser [and others] -- Conservation of biodiversity at the landscape scale / Reed F. Noss -- Developing public education packages : a U.S. National Park Service perspective / Gary W. Mullins and Michael D. Watson -- Conservation and zones of human activity : the spread of human disturbance across a protected landscape / Marybeth Buechner and Ray Sauvajot -- Balancing scientific, social, and regulatory concerns in managing biodiversity / Tim W. Clark, Dennis Glick, and John D. Varley -- Economic incentives for conserving biodiversity / Jeffrey A. McNeely -- The role of private industrial forestlands in the management of biodiversity / James A. Rochelle and Lorin L. Hicks -- Managing biodiversity on private lands / Michael A. O'Connell -- Creating policy on genetic diversity / Gene Namkoong -- Creating policy on species diversity / Michael J. Bean -- Creating policy on community diversity / Kenneth A. Dahlberg -- Creating policy on landscape diversity / Peter Bridgewater, Dan W. Walton, and John R. Busby -- Biodiversity in managed landscapes : principles, practices, and policies / Robert C. Szaro.

Summary: This work aims to look beyond the theory of biodiversity to the principles, practices and policies needed for its conservation. It tries to provide the scientific basis for understanding biodiversity, document case examples of theory and concepts, and examine policies that affect its conservation

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Based on a symposium held in Sacramento, California, July 13-17, 1992.

The geologic history of diversity / Douglas H. Erwin --
Species expirations and current extinction rates : a review of the evidence / Alwyn H. Gentry --
The meaning of quantitative genetic variation in evolution and conservation / Russell Lande --
Conserving genetic diversity in natural systems / Gary K. Meffe --
On population viability analysis and management / Bruce G. Marcot and Dennis D. Murphy --
An organism-based perspective of habitat fragmentation / Scott M. Pearson [and others] --
Biodiversity and ecological processes / Mary F. Willson --
Relating phylogeographic population structure to issues in conservation biology / Brett R. Riddle and K. Bruce Jones --
The relationship between socio-economic factors and the loss of biodiversity : first efforts at theoretical and quantitative models / Gary E. Machlis and Deborah J. Forester --
Biodiversity inventory : building an inventory at scales from local to global / John G. Dennis and Michael A. Ruggiero --
Diversity measurement and comparisons with examples / J.H. Gove, Ganapati P. Patil, and Charles Taillie --
Natural Heritage Data Center network : managing information for managing biodiversity / Robert E. Jenkins Jr. --
Regional scale monitoring of biodiversity / K. Bruce Jones and Brett R. Riddle --
Comparative utility of vegetation maps of different resolutions for conservation planning / Peter A. Stine [and others] --
Biodiversity inventories and monitoring : essential elements for integrating conservation principles with resource development projects / Francisco Dallmeier --
Biodiversity, fishes, and the introduction paradigm / Walter R. Courtenay Jr. and Peter B. Moyle --
The use of genetic information in establishing reserves for nature conservation / Stephen D. Hopper --
Strategies to reduce erosion of biological diversity by exotic terrestrial species / Lloyd L. Loope and Charles P. Stone --
Management of land and species richness in the tropics / Ariel E. Lugo and Sandra Brown --
The diversity and maintenance of old-growth forests / Thomas A. Spies and Jerry F. Franklin --
Translocation in conservation / Alan R. Templeton --
Strategies for maintenance and repair of biotic community diversity on rangelands / Neil E. West --
Strategies for ecosystem-based conservation of fish communities / Jack E. Williams and Gary E. Davis --
Conserving plant species diversity : the challenge of recovery / Bruce M. Pavlik --
Conservation of desert fishes : Spain, Australia, and the United States / John N. Rinne [and others] --
Canopy tree retention and avian diversity in the Oregon Cascades / Andrew J. Hansen and Patrick Hounihan --Conserving biodiversity in managed landscapes / Kenton R. Miller --
Beyond protected areas : changing perceptions of ecological management objectives / Walter V. Reid --
Integration of in situ conservation of plant genetic resources into landscape and regional planning / Gordon Brent Ingram --
A triad approach to land-use allocation / Malcolm L. Hunter Jr. and Aram Calhoun --
Maintaining biodiversity in a managed land and seascape : the Great Barrier Reef, Australia / Graeme Kelleher and Wendy Craik --
Diversified agroforestry systems : buffers for biodiversity reserves and landbridges for fragmented habitats in the tropics / Jiragorn Gajaseni, Rodrigo Matta-Machado, and Carl F. Jordan --
Interior and exterior land use as factors in landscape biodiversity from case studies / Kerry J. Dawson --
Changes in biodiversity of the Wadden Sea and adjacent habitats : the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark / W.J. Wolff --
Conserving biodiversity through ecosystem management / Hal Salwasser [and others] --
Conservation of biodiversity at the landscape scale / Reed F. Noss --
Developing public education packages : a U.S. National Park Service perspective / Gary W. Mullins and Michael D. Watson --
Conservation and zones of human activity : the spread of human disturbance across a protected landscape / Marybeth Buechner and Ray Sauvajot --
Balancing scientific, social, and regulatory concerns in managing biodiversity / Tim W. Clark, Dennis Glick, and John D. Varley --
Economic incentives for conserving biodiversity / Jeffrey A. McNeely --
The role of private industrial forestlands in the management of biodiversity / James A. Rochelle and Lorin L. Hicks --
Managing biodiversity on private lands / Michael A. O'Connell --
Creating policy on genetic diversity / Gene Namkoong --
Creating policy on species diversity / Michael J. Bean --
Creating policy on community diversity / Kenneth A. Dahlberg --
Creating policy on landscape diversity / Peter Bridgewater, Dan W. Walton, and John R. Busby --
Biodiversity in managed landscapes : principles, practices, and policies / Robert C. Szaro.

This work aims to look beyond the theory of biodiversity to the principles, practices and policies needed for its conservation. It tries to provide the scientific basis for understanding biodiversity, document case examples of theory and concepts, and examine policies that affect its conservation

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