Quantitative Methods for Conservation Biology

This is one of the first books to review the quantitative tools used in the study of such subjects as biodiversity, resource management, and endangered species preservation. The topics covered include population viability analysis, population dynamics, metapopulation models, estimating risks and timing of extinctions, quasi-extinction, recovery dynamics, land use, population genetics and the genetics of bottleneck populations. Now reprinted in softcover, the book remains of great interest to graduate students and practicing biologists working in conservation biology, ecology, and natural resources.

ISBN 0387954864   Pages 333 ISBN13 9780387954868 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc.   Weight (grammes) 1040 Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc.   Published in New York, NY Format Paperback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 01 Aug 2002   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress QH   Spine width (mm) 17 DEWEY 333.95160151   Academic level Professional / Scholarly, Postgraduate DEWEY edition DC21

Detecting extinctions in sighting data.- Extinctions in sighting data: power and an application to Western Australian Acacia species.- Identifying the ecological correlates of extinction prone species using maximum likelihood regression: a case study of New Zealand birds.- Quantitative methods for modeling species habitat: comparative performance and an application to Australian plants.- Risk assessment of a proposed introduction of Pacific salmon in the Delaware River Basin.- Likelihood of introducing nonindigenous organisms with agricultural commodities: probabilistic estimation.- Best abundance estimates and best management: why they are not the same.- Whaling models for cetacean conservation.- Bayesian belief networks: assessing land use impacts on bull trout.- Using matrix models to focus research and management efforts in conservation.- Variability and measurement error in extinction risk analysis: the northern spotted owl on the Olympic Peninsula.- Can individual-based models yield a better assessment of population viability?- The potential of branching processes as a modelling tool for conservation biology.- The role of genetics in conservation biology.- Modelling problems in conservation.

From the reviews: "Population decline and extinction of many species is a worldwide phenomenon. Because quantitative methods are either lacking or not applied population declines are often poorly understood ! . The present book aims to contribute to close this gap by introducing several different quantitative methods that are useful to conservationists. ! The book has been written for graduate students and working conservation biologists. ! The authors succeeded ! in presenting the different methods in an understandable and simple way. ! I would recommend the book." (Michael Schaub, Basic and Applied Ecology, Issue 5, 2004)

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