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Experimental Approaches to Conservation Biology

Malcolm Gordon

Abstract

We are living in the early stages of a looming worldwide extinction crisis. Abundant evidence shows that the current rate of species extinctions is nearing its highest level since the asteroid collision 65 million years ago, and that humans are largely responsible. This book addresses the urgent need to understand and find solutions to this crisis. The book provides a unique approach by focusing on individual species rather than whole plant and animal communities. Emphasizing throughout how conservation biology can benefit from an experimental approach, the book looks at a wide range of terres ... More

Keywords: conservation biology, extinction, experimental biologists, species, giant pandas, tree snails, sea turtles, Stellar sea lions

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 2004 Print ISBN-13: 9780520240247
Published to California Scholarship Online: March 2012 DOI:10.1525/california/9780520240247.001.0001

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Affiliations are at time of print publication.

Malcolm Gordon, editor

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Front Matter

Title Pages

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Section 1 Introduction

1 Experimental Biology in Conservation Science

Malcolm S. Gordon, and Soraya M. Bartol

Section 2 Conservation of Endangered Species

2 Overview

Gary Burness

3 Contributions of Ex Situ Propagation and Molecular Genetics to Conservation of Hawaiian Tree Snails

Michael G. Hadfield, Brenden S. Holland, and Kevin J. Olival

4 Multiple Causes for Declining Amphibian Populations

Andrew R. Blaustein, Audrey C. Hatch, Lisa K. Belden, and Joseph M. Kiesecker

5 Energetics of Leatherback Sea Turtles: A Step toward Conservation

David R. Jones, Amanda L. Southwood, and Russel D. Andrews

6 Experimental Strategies for the Recovery of Depleted Populations of West Indian Rock Iguanas

Allison C. Alberts, and John A. Phillips

7 Endocrinology and the Conservation of New Zealand Birds

John F. Cockrem, Dominic C. Adams, Ellen J. Bennett, E. Jane Candy, Emma J. Hawke, Sharon J. Henare, and Murray A. Potter

8 Conservation of Australian Arid-Zone Marsupials: Making Use of Knowledge of Their Energy and Water Requirements

Ian D. Hume, Lesley A. Gibson, and Steven J. Lapidge

9 The Population Decline of Steller Sea Lions: Testing the Nutritional Stress Hypothesis

Russel D. Andrews

Section 3 Control or Elimination of Exotic and Invasive Species

10 Overview

Pamela J. Mueller

11 Tipping the Balance in the Restoration of Native Plants: Experimental Approaches to Changing the Exotic:Native Ratio in California Grassland

Jeffrey D. Corbin, Carla M. D’Antonio, and Susan J. Bainbridge

12 Using Natural Experiments in the Study of Alien Tree Invasions: Opportunities and Limitations

David M. Richardson, Mathieu Rouget, and Marcel Rejmánek

13 Biological Control in Support of Conservation: Friend or Foe?

Mark S. Hoddle

Section 4 Policy-Related Matters

14 Overview

Anthony C. Steyermark

15 The Army and the Desert Tortoise: Can Science Inform Policy Decisions?

James R. Spotila, and Harold W Avery

16 Integrating Experimental Research with the Needs of Natural-Resource and Land Managers: Case Studies from Australia and New Zealand

John C. Rodger

17 Making Wildlife Research More Meaningful by Prioritizing Science, Linking Disciplines, and Building Capacity

David E. Wildt

18 African National Parks under Challenge: Novel Approaches in South Africa May Offer Respite

Leo Braack

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Systematic Index

Subject Index