Tim Caro (ed.)

Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology

Herausgeber: Caro, Tim

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the last few years, a handful of behavioural ecologists, increasingly concerned about species losses, have begun to address issues in conservation biology. Using data collected in the course of their fieldwork on mating systems, foraging behaviour, or habitat preferences, or simply by working on an endangered species, they have started to apply their findings to models of population growth and effective population size, hands-on management, and developing conservation strategies. This edited volume is the first attempt to link these disciplines formally.

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In just the last few years, behavioral ecologists have begun to address issues in conservation biology. This volume is the first attempt to link these disciplines formally. Here leading researchers explore current topics in conservation biology and discuss how behavioral ecology can contribute to a greater understanding of conservation problems and conservation intervention programs. In each chapter, the authors identify a conservation issue, review the ways it has been addressed, review behavioral ecological data related to it, including their own, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the behavioral ecological approach, and put forward specific conservation recommendations. The chapters juxtapose different studies on a wide variety of taxonomic groups. A number of common themes emerge, including the ways in which animal mating systems affect population persistence, the roles of dispersal and inbreeding avoidance for topics such as reserve design and effective population size, the key role of humans in conservation issues, and the importance of baseline data for conservation monitoring and modeling attempts. Each chapter sheds new light on conservation problems, generates innovative avenues of interdisciplinary research, and shows how conservation-minded behavioral ecologists can apply their expertise to some of the most important questions we face today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hodder Education Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 164mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1042g
• ISBN-13: 9780195104899
• ISBN-10: 0195104897
• Artikelnr.: 21593952

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Introduction
* 1.: Tim Caro: The Significance of Behavioral Ecology for Conservation
Biology
* Part I: Baseline Behavioral Ecological Data and Conservation
Problems. Introduction
* 2.: Peter McGregor and Tom Peake: The Role of Individual
Identification in Conservation Biology
* 3.: Alexander Harcourt: Ecological Indicators of Risk for Primates,
as Judged by Susceptibility to Logging
* 4.: Joel Berger: Future Pry: Some Consequences of the Loss and
Restoration of Large Carnivores
* Part II: Baseline Behavioral Ecological Data and Conservation
Intervention. Introduction
* 5.: Sarah Durant: A Minimum Intervention Approach to Management: The
Influence of Social Structure
* 6.: Nadja Wielebnowski: Contributions of Behavioral Studies to
Captive Management and Breeding of Rare and Endangered Mammals
* 7.: Eberhard Curio: Behavior as a Tool for Management Intervention in
Birds
* Part III: Mating Systems and Conservation Problems. Introduction
* 8.: Andy Dobson and Joyce Poole: Conspecific Aggregation and
Conservation Biology
* 9.: Amanda Vincent and Yvonne Sadovy: Reproductive Ecology in the
Conservation and Management of Fishes
* 10.: Scott Creel: Social Organization and Effective Population Size
in Carnivores
* Part IV: Mating Systems and Conservation Intervention. Introducton
* 11.: Correigh Greene, James Umbanhowar, Marc Mangel, and Tim Caro:
Animal Breeding Systems, Hunter Selectivity, and Consumptive Use in
Wildlife Conservation
* 12.: John Eadie, Paul Sherman, and Brad Semel: Conspecific Brood
Parasitism, Population Dynamics, and the Conservation of
Cavity-nesting Birds
* 13.: Mats Grahn, Asa Langefors, and Torbiorn von Schantz: The
Importance of Mate Choice in Improving Viability of Captive
Populations
* Part V: Dispersal and Inbreeding Avoidance. Introduction
* 14.: Dirk van Vuren: Mammalian Dispersal and Reserve Design
* 15.: Bruce Waldman and Mandy Tocher: Behavioral Ecology, Genetic
Diversity, and Declining Amphibian Populations
* Part VI: Human Behavioral Ecology. Introduction
* 16.: Clare FitzGibbon: The Management of Subsistence Hunting:
Behavioral; Ecology of Hunters and their Mammalian Prey
* 17.: Michael Alvard: Indigenous Hunting in the Neotropics:
Conservation or Optimal Foraging?
* 18.: Margo Wilson, Martin Daly, and Stephen Gordon: The Evolved
Psychological Apparatus of Decision-making is one Source of
Environmental Problems
* Afterword: Behavioural Ecology and Conservation Policy: On Balancing
Science, Applications and Advocacy
* Epilogue: How do we refocus Behavioral Ecology to Address
Conservation Issues More Directly