About the Book
Effective management of forest genetic resources is a key element in future forest conservation. Genetic diversity is essential for both the long-term stability and the short-term productivity of forest ecosystems. Hence there is a great need for information on forest conservation genetics. This text consists of 22 chapters and is divided into five parts. It integrates genetic, ecological and socioeconomic information. It also includes, as a CD-ROM, the population genetic software package POPGENE. Contributors include international authorities from the USA and Canada, Europe, South-east Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The book should be of use to advanced students, research workers and professionals in forestry and in plant genetics.
Table of Contents:
Part 1: Basic principles 1: Basic genetics, B G Murray, University of Auckland, New Zealand, A G Young and T J Boyle 2: Population genetics, F C Yeh, University of Alberta, Canada 3: Genetic tools: the use of biochemical and molecular markers, J C Glaubitz and G F Moran, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Australia Part 2: Genetic Processes 4: Mating systems, D H Boshier, Oxford Forestry Institute, UK 5: Gene flow in forest trees, J L Hamrick, University of Georgia, USA and J D Nason, W A Herbarium, Australia 6: Small population processes, O Savolainen and H Kuittinen, University Oulu, Finland 7: Selection, G Namkoong, M P Koshy and S Aitken, University of British Columbia, Canada Part 3: Threats to in situ genetic conservation 8: Effects of logging and other forms of harvesting on genetic diversity in humid tropical forests, W Ratnam, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia and T J Boyle 9: Forest fragmentation, A G Young and T J Boyle 10: Effects of environmental pollution on the genetics of forest trees, T Geburek, Institute of Forest Genetics, Austria 11: Disease threats and the conservation genetics of forest trees, M Byrne, W A Herbarium, Australia 12: Hybridisation and forest conservation, S E Carney, Colorado State University, USA and D E Wolf and L H Rieseberg, Indiana University, USA Part 4: Domestication and ex situ conservation 13: Sampling the gene pools of forest trees for ex situ conservation, A H Brown and C M Hardner, CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia 14: Effect of forest tree domestication on gene pools, Y A El-Kassaby, University of British Columbia, Canada 15: Magnitude and implications of gene flow in gene conservation reserves, W T Adams, Oregan State University, USA and J Burczyk, Pedagogical University, Poland Part 5: Monitoring, socioeconomics and policy 16: Genetic markers as a tool for bioindication in forest ecosystems, G Müller-Starck and R Schubert, University of Munich, Germany 17: Criteria and indicators for the conservation of genetic diversity, T J Boyle, United Nations Development Programme, USA 18: Economics and conserving forest genetic diversity, J A McNeely and F Vorhies, IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Switzerland 19: Rethinking stakeholder involvement in biodiversity conservation projects, T Enters, Malaysia 20: Politics, policies and the conservation of forest genetic diversity, P J Kanowski, Australian National University, Australia 21: Limitation and future directions, D H Boshier, Oxford Forestry Institute, UK and A G Young, CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia 22: Not available from CABI Publishing in Australia and New Zealand
