Allee Effects in Ecology and Conservation

Franck Courchamp, Ludek Berec and Joanna Gascoigne

Allee effects are (broadly) defined as a decline in individual fitness at low population size or density. They can result in critical population thresholds below which ....

The Atlas of Endangered Species

Richard Mackay

Up to 20 percent of species may be extinct by 2030. Vividly presented through full-colour maps and graphics, this fully revised and updated atlas profiles species ....

Behaviour and Conservation

Edited by Morris L Gosling and William J Sutherland

Addresses the ways in which behaviour and conservation interact, investigating the conservation impact of people, habitat loss and fragmentation, threats to wild ....

Biodiversity Economics

Principles, Methods and Applications

Edited by Andreas Kontoleon, Unai Pascual and Timothy Swanson

Human induced biodiversity loss is greater now than at any time in human history, with extinctions occurring at rates hundreds of times higher than background extinction ....

Connectivity Conservation

Edited by Kevin R Crooks and M Sanjayan

One of the biggest threats to the survival of many plant and animal species is the destruction or fragmentation of their natural habitats. The conservation of landscape ....

Conservation Biology

Foundations, Concepts, Applications

Fred Van Dyke

Drawing on his experience as a conservation biologist, college teacher, and successful textbook author, Van Dyke's organizational clarity and readable style make this book an ....

Conservation Biology

Evolution in Action

Edited by Scott P Carroll and Charles W Fox

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 ....

The Conservation Handbook

Research, Management and Policy

William J Sutherland

Textbooks on the principles of conservation biology abound, but how does one put this theoretical knowledge into practice? The aim of The Conservation Handbook is to ....

Conservation and the Genetics of Populations

Fred W Allendorf and Gordon Luikart

Comprehensive overview of the essential background, concepts, and tools needed to understand how genetic information can be used to develop conservation plans for species ....

Conservation in the 21st Century

Gorillas as a Case Study

Edited by TS Stoinski, HD Steklis and PT Mehlman

Like other fields of science, wildlife conservation is a changing field. Threats facing wild populations of apes and other species, say 20 years ago, are likely not the same ....

Conservation of Wildlife Populations

Demography, Genetics, and Management

L Scott Mills

Conservation of Wildlife Populations provides an accessible introduction to the most relevant concepts and principles for solving real-world management problems in ....

Essentials of Conservation Biology

Richard B Primack

Essentials of Conservation Biology, Fourth Edition combines theory and applied and basic research to explain the connections between conservation biology and environmental ....

Forest Ecology and Conservation

A Handbook of Techniques

Adrian C Newton

Forest conservation has become one of the most important environmental issues currently facing humanity, as a result of widespread deforestation and forest degradation. ....

Habitat Management for Conservation

A Handbook of Techniques

Malcolm Ausden

Habitat management is commonly used to maintain and enhance the biological interest of many areas of semi-natural habitat where natural processes no longer create suitable ....

Handbook of Biodiversity Methods

Survey, Evaluation and Monitoring

Edited by David Hill, Matthew Fasham, Graham Tucker, Michael Shewry and Philip Shaw

A key reference, compiled by conservation practitioners (Hill, Fasham and Tucker are environmental consultants, Shewry and Shaw are at Scottish Natural Heritage, the ....

The Last Stand of the Orangutan

State of Emergency: Illegal Logging, Fire and Palm Oil in Indonesia's National Parks

Edited by Christian Nellerman

This publication has been carried out on behalf of the Great Ape Survival Partnership (GRASP), established by UNEP and UNESCO in collaboration with a wide range of ....

Life at the Zoo

Behind the Scenes with the Animal Doctors

Phillip T Robinson

Since the early days of traveling menageries and staged attractions that included animal acts, balloon ascents, and pyrotechnic displays, zoos have come a long way. The ....

Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes

Edited by Joshua J Millspaugh and Frank R Thompson

A single-resource volume of information on the most current and effective techniques of wildlife modeling, Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes ....

Primate Biogeography

Progress and Prospects

Edited by Shawn M Lehman and John Fleagle

Biogeography is a vital component in many aspects of Primatology, including studies of evolution, speciation systematics, population genetics, and community ecology. Despite ....

Scaling Biodiversity

Edited by David Storch, Pablo Marquet and James Brown

We know that there are tens of millions of plant and animal species, but we do not know enough to be able to describe the patterns and processes that characterise the ....

Science and Conservation in African Forests

The Benefits of Longterm Research

Edited by Richard Wrangham and Elizabeth Ross

Forests need apes as much as the apes need the forests. They are the gardeners of the forest - keystone species in the ecology of African and Southeast Asian forests, ....

State of the Wild 2008-2009

A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans

Edited by Wildlife Conservation Society

"State of the Wild "is a biennial series that brings together international conservation experts and writers to discuss emerging issues in the conservation of wildlife and wild ....

Sustaining Life

How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity

Edited by Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein

The Earth's biodiversity - the rich variety of life on our planet - is disappearing at an alarming rate. And while many books have focused on the expected ecological ....

Tropical Conservation Biology

Navjot S Sodhi, Barry W Brook and Corey JA Bradshaw

This introductory textbook examines diminishing terrestrial and aquatic habitats in the tropics, covering a broad range of topics including the fate of the coral reefs; the ....

Virunga - English Edition

The Survival of Africa's First National Park

Marc Languy and Emmanuel de Merode

Under the leadership of Marc Languy and Emmanuel de Merode, 36 conservationists describe the past and present efforts to protect Virunga, Africa's first National Park. With over ....

What Is Biodiversity?

James Maclaurin and Kim Sterelny

In the life sciences, there is wide-ranging debate about biodiversity. While nearly everyone is in favor of biodiversity and its conservation, methods for its assessment ....

Who Cares About Wildlife?

Social Science Concepts for Exploring Human-Wildlife Relationships and Conservation Issues

Michael J Manfredo

Who Cares About Wildlife? integrates social science theory in order to provide a conceptual structure for understanding and studying human interaction with wildlife. A ....

Wild Mammals in Captivity

Principles and Techniques

Edited by DG Kleiman, ME Allen, KV Thompson, S Lumpkin and H Harris

With 76 contributions in 52 chapters this mammoth volume contemporizes Lee Crandell's classic Management of Wild Animals in Captivity, and reflects the many changes ....

Wilderness

Earth's Last Wild Places

R Mittermeier et al

The third book in the trilogy after Megadiversity and Hotspots, Wilderness combines nearly 300 breathtaking images of untamed lands and rare glimpses of the people ....

Wildlife Conservation in China

Preserving the Habitat of China's Wild West

Richard B Harris

Very little is known about the issue of wildlife conservation within China. Even China specialists get a meager ration of stories about pandas giving birth in zoos, or ....

Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management

Anthony Sinclair, John Fryxell and Graeme Caughley

This is much expanded and extensively revised second edition of one of the standard textbooks on wildlife management. It provides a thorough introduction to general ....

World Atlas of Great Apes and their Conservation

Julian Caldecott and Lera Miles

Despite the dedicated efforts of many individuals and organizations, the great apes--our closest living relatives--are on the very edge of extinction. This sweeping atlas ....

The World Without Us

Alan Weisman

A fascinating glimpse of what would happen to the earth if humans vanished today, forever. What would be the legacy of our time on the planet? How quickly would all ....

Zoo Animal Nutrition

Edited by Joeke Nijboer and Jim Hatt

Subjects range from functional morphology of digestive systems to behavioural ecology of feeding, from behavioural implications of food presentation to mineral status, lactation ....

Zoo Animal Nutrition II

Edited by A Fidgett, M Clauss, U Ganslosser, JM Hatt and J Nijboer

The second volume of Zoo Animal Nutrition places an emphasis on ungulates (ruminants, rhinos), parrots and other tropical birds, fish, reptiles, and research methods. ....

Zoo Animal Nutrition III

Edited by A Fidgett, M Clauss et al

Covers the most recent research, such as primate and bird nutrition, iron storage disease, the provision of browse, and the nutrition of browsers. ....

Zoos in the 21st Century

Catalysts for Conservation?

Edited by Alexandra Zimmermann, Matthew Hatchwell, Lesley Dickie and Chris West

Modern zoos and aquaria are playing an increasingly active and important role in protecting and managing global biodiversity. Many zoos include wildlife conservation in ....