BookFred Van Dyke, Rachel L. Lamb.
Summary: This book provides a thorough, up-to-date examination of conservation biology and the many supporting disciplines that comprise conservation science. In this, the Third Edition of the highly successful Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications, the authors address their interdisciplinary topic as it must now be practiced and perceived in the modern world. Beginning with a concise review of the history of conservation, the authors go on to explore the interplay of conservation with genetics, demography, habitat and landscape, aquatic environments, and ecosystem management, and the relationship of all these disciplines to ethics, economics, law, and policy. An entirely new chapter, The Anthropocene: Conservation in a Human-Dominated Nature, breaks new ground in its exploration of how conservation can be practiced in anthropogenic biomes, novel ecosystems, and urban habitats. The Third Edition includes the popular Points of Engagement discussion questions used in earlier editions, and adds a new feature: Information Boxes, which briefly recap specific case histories described in the text. A concluding chapter offers insight into how to become a conservation professional, in both traditional and non-traditional roles. The authors, Fred Van Dyke and Rachel Lamb, draw on their expertise as field biologists, wildlife managers, consultants to government and industry, and scholars of environmental law, policy, and advocacy, as well as their many years of effective teaching experience. Informed by practical knowledge and acquired skills, the authors have created a work of exceptional clarity and readability which encompasses both systemic foundations as well as contemporary developments in the field. Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications will be of invaluable benefit to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as to working conservation scientists and managers. This is an amazing resource for students, faculty, and practitioners both ne w and experienced to the field. Diane Debinski, PhD Unexcelled wisdom for living at home on Wonderland Earth, the planet with promise, destined for abundant life. Holmes Rolston, PhD Van Dyke and Lamb have maintained the original texts emphasis on connecting classical ecological and environmental work with updated modern applications and lucid examples. But more importantly, the third edition contains much new material on the human side of conservation, including expanded treatments of policy, economics, and climate change. Tim Van Deelen, PhD Fred Van Dyke and Rachel Lamb break new ground in both the breadth and depth of their review and analysis of this crucially important and rapidly changing field. Any student or other reader wishing to have a comprehensive overview and understanding of the complexities of conservation biology need look no further - this book is your starting point! Simon N. Stuart, PhD.
Contents:
Intro
Cover Photo Description
Foreword
Preface
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
List of External Reviewers
Contents
1: The History and Distinctions of Conservation Biology
1.1 Perspectives for an Inquiry into Conservation Biology
1.1.1 A Remarkable Meeting
1.1.2 The Emergence of Conservation Biology as a Professional and Scientific Discipline
1.2 The Origins of Conservation
1.2.1 What Is "Conservation?"
1.2.2 Ancient Traditions of Conservation
1.2.3 Conservation as Expression of Privilege 1.2.4 Conservation as Right Relationship with Nature
The Arcadian Vision
1.2.5 Conservation as Knowledge
The Invitation to Study and Appreciate Nature
1.2.6 Conservation as Preservation of Landscape
The Washburn Expedition Goes to Yellowstone
1.3 Foundations and History of Conservation in the United States
1.3.1 Conservation as Moral Mission
John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt
1.3.2 Conservation as Utilitarian Purpose
Gifford Pinchot and Sustainable Yield
1.3.2.1 The Federal Government Empowers Conservation as Science and Democratic Ideal 1.3.2.2 German Influences in Conservation
Forest Monocultures and Maximum Yields
1.3.2.3 The Rise of the Resource Conservation Ethic
1.4 Aldo Leopold and the Formation of the "Wilderness Ideal"
1.5 The Emergence of Global Conservation
1.5.1 Multilateral Treaties
The Beginnings of International Conservation Efforts
1.5.1.1 Conservation Driven by Shared Commercial Interests
1.5.1.2 International Protection of Migratory Species
1.5.2 Forums for International Conservation
The UN and the IUCN 1.5.3 New Expressions of Resource Management, National Parks and Nature Preserves
1.5.4 Conservation as Preservation of Culture and Livelihood
The Extractive Reserve
1.5.5 Indigenous People, Integrated Development, and Conservation Concern
1.6 Return to Start: What Is the Place of Conservation Biology in the World Conservation Effort?
1.6.1 The Emergence of Conservation Biology from the Applied Sciences
1.6.2 The Intellectual Inception of Conservation Biology
1.6.3 A Time of Transition: Protecting Nature from People to Protecting Nature for People
Literature Cited Chapter 2: Biodiversity: Concept, Measurement, and Management
2.1 Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
2.2 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
2.3 Is Conservation Effort Saving Biodiversity?
2.3.1 Conservation Governance
The IUCN and Global Biodiversity Conservation
2.3.2 The Current Status of Species Biodiversity
2.3.3 What Causes Biodiversity Loss?
2.4 The Problem of Concept: What Is Biodiversity?
2.4.1 A Conceptual Definition of Biodiversity
2.4.2 Biodiversity and the Definition of Species
2.4.3 The Species Concept in Conservation