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This book is a select collection of seminal writings by Michael Soule over a thirty-year time-span from 1980 through the present day. Previously published in books and leading journals, these carefully selected pieces show the progression of his intellectual thinking on topics such as genetics, ecology, evolutionary biology, and extinctions, and how the history and substance of the field of conservation biology evolved over time. It opens with an in-depth introduction by marine conservation biologist James Estes, a long-time colleague of Soule's, who explains why Soule's special combination of science and leadership was the catalyst for bringing about the modern era of conservation biology. Estes offers a thoughtful commentary on the challenges that lie ahead for the young discipline in the face of climate change, increasing species extinctions, and impassioned debate within the conservation community itself over the best path forward.--

Conservation biology --- Ecology --- Nature conservation --- Research. --- Environmental aspects.

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This title addresses the economic and policy issues involved in biodiversity protection. It brings together conceptual and empirical work on valuation, international agreements, the policy instruments, and the institutions.

Biodiversity conservation. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology --- Nature conservation --- Biodiversity --- Biological diversity conservation --- Conservation of biodiversity --- Diversity conservation, Biological --- Gender mainstreaming in biodiversity conservation --- Maintenance of biological diversity --- Preservation of biological diversity --- Conservation of natural resources --- Ecosystem management --- Conservation --- Biodiversity conservation --- Conservation biology --- E-books

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Relicts of a Beautiful Sea: Survival, Extinction, and Conservation in a Desert World

Conservation biology --- Desert ecology --- Toads --- Salamanders --- Ecology --- Nature conservation --- Deserts --- Arid regions ecology --- Xeric ecology --- Anura --- Caudata --- Urodela --- Amphibians --- Great Basin --- Basin and Range Province --- Intermontane region --- Intermountain Region (U.S.) --- Intermountain West (U.S.) --- Climate.

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The book about Endemism in Vascular Plants is the first comprehensive analysis of the macroecology and geobotany of endemic vascular plants with case-studies and analyses from different regions in the world. Endemism is a pre-extinction phenomenon. Endemics are threatened with extinction. Due to international nature conservation policies and due to the perception of the public the importance of the concept of endemism is increasing. Endemism can result from different biological and environmental processes. Depending on the process conservation measures should be adapted. Endemic vascular plant taxa, in the setting of their species composition and vegetation types are important features of landscapes and indicators of the quality of relating habitats. The book is an important basis for biologists, ecologists, geographers, planners and managers of nature reserves and national parks, and people generally interested in nature conservation and biogeography of vascular plants. Furthermore, the book provides an insight into biological phenomena which are related to evolutionary, genetical, ecological processes, and landscape history under climate change and anthropogenic impacts. 21 experts from all over the world are contributors of the book. The scientists describe and analyse distribution patterns and underlying evolutionary and ecological processes of mainland regions e.g. in Middle America, South America, Europe, Middle East and Southeast Asia, and island regions of tropical and subtropical zones in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Basin, Indic Ocean, and Pacific Ocean as well.

Endemic plants --- Endangered plants --- Plant conservation --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Botany - General --- Plant Geography --- Ecology --- Rare plants. --- Endemic plants. --- Indigenous plants --- Native plants --- Native vegetation --- Sensitive plants (Rare plants) --- Special status plants --- Life sciences. --- Biodiversity. --- Landscape ecology. --- Plant ecology. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology. --- Nature conservation. --- Life Sciences. --- Landscape Ecology. --- Plant Ecology. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Nature Conservation. --- Environmental Monitoring/Analysis. --- Plants --- Monitoring/Environmental Analysis. --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Nature conservation --- Conservation --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Ecology . --- Environmental monitoring. --- Biomonitoring (Ecology) --- Ecological monitoring --- Environmental quality --- Monitoring, Environmental --- Environmental engineering --- Pollution --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Measurement --- Monitoring --- Floristic ecology --- Endangered plants. --- Plant conservation.

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Woolly monkeys are large, attractive and widespread primates found throughout many parts of the Amazon basin. It is only in the last twenty-five years or so that long-term studies of woollies in their forest habitat have been successful; they have not generally been successfully kept in captivity. But now, especially because of their size, these creatures are pressed on all sides by bush meat hunters and forest fragmentation. Their future is becoming critically precarious, and the editors feel that it is time to showcase these animals with a full book. The editors draw together a number of recent woolly monkey studies from three Amazonian countries, including five taxa of woolly monkeys, four of which have recently been reclassified without using new biological criteria as species rather than subspecies (Groves, 2001, 2005; Rylands & Mittermeier, 2009). This volume provides a diversity of studies by well-known researchers and advanced students on a wide range of subjects using newly generated data, including a criticism of the recent taxonomic changes. The varied information contained within The Woolly Monkey: Behavior, Ecology, Systematics, and Captive Research  will help readers understand these handsome animals and will, we hope, energize them to contribute to their conservation.   Thomas R. Defler, Ph.D., a native English speaker but adopted Colombian, has studied primates for forty years, six years in the United States and thirty-four years in the field in Colombia. Most of his years in Colombia have been spent in eastern Colombian wilderness until his move to the National University campus in Bogotá seven years ago. He founded two research stations in the Colombian Amazon, both of which are still functioning, and he has trained many young Colombians in field techniques. Defler has 112 publications, including three authored books, one edited book and has just finished writing two more yet-unpublished books. Pablo Stevenson, Ph.D., a Colombian native, has studied primates in the field for twenty-two years. Although he has investigated many species of primates, he is by far the most experienced primatologist in the world for research on Lagothrix, which he first began to study in 1988. Stevenson has over 100 publications, many of which involve or showcase Lagothrix. Pablo has trained many young Colombian primatologists as professor at Los Andes University. He has also published a book on the fruits of the Río Duda region, as well as edited two books on Colombian primates.

Woolly monkeys. --- Life sciences. --- Evolution (Biology) --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Belly monkeys --- Lagothrix --- Maricamicos --- Atelidae --- Evolution (Biology). --- Animal ecology. --- Conservation biology. --- Animal behavior. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Animal Ecology. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Behavioral Sciences. --- Animals, Habits and behavior of --- Behavior, Animal --- Ethology --- Animal psychology --- Zoology --- Ethologists --- Psychology, Comparative --- Ecology --- Nature conservation --- Behavior --- Evolutionary biology. --- Ecology . --- Behavioral sciences. --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Social sciences. --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Ecology.