Problem-solving in conservation biology and wildlife management : exercises for class, field, and laboratory / James P. Gibbs, Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr., Eleanor J. Sterling.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-315) and index.

What is biodiversity? spiders as exemplars of the biodiversity concept -- What is conservation biology? An analysis of the critical ecosystem partnership fund's strategies and funding priorities -- Why is biodiversity important? Why is it threatened? An exploration with the IUCN "red list" of threatened species -- Population genetics: diversity within versus among populations -- Genetic drift: establishing population management targets to limit loss of genetic diversity -- Pedigree management: controlling the effects of inbreeding as indicated by fluctuating asymmetry -- Landscape genetics: identifying movement corridors -- Life table analysis: balancing commercial fisheries with sea bird "by-catch" -- Population viability analysis: El Nino frequency and penguin population persistence -- Habitat loss and fragmentation: ecological traps, connectivity and issues of scale -- Diagnosing declining populations: assessing monitoring data to better understand causes of a rarity in an endangered cactus -- Estimating population size with line transects and distance -- Analyzing camera trap data with presence -- Estimating population size with mark-recapture data and mark -- Estimating "biodiversity": indices, effort and inference -- Designing a zoo: ex-situ centers for conservation, research, and education -- Plant reintroductions: reestablishing extirpated populations -- Edge effects: designing a nest predation experiment -- Ecosystem fragmentation: patterns and consequences for biodiversity -- Forest harvesting: balancing timber production and parrot habitat -- Protected areas: a systematic conservation planning approach for ecoregions -- Island biogeography: how park size and condition affect the number of species protected -- GIS for conservation: mapping and analyzing distributions of wild potato species for reserve design -- Global change: will a cold-adapted frog survive in a warmer world? -- Climate envelope modeling: inferring the ranges of species to facilitate biological exploration, conservation planning and threat analysis -- Population, consumption, or governance: which drives species imperilment most in Africa and Europe? -- Overconsumption: who's smarter ... students or their professors? -- Conservation values: assessing public attitudes -- Priority setting: where around the globe should we invest our conservation efforts? -- An international debate: commercial fishing in Galapagos National Park -- Conservation law: should the polar bear be listed as a threatened species? -- Conservation policy: shaping your government / James P. Gibbs, Malcolm J Hunter, Jr. and Eleanor J Sterling.

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