Genetics, Demography and Viability of Fragmented Populations
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Genetics, Demography and Viability of Fragmented Populations: (Series Number 4 Conservation Biology)

Genetics, Demography and Viability of Fragmented Populations: (Series Number 4 Conservation Biology)


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Habitat fragmentation is one of the most ubiquitous and serious environmental threats confronting the long-term survival of plant and animal species worldwide. As species become restricted to remnant habitats, effective management for long-term conservation requires a quantitative understanding of the genetic and demographic effects of habitat fragmentation, and the implications for population viability. This book provides a detailed introduction to the genetic and demographic issues relevant to the conservation of fragmented populations such as demographic stochasticity; genetic erosion; inbreeding; metapopulation biology and population viability analysis. Also presented are two sets of case studies, one on animals, the other on plants, which illustrate a variety of approaches, including the application of molecular genetic markers, the investigation of reproductive biology, and the combination of demographic monitoring and modeling, to examine long-term population viability.

Table of Contents:
Foreword P. Brussard; 1. Introduction: genetics, demography and the conservation of fragmented populations G. Clarke and A. Young; Part I. Introductory Concepts: 2. Managing and monitoring genetic erosion W. Sherwin and C. Moritz; 3. Inbreeding and outbreeding depression in fragmented populations M. Dudash and C. Fenster; 4. Demography and extinction in small populations K. Holsinger; 5. The metapopulation paradigm: a fragmented view of conservation biology P. Thrall, J. Burdon and B. Murray; 6. Population viability analysis for conservation: the good, the bad and the undescribed M. Burgman and H. Possingham; 7. Applications of population genetics and molecular techniques to conservation biology P. Hedrick; Part II. Animal Case Studies: 8. Inbreeding in small populations of red-cockaded woodpeckers: insights from a spatially-explicit individual-based model S. Daniels, J. Priddy and J. Walters; 9. Genetic erosion in isolated small mammal populations following rain forest fragmentation S. Srikwan and D. Woodruff; 10. The Tumut experiment - integrating demographic and genetic studies to unravel fragmentation effects: a case study of the native bush rat D. Lindenmayer and R. Peakall; 11. Demographic evidence of inbreeding depression in wild golden lion tamarins J. Dietz, A. Baker and J. Ballou; 12. Inferring demography from genetics - a case study of the endangered golden sun moth, Synemon plana G. Clarke; 13. Genetic population structure in desert bighorn sheep: implications for conservation in Arizona G. Gutierreez-Espelta, S. Kalinowski and P. Hedrick; Part III. Plant Case Studies: 14. Limited forest fragmentation improves reproduction in the declining New Zealand mistletoe Peraxilla tetrapetala (Loranthaceae) D. Kelly, J. Ladley, A. Robertson and D. Norton; 15. Ecology and genetics of Grevillea (Proteaceae); 16. Genetic and demographic influences on population persistence: gene flow and genetic rescue in Silene alba C. Richards; 17. Fragmentation in central American dry forests - genetic impacts on Swietenia humulis (Meliaceae) G. White and D. Boshier; 18. Population viability analysis of the rare Gentiana pneumonanthe: importance of genetics, demography and reproductive biology J. Oostermeijer; 19. Genetic erosion, restricted mating and reduced viability in fragmented populations of the endangered grassland herb Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides A. Young, A. Brown, B. Murray, P. Thrall and C. Miller; Part IV. Conclusions and Future Directions: 20. What do we know about the genetic and demographic effects of habitat fragmentation and where do we go from here? A. Young and G. Clarke; Index.

Review :
'I really enjoyed some of the case studies … understanding deterministic decline and its cure represents the greatest challenges to conservation biology. However, Clarke and Young show that understanding small-population processes might help maintain populations until 'the patient' can be cured.' Ken Norris, Biologist


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780521782074
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Height: 236 mm
  • No of Pages: 460
  • Returnable: N
  • Series Title: Series Number 4 Conservation Biology
  • Weight: 820 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0521782074
  • Publisher Date: 12 Oct 2000
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Width: 156 mm


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