Population viability analysis / Steven R. Beissinger and Dale R. McCullough, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beissinger, Steven R.

McCullough, Dale R., 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population viability analysis.

Physical Description:

xvi, 577 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.

Contents:

Foreword: Raising the Bar / Michael E. Soule ix

Part I. Overview of Population Viability Analysis

1. Population Viability Analysis: Past, Present, Future / Steven R. Beissinger 5

2. Incorporating Stochasticity in Population Viability Analysis / Russell Lande 18

3. Reconciling the Small-Population and Declining-Population Paradigms / Mark S. Boyce 41

4. The Role of Genetics in Population Viability Analysis / Fred W. Allendorf, Nils Ryman 50

5. Metapopulations of Animals in Highly Fragmented Landscapes and Population Viability Analysis / Ilkka Hanski 86

6. Plant Population Viability and Metapopulation-Level Processes / Susan Harrison, Chris Ray 109

7. Population Viability Analysis and Conservation Policy / Mark Shaffer, Laura Hood Watchman, William J. Snape III, Ingrid K. Latchis 123

Part II. Issues in the Parameterization and Construction of Pva Models

8. Definition and Estimation of Effective Population Size in the Conservation of Endangered Species / Robin S. Waples 147

9. Estimating Parameters of PVA Models from Data on Marked Animals / Gary C. White, Alan B. Franklin, Tanya M. Shenk 169

10. Including Uncertainties in Population Viability Analysis Using Population Prediction Intervals / Bernt-Erik Saether, Steinar Engen 191

11. Bayesian Population Viability Analysis / Paul R. Wade 213

12. Incorporating Uncertainty in Population Viability Analyses for the Purpose of Classifying Species by Risk / Barbara L. Taylor, Paul R. Wade, Uma Ramakrishnan, Michael Gilpin, H. Resit Akcakaya 239

Part III. Integrating Theory and Practice in the Use of Population Viability Analysis

13. How Good Are PVA Models? Testing Their Predictions with Experimental Data on the Brine Shrimp / Gary E. Belovsky, Chad Mellison, Chad Larson, Peter A. Van Zandt 257

14. Evolution of Population Viability Assessments for the Florida Panther: A Multiperspective Approach / David S. Maehr, Robert C. Lacy, E. Darrell Land, Oron L. Bass Jr., Thomas S. Hoctor 284

15. Population Viability Analysis for Plants: Understanding the Demographic Consequences of Seed Banks for Population Health / Daniel F. Doak, Diane Thomson, Erik S. Jules 312

16. Sensitivity Analysis to Evaluate the Consequences of Conservation Actions / L. Scott Mills, Mark S. Lindberg 338

17. Application of Molecular Genetics to Conservation: New Issues and Examples / Philip W. Hedrick 367

18. Pedigree Analyses in Wild Populations / Susan M. Haig, Jonathan D. Ballou 388

19. Rangewide Risks to Large Populations: The Cape Sable Sparrow as a Case History / Stuart L. Pimm, Oron L. Bass Jr. 406

20. Population Viability Analysis, Management, and Conservation Planning at Large Scales / Fred B. Samson 425

Part IV. The Future of Population Viability Analysis

21. Predictive Bayesian Population Viability Analysis: A Logic for Listing Criteria, Delisting Criteria, and Recovery Plans / Daniel Goodman 447

22. Decision Theory for Population Viability Analysis / Hugh P. Possingham, David B. Lindenmayer, Geoffrey N. Tuck 470

23. Incorporating Human Populations and Activities into Population Viability Analysis / Robert C. Lacy, Philip S. Miller 490

24. Fitting Population Viability Analysis into Adaptive Management / Donald Ludwig, Carl J. Walters 511

25. Guidelines for Using Population Viability Analysis in Endangered-Species Management / Katherine Ralls, Steven R. Beissinger, Jean Fitts Cochrane 521.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0226041778

0226041786

OCLC:

48100035