Conservation in a Changing World [Paperback]

First systematic and in-depth treatment of processes in conservation biology.Urgent conservation action must now be taken to reverse the trend of biodiversity loss. Here, researchers show how biological processes must be built into conservation planning. It will be essential reading for postgraduates and professionals in conservation biology and wildlife management.Urgent conservation action must now be taken to reverse the trend of biodiversity loss. Here, researchers show how biological processes must be built into conservation planning. It will be essential reading for postgraduates and professionals in conservation biology and wildlife management.As evidence for the rapid loss of biological diversity strengthens, there is widespread recognition of the need to identify priorities and techniques for conservation action that will reverse the trend. Much progress has been made in the development of quantitative methods for identifying priority areas based on what we know about species distributions, but we must now build an understanding of biological processes into conservation planning. Here, using studies at global to local scales, researchers consider how conservation planners can deal with the dynamic processes of species and their interactions with their environment in a changing world, where human impacts will continue to affect the environment in unprecedented ways. This book will be a source of inspiration for postgraduates, researchers and professionals in conservation biology, wildlife management and ecology.Preface; 1. The challenges to conservation in a changing world: putting processes on the map Andrew Balmford, Georgina M. Mace and Joshua R. Ginsberg; 2. Anthropogenic, ecological and genetic factors in extinction Russell Lande; 3. Integrating endangered species protection and ecosystem management: the Cape Sable Seaside-Sparrow as a case study Audrey L. Mayer and Stuart L. Pimm; 4. The dynamic response of plants to environmental change and the resultl†