Régis Ferrière / Ulf Dieckmann / Denis Couvet (eds.)

Evolutionary Conservation Biology

Herausgeber: Couvet, Denis; Ferriere, Regis; Dieckmann, Ulf

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Produktbeschreibung

Presents an introduction to the area of evolutionary conservation biology.

As anthropogenic environmental changes spread and intensify across the planet, conservation biologists have to analyze dynamics at large spatial and temporal scales. Ecological and evolutionary processes are then closely intertwined. In particular, evolutionary responses to anthropogenic environmental change can be so fast and pronounced that conservation biology can no longer afford to ignore them. To tackle this challenge, areas of conservation biology that are disparate ought to be integrated into a unified framework. Bringing together conservation genetics, demography, and ecology, this book introduces evolutionary conservation biology as an integrative approach to managing species in conjunction with ecological interactions and evolutionary processes. Which characteristics of species and which features of environmental change foster or hinder evolutionary responses in ecological systems? How do such responses affect population viability, community dynamics, and ecosystem functioning? Under which conditions will evolutionary responses ameliorate, rather than worsen, the impact of environmental change?

Table of content:
Contributing authors; Acknowledgements; Notational standards; 1. Introduction Régis Ferrière, Ulf Dieckmann and Denis Couvet; Part A. Theory of Extinction: Introduction; 2. From individual interactions to population viability Wilfried Gabriel and Régis Ferrière; 3. Age structure, mating system and population viability Stéphane Legendre; 4. Spatial dimensions of population viability Mats Gyllenberg, Ilkka Hanski and Johan A. J. Metz; Part B. The Pace of Adaptive Responses to Environmental Change: Introduction; 5. Responses to environmental change: adaptation or extinction Richard Frankham and Joel Kingsolver; 6. Empirical evidence for rapid evolution David Reznick, Helen Rodd and Leonard Nunney; 7. Genetic variability and life-history evolution Kimberly A. Hughes and Ryan Sawby; 8. Environmental stress and quantitative genetic variation Alexandra G. Imasheva and Volker Loeschcke; Part C. Genetic and Ecological Bases of Adaptive Responses: Introduction; 9. Fixation of new mutations in small populations Michael C. Whitlock and Reinhard Bürger; 10. Quantitative-genetic models and changing environments Reinhard Bürger and Christoph Krall; 11. Adaptive dynamics and evolving biodiversity Ulf Dieckmann and Régis Ferrière; Part D. Spatial Structure: Introduction; 12. Genetic structure in heterogeneous environments Oscar E. Gaggiotti and Denis Couvet; 13. Conservation implications of niche conservatism and evolution in heterogeneous environments Robert D. Holt and Richard Gomulkiewicz; 14. Adaptive responses to landscape disturbances: theory Kalle Parvinen; 15. Adaptive responses to landscape disturbances: empirical evidence Bruno Colas, Chris D. Thomas and Ilkka Hanski; Part E. Community Structure: 16. Coevolutionary dynamics and extinction Judith Bronstein and Ulf Dieckmann; 17. Ecosystem evolution and conservation Michel Loreau, Claire de Mazancourt and Robert D. Holt; 18. The congener as an agent of extermination and rescue of rare species Donald A. Levin; 19. Epilogue Régis Ferrière, Ulf Dieckmann and Denis Couvet; References; Index.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 875g
• ISBN-13: 9780521827003
• ISBN-10: 0521827000
• Artikelnr.: 21033084

Autorenporträt

Dr. Régis Ferrière is Professor of Mathematical Ecology in the Department of Ecology at the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France and Associate Professor of Evolutionary Ecology in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
Dr. Ulf Dieckman is Project Leader, Adaptive Dynamics Network at the IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.
Dr. Denis Couvet is Professor at Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France and Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributing authors; Acknowledgements; Notational standards; 1.
Introduction Régis Ferrière, Ulf Dieckmann and Denis Couvet; Part A. Theory
of Extinction: Introduction; 2. From individual interactions to population
viability Wilfried Gabriel and Régis Ferrière; 3. Age structure, mating
system and population viability Stéphane Legendre; 4. Spatial dimensions of
population viability Mats Gyllenberg, Ilkka Hanski and Johan A. J. Metz;
Part B. The Pace of Adaptive Responses to Environmental Change:
Introduction; 5. Responses to environmental change: adaptation or
extinction Richard Frankham and Joel Kingsolver; 6. Empirical evidence for
rapid evolution David Reznick, Helen Rodd and Leonard Nunney; 7. Genetic
variability and life-history evolution Kimberly A. Hughes and Ryan Sawby;
8. Environmental stress and quantitative genetic variation Alexandra G.
Imasheva and Volker Loeschcke; Part C. Genetic and Ecological Bases of
Adaptive Responses: Introduction; 9. Fixation of new mutations in small
populations Michael C. Whitlock and Reinhard Bürger; 10.
Quantitative-genetic models and changing environments Reinhard Bürger and
Christoph Krall; 11. Adaptive dynamics and evolving biodiversity Ulf
Dieckmann and Régis Ferrière; Part D. Spatial Structure: Introduction; 12.
Genetic structure in heterogeneous environments Oscar E. Gaggiotti and
Denis Couvet; 13. Conservation implications of niche conservatism and
evolution in heterogeneous environments Robert D. Holt and Richard
Gomulkiewicz; 14. Adaptive responses to landscape disturbances: theory
Kalle Parvinen; 15. Adaptive responses to landscape disturbances: empirical
evidence Bruno Colas, Chris D. Thomas and Ilkka Hanski; Part E. Community
Structure: 16. Co-evolutionary dynamics and extinction Judith Bronstein and
Ulf Dieckmann; 17. Ecosystem evolution and conservation Michel Loreau,
Claire de Mazancourt and Robert D. Holt; 18. The congener as an agent of
extermination and rescue of rare species Donald A. Levin; 19. Epilogue
Régis Ferrière, Ulf Dieckmann and Denis Couvet; References; Index.