Conservation Biology

Evolution in Action

Edited by Scott P. Carroll and Charles W. Fox

A growing number of evolutionists are focusing on conservation issues, an area that until now was more the province of population and community ecologists.
Conservation biology is a rapidly expanding academic field of study; its main sub-disciplines, ecology and genetics, need bridging, and evolutionary conservation biology is their logical and emergent descendant.
This volume provides a coherent academic and conceptual organization for an evolutionary approach to conservation biology, for which study materials are currently lacking and which this volume provides as a foundation for this rapidly growing subject.
The book provides novel, attractive, and exciting treatments of key topics and issues.
Contributing chapter authors are well-known, innovative leaders in the field.
At the end of each chapter is a section titled Suggestions for Further Reading, with 3 to 5 references of more extensive reviews, or other manuscripts that students should read to familiarize themselves with the subject
This book may have a substantially larger audience than for the previous Fox volumes, in part because this book cuts across many areas of environmental biology that includes many applied biologists as well as the more basic scientists engaged in the work covered by Foxs previous OUP titles. Also because this volume is more progressively synthetic, pointing out the necessity of evolutionary considerations in management.

Conservation Biology

Evolution in Action

Edited by Scott P. Carroll and Charles W. Fox

Description

The main goal of this book is to encourage and formalize the infusion of evolutionary thinking into mainstream conservation biology. It reviews the evolutionary foundations of conservation issues, and unifies conceptual and empirical advances in evolutionary conservation biology. The book can be used either as a primary textbook or as a supplementary reading in an advanced undergraduate or graduate level course - likely to be called Conservation Biology or in some cases Evolutionary Ecology. The focus of chapters is on current concepts in evolution as they pertain to conservation, and the empirical study of these concepts. The balanced treatment avoids exhaustive reviews and overlapping duplication among the chapters. Little background in genetics is assumed of the reader.

Conservation Biology

Evolution in Action

Edited by Scott P. Carroll and Charles W. Fox

Section 1 - Population structure and genetics of threatened taxa
1:The history, purview and future of conservation genetics John C. Avise
2:Effects of population size on population viability: from mutation to environmental catastrophes David Reed
3:Demographics versus genetics in conservation biology Barry W. Brook
4:Metapopulation structure and the conservation consequences of population fragmentation Julianno B. M. Sambatti, Eli Stahl & Susan Harrison
5:The influence of breeding systems and mating systems on conservation genetics and conservation decisions Michele R. Dudash & Courtney J. Murren
Section 2 - Conserving biodiversity within and among species
6:The importance of conserving evolutionary processes Thomas B. Smith and Gregory F. Grether
7:Phylogenetic diversity and conservation Daniel P. Faith
8:Genetic considerations in introduction efforts Philippine Vergeer, N. Joop Ouborg, Andrew P. Hendry
9:Hybridization, introgression and the evolutionary management of threatened species Judith M. Rhymer
Section 3 Evolutionary responses to environmental change
10:Evolution in response to climate change Julie Etterson
11:Evolutionary dynamics of adaptation to environmental stress George W. Gilchrist and Donna G. Folk
12:Managing phenotypic variability with genetic and environmental heterogeneity: adaptation as a first principle of conservation biology Scott P. Carroll and Jason V. Watters
13:Genetic diversity, adaptive potential and population viability in changing environments Elizabeth Grace Boulding
Section 4 Conservation and evolution in biotic interactions
14:The geographic mosaic of co evolution and its conservation significance Craig W. Benkman, Thomas L. Parchman & Adam M. Siepielski
15:The next communities: evolution and integration of invasive species Scott P. Carroll & Charles W. Fox
16:Ecosystem recovery: Lessons from the past Geerat J. Vermeij
17:Host-pathogen evolution, biodiversity and disease risks for natural populations Sonia Altizer & Amy B. Pedersen
Section 5 Evolutionary management
18:Conservation planning and genetic diversity Maile C. Neel
19:Implications of transgene escape for conservation Michelle Marvier
20:Evolution and sustainability of harvested populations Mikko Heino & Ulf Dieckmann
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