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Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
June 2012
Print publication year:
2004
Online ISBN:
9780511804281

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Conservation by Clive Hambler is the latest addition to the popular Studies in Biology series of undergraduate textbooks. The book gives an overview of all aspects of this rapidly changing and controversial field. With the decline of species and our encroachment of natural habitats, conservation is becoming increasingly in the public eye. Maintaining the diversity of life on this planet and using our natural resources in a sustainable manner is important to protect the options of future generations. An understanding of conservation biology is essential to debates and action on the environment. As with all books in the series, Conservation will act as an aid to learning, and to field work. It is meant to be used as an introductory text and as a study aid for examinations.

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‘The outcome is a text that is concept-based, readable, and balanced in its presentation. There are now many texts available on this subject, but in my view this is the best current introduction to conservation.’

Source: BES Bulletin

'… while short, and wide ranging in coverage, the author is taking a particularly thoughtful and broad take on this topic. It is quite readable and consistent in style … I think it is stimulating reading from a North American perspective, since he draws on many European and tropical Asian examples that sometimes provide contrast with how we typically view our ecosystems … It is a highly readable, portable book that should be good at stimulating discussion in the classroom, and should provide both academics and practitioners a useful reference for this broad topic. It should be particularly valuable for ecologists working on the management of protected areaas … broad coverage of the field and rich examples …'

Source: Ecology

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Contents

Further reading
Further reading
Chapter 1. Introduction to conservation
Ayensu, E. S., Haywood, V. H., Lucas, G. L. & Defilipps, R. A. Our Green and Living World. The Wisdom to Save it (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1984)
Collar, N. J.Species are a measure of man's freedom: reflections after writing a Red Book on African Birds. Oryx 20 (1986), 15–19
Hambler, C. & Speight, M. R.Extinction rates in British nonmarine invertebrates since 1900. Conservation Biology 10 (1996), 892–896
Master, L. L., Stein, B. A., Kutner, L. S. & Hammerson, G. A. Vanishing assets. Conservation status of US species. In: B. A. Stein, L. S. Kutner, & J. S. Adams (Eds.) Precious Heritage. The Status of Biodiversity in the United States (Oxford University Press, New York, 2000, pp. 93–118)
May, R. M., Lawton, J. H. & Stork, N. E. Assessing extinction rates. In: J. H. Lawton & R. M. May (Eds.) Extinction Rates (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995, pp. 1–24)
May, R. M. The dimensions of life on earth. In: P. H. Raven (Ed.) Nature and Human Society. The Quest for a Sustainable World (National Academy Press, Washington, 2000, pp. 30–45)
Posey, D. A. (Ed.) Cultural and Spiritual Values of Biodiversity (Intermediate Technology Publications & UNEP, London & Nairobi, 1999)
Chapter 2. Threats to biodiversity
Bibby, C. J. et. al. Putting Biodiversity on the Map: Priority Areas for Global Conservation (ICBP, Cambridge, 1992)
BirdLife International Threatened Birds of the World (Lynx Editions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge UK, 2000)
Ehrlich, P. The scale of the human enterprise and biodiversity loss. In: J. H. Lawton & R. M. May (Eds.) Extinction Rates (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995, pp. 214–226)
Goudie, A. S. The Human Impact on the Natural Environment, 5th edition (Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2000)
Illius, A. W. & O'Connor, T. G.On the relevance of nonequilibrium concepts to arid and semiarid grazing systems. Ecological Applications 9 (1999), 798–813
Jackson, J. C. B.et al.Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems. Science 293 (2001), 629–638
Letourneau, D. K. & Burrows, B. E. (Eds.) Genetically Engineered Organisms: Assessing Environmental and Human Health Effects (CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2001)
Martin, P. S. & Klein, R. G. Quaternary Extinctions (University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1984)
McCarty, J. P.Ecological consequences of recent climate change. Conservation Biology 15 (2001), 320–331
Peres, C. A.Effects of subsistence hunting on vertebrate community structure in Amazonian fragments. Conservation Biology 14 (2000), 240–253
Spencer, T. E., Teleki, K. A., Bradshaw, C. & Spalding, M. D.Coral bleaching in the southern Seychelles during the 1997–1998 Indian Ocean warm event. Marine Pollution Bulletin 40 (2000), 569–586
Spellerberg, I. F. Ecological Effects of Roads (Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, 2002)
Steadman, D. W.Prehistoric extinctions of Pacific island birds: biogeography meets zooarchaeology. Science 267 (1995), 1123–1131
World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's Living Resources (Chapman and Hall, London, 1992)
Chapter 3. Evaluation of priorities for species and habitats
Bibby, C. J. et al. (1992): see Chapter 2
Groombridge, B. & Jenkins, M. D. World Atlas of Biodiversity: Earth's Living Resources in the 21st Century (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2002)
Hunter, M. L. Jr. & Hutchinson, A.The virtues and shortcomings of parochialism: Conserving species that are locally rare but globally common. Conservation Biology 8 (1994), 1163–1165
Myers, N., Mittermeier, R. A., Mittermeier, C. G., Fonseca, G. A. B. & Kent, J.Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Nature 403 (2000), 853–858
McNeely, J. A., Miller, K. R., Reid, W. V., Mittermeier, R. A. & Werner, T. B. Conserving the World's Biological Diversity (IUCN, Gland; WRI, CI, WWF-US, the World Bank, Washington, DC, 1990)
Ratcliffe, D. A. A Nature Conservation Review (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997)
Roberts, C. M.et al. Marine biodiversity hotspots and conservation priorities for tropical reefs. Science 295 (2002), 1280–1284
Stattersfield, A. J., Crosby, M. J., Long, A. J. & Wege, D. C. Endemic Bird Areas of the World. Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation (Birdlife Conservation Series no 7, BirdLife International, Cambridge, 1998)
Usher, M. B. Wildlife Conservation Evaluation (Chapman & Hall, London, 1986). (Out of print.)
Vane-Wright, R. I., Humphries, C. J. & Williams, P. H.What to protect? Systematics and the agony of choice. Biological Conservation 55 (1991), 235–254
Chapter 4. Monitoring and Environmental Impact Assessment
Bibby, C. J., Burgess, N. D., Hill, D. A. & Mustoe, S. H. Bird Census Techniques, 2nd edition (Academic Press, London, 2000)
Henderson, P. A. Practical Methods in Ecology (Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2003)
Krebs, C. J. Ecological Methodology, 2nd edition (Benjamin Cummins, Menlo, California, 1999)
McCarthy, J. J. et al. (Eds.) Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001)
McGavin, G. C. Insects and Other Terrestrial Invertebrates. Expedition Field Techniques (Expedition Advisory Centre. Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), London, 1997)
New, T. R. Invertebrate Surveys for Conservation (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998)
Ozanne, C. M. P.A comparison of the canopy arthropod communities of coniferous and broad-leaved trees in the United Kingdom. Selbyana 20 (1999), 290–298
Southwood, T. R. E. & Henderson, P. A. Ecological Methods (Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, 2000)
Spellerberg, I. F. Monitoring Ecological Change (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991)
Sutherland, W. J. (Ed.) Ecological Census Techniques: a Handbook (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996)
Sykes, J. M. & Lane, A. M. J. (Eds.) The United Kingdom Environmental Change Network: Protocols for Standard Measurements at Terrestrial Sites (CEH Monks Wood Publications, Monks Wood, Huntingdon, 1997)
Treweek, J. Ecological Impact Assessment (Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, 1999)
Chapter 5. Management of natural habitats
Beier, P. & Noss, R. F.Do habitat corridors provide connectivity?Conservation Biology 12 (1998), 1241–1252
Brooks, T. M.et al. Habitat loss and extinction in the hotspots of biodiversity. Conservation Biology 16 (2002), 909–923
Blake, J. G. & Karr, J. R.Species composition of bird communities and the conservation benefit of large versus small forests. Biological Conservation 30 (1984), 173–187
Laurance, W. F., Vasconcelo, H. L. & Lovejoy, T. E.Forest loss and fragmentation in the Amazon: implications for wildlife conservation. Oryx 34 (1999), 39–45
Laurance, W. F.Edge effects in tropical forest fragments: application of a model for the design of nature reserves. Biological Conservation 57 (1991), 205–219
Lovejoy, T. E. et al. Edge and other effects of isolation on Amazon forest fragments. In: M. E. Soulé (Ed.) Conservation Biology: the Science of Scarcity and Diversity (Sinauer Assoc. Inc., Mass., 1986, pp. 257–285)
Ozanne, C. M. P., Hambler, C., Foggo, A. & Speight, M. R. The significance of edge effects in the management of forests for invertebrate biodiversity. In: N. E. Stork, J. Adis & R. Didham (Eds.) Canopy Arthropods (Chapman & Hall, London, 1997, pp. 534–550)
Roberts, C. M., Bohnsack, J. A., Gell, F., Hawkins, J. P. & Goodridge, R.Effects of marine reserves on adjacent fisheries. Science 294 (2001), 1920–1923
Samways, M. J. Insect Conservation Biology (Chapman & Hall, London, 1994)
Whitmore, T. C. An Introduction to Tropical Rain Forests, 2nd edition (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998)
Woodroffe, R. & Ginsberg, J. F.Edge effects and the extinction of populations inside protected areas. Science 280 (1998), 2126–2128
Chapter 6. Management of species
For accounts of individual threatened species see the Red Data Books (published by IUCN and BirdLife or ICBP), and the Red List (on the IUCN website). For ex situ conservation of animals, see The International Zoo Yearbook, published by The Zoological Society of London
Bowes, B. G. (Ed.) A Colour Atlas of Plant Propagation and Conservation (Manson Publishing Ltd, London, 1999)
Harrison, S. Metapopulations and conservation. In: P. J. Edwards, R. M. May & N. R. Webb (Eds.) Large Scale Ecology and Conservation. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1994, pp. 111–128
Lacy, R. C.Importance of genetic variation to the viability of mammalian populations. Journal of Mammology 78 (1997), 320–335
Lande, R.Mutation and conservation. Conservation Biology 9 (1995), 782–791
Chapter 7. Sustainability, and the management of semi-natural habitats
Gibson, C. W. D. & Brown, V. K.The nature and rate of development of calcareous grassland in southern Britain. Biological Conservation 58 (1991), 297–316
Gibson, C. W. D., Brown, V. K., Losito, L. & McGavin, G. C.The response of invertebrate assemblies to grazing. Ecography 15 (1992), 166–176
Hambler, C. & Speight, M. R.Biodiversity conservation in Britain: science replacing tradition. British Wildlife 6 (1995), 137–147
Krebs, C. Ecology: the Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance, 5th edition (Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco, 2001)
Lande, R.Threshold harvesting for sustainability of fluctuating resources. Ecology 78 (1997), 1341–1350
Milner-Gulland, E. J. & Mace, R. Conservation of Biological Resources (Blackwell Science, Oxford, 1998)
Southwood, T. R. E., Brown, V. K. & Reader, P. M.The relationships of plant and insect diversities in succession. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 12 (1979), 327–348
Chapter 8. Restoration, translocation and mitigation
Benstead, P. J., José, P. V., Joyce, C. B. & Wade, P. M. European Wet Grassland. Guidelines for Management and Restoration (RSPB, Sandy, 1999)
Gibson, C. W. D., Watt, T. A., & Brown, V. K.The use of sheep grazing to recreate species-rich grassland from abandoned arable land. Biological Conservation 42 (1987), 165–183
Janzen, D. H. & Martin, P. S.Neotropical anachronisms: the fruits the Gomphotheres ate. Science 215 (1982), 19–27
Jordan III, W. R., Gilpin, M. E. & Aber, J. D. (Eds.) Restoration Ecology (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1987)
Macdonald, D. W., Mace, G. M. & Rushton, S. British mammals: is there a radical future? In: A. Entwistle & N. Dunstone (Eds.) Priorities for the Conservation of Mammalian Diversity: Has the Panda had its Day? (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000, pp. 175–205)
Maitland, P. S. & Morgan, N. C. Conservation and Management of Freshwater Habitats. Lakes, Rivers and Wetlands (Chapman & Hall, London, 1997)
Morris, M. G. The management of grassland for the conservation of invertebrate animals. In: E. Duffey & A. S. Watt (Eds.) The Scientific Management of Animal and Plant Communities for Conservation (Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1971, pp. 527–552)
Perrow, M. R. & Davy, A. J. (Eds.) Handbook of Ecological Restoration (2 vols.) (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002)
Chapter 9. Environmental economics, law and education
Alden Smith, E. & Wishnie, M.Conservation and subsistence in small-scale societies. Annual Review of Anthropology 29 (2000), 493–524
Brandon, K., Redford, K. H. & Sanderson, S. E. (Eds.) Parks in Peril: People, Politics and Protected Areas (Island Press, Washington, DC, 1998)
Costanza, R.et al. The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital. Nature 387 (1997), 253–260
Dasgupta, P. S.The economics of the environment. Proceedings of the British Academy 90 (1996), 165–221
Ferraro, P. J. & Kiss, A.Direct payments to conserve biodiversity. Science 298 (2002), 1718–1719
Glowka, L. et al. A Guide to the Convention on Biological Diversity (IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, 1994)
Haywood, V. H. (Ed.) Global Biodiversity Assessment (UNEP: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995)
Milner-Gulland, E. J. & Mace, R. (1998): see Chapter 7
Simms, A. An Environmental War Economy. The Lessons of Ecological Debt and Climate Change (New Economics Foundation, London, 2001)
Western, D., Wright, R. M. & Strum, S. C. (Eds.) Natural Connections: Perspectives in Community-Based Conservation (Island Press, Washington, DC, 1994)

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