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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.
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.
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
References Cited
Scott P. Carroll is an evolutionary biologist in the department of
entomology at UC Davis.
Charles W. Fox is a professor in the department of entomology at
the University of Kentucky, Lexington. He is executive editor of
the journal Functional Ecology.
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