Table of Contents

PREFACE

1. What Is Population Viability Analysis, and How Can It Be Used in Conservation Decision-Making?

2. The Causes and Quantification of Population Vulnerability

3. Count-based PVA: Density-independent Models

4. Count-based PVA: Incorporating Density Dependence, Demographic Stochasticity, Correlated Environments, Catastrophes and Bonanzas

5. Accounting for Observation Error in Count-based PVAs

6. Demographic PVAs: Using Demographic Data to Build Stochastic Projection Matrix Models

7. Demographic PVAs: Using Projection Matrices to Assess Population Growth and Viability

8. Demographic PVAs Based on Vital Rates: Removing Sampling Variation and Incorporating Large Variance, Correlated Environments, Demographic Stochasticity, and Density Dependence into Matrix Models

9. Using Demographic PVA Models in Management: Sensitivity Analysis

10. Population Dynamics across Multiple Sites: the Interaction of Dispersal and Environmental Correlation

11. Methods of Viability Analysis for Spatially Structured Populations

12. Critiques and Cautions: When to Perform (and When Not to Perform) a Population Viability Analysis

About the Author

William F. Morris is a Professor in the Biology Department at Duke University.

Daniel F. Doak is a Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Reviews

"This book is unique because it is written much like a tutorial that describes the process of PVA in a well-organized and easy-to-follow manner and does so in sufficient detail (with specific real-world examples) to serve as a starting point for more detailed treatments. The book is sure to appeal to a wide audience and should serve as a useful resource for those who wish to better understand PVAs, as well as for more experienced theoreticians and conservation
practitioners."
--Carlyle Brewster, American Entomologist
"William Morris and Daniel Doak have written a comprehensive volume on population viability analyses (PVA) that integrates the theory of population ecology with the analytical tools necessary to synthesize observational data on the dynamics of populations. The book is a thorough, quantitative treatment and should be approachable by conservation biologists and ecologists with an interest in learning the details and application of PVA."
--William R. Clark, Landscape Ecology
"This is a book we've needed for a decade. PVA is not only a bridge between science and policy, it is the flagship technology of conservation biology. When applied to strongly interacting species, it is also a foundational tool of ecosystem conservation. Thank goodness, therefore, that this book is readable. Morris and Doak draw on a treasury of experience and eschew complexity except where necessary. Their book is truly the definitive step in making PVA
accessible to students and practitioners. Hooray!"
--Michael Soulé, The Wildlands Project