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Evolutionary Conservation Biology Regis Ferriere (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris)

Evolutionary Conservation Biology By Regis Ferriere (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris)

Evolutionary Conservation Biology by Regis Ferriere (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris)


Summary

Bringing together conservation genetics, demography, and ecology, this book presents an integrative approach to managing species as well as ecological and evolutionary processes. Written by experts for students, practitioners and researchers in conservation biology, ecology, genetics, and evolution, the volume introduces the area of evolutionary conservation biology.

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Evolutionary Conservation Biology by Regis Ferriere (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris)

As anthropogenic environmental changes spread and intensify across the planet, conservation biologists have to analyze dynamics at large spatial and temporal scales. Ecological and evolutionary processes are then closely intertwined. In particular, evolutionary responses to anthropogenic environmental change can be so fast and pronounced that conservation biology can no longer afford to ignore them. To tackle this challenge, areas of conservation biology that are disparate ought to be integrated into a unified framework. Bringing together conservation genetics, demography, and ecology, this book introduces evolutionary conservation biology as an integrative approach to managing species in conjunction with ecological interactions and evolutionary processes. Which characteristics of species and which features of environmental change foster or hinder evolutionary responses in ecological systems? How do such responses affect population viability, community dynamics, and ecosystem functioning? Under which conditions will evolutionary responses ameliorate, rather than worsen, the impact of environmental change?

Evolutionary Conservation Biology Reviews

'The book is certainly of much interest for students and researchers in conservation and related fields.' Folio Geobotanica
'The book provides an excellent overview of current tools for modelling evolutionary processes associated with different types of populations and landscape patterns Evolutionary Conservation Biology presents a great deal of useful information related to conservation geneticists and evolutionary ecology.' Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

About Regis Ferriere (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris)

Dr. Regis Ferriere is Professor of Mathematical Ecology in the Department of Ecology at the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France and Associate Professor of Evolutionary Ecology in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. Dr. Ulf Dieckman is Project Leader, Adaptive Dynamics Network at the IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria. Dr. Denis Couvet is Professor at Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France and Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France.

Table of Contents

Contributing authors; Acknowledgements; Notational standards; 1. Introduction Regis Ferriere, Ulf Dieckmann and Denis Couvet; Part A. Theory of Extinction: Introduction; 2. From individual interactions to population viability Wilfried Gabriel and Regis Ferriere; 3. Age structure, mating system and population viability Stephane Legendre; 4. Spatial dimensions of population viability Mats Gyllenberg, Ilkka Hanski and Johan A. J. Metz; Part B. The Pace of Adaptive Responses to Environmental Change: Introduction; 5. Responses to environmental change: adaptation or extinction Richard Frankham and Joel Kingsolver; 6. Empirical evidence for rapid evolution David Reznick, Helen Rodd and Leonard Nunney; 7. Genetic variability and life-history evolution Kimberly A. Hughes and Ryan Sawby; 8. Environmental stress and quantitative genetic variation Alexandra G. Imasheva and Volker Loeschcke; Part C. Genetic and Ecological Bases of Adaptive Responses: Introduction; 9. Fixation of new mutations in small populations Michael C. Whitlock and Reinhard Burger; 10. Quantitative-genetic models and changing environments Reinhard Burger and Christoph Krall; 11. Adaptive dynamics and evolving biodiversity Ulf Dieckmann and Regis Ferriere; Part D. Spatial Structure: Introduction; 12. Genetic structure in heterogeneous environments Oscar E. Gaggiotti and Denis Couvet; 13. Conservation implications of niche conservatism and evolution in heterogeneous environments Robert D. Holt and Richard Gomulkiewicz; 14. Adaptive responses to landscape disturbances: theory Kalle Parvinen; 15. Adaptive responses to landscape disturbances: empirical evidence Bruno Colas, Chris D. Thomas and Ilkka Hanski; Part E. Community Structure: 16. Co-evolutionary dynamics and extinction Judith Bronstein and Ulf Dieckmann; 17. Ecosystem evolution and conservation Michel Loreau, Claire de Mazancourt and Robert D. Holt; 18. The congener as an agent of extermination and rescue of rare species Donald A. Levin; 19. Epilogue Regis Ferriere, Ulf Dieckmann and Denis Couvet; References; Index.

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CIN0521827000A
9780521827003
0521827000
Evolutionary Conservation Biology by Regis Ferriere (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris)
Used - Well Read
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2004-06-10
448
N/A
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