Overview

This volume explores the relevance of genetics for the conservation of species, communities, and ecosystems, emphasizing actual case histories. It should be of interest to ecologists, evolutionary biologists, conservation biologists, zoologists, forestry and fisheries researchers, botanists working with rare or endangered plants, and some zoo personnel.

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Author:   John C. Avise ,  J. L. Hamrick
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.850kg
ISBN:  

9780412145810

ISBN 10:   0412145812
Pages:   531
Publication Date:   July 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contributors. Prologue. 1. Introduction: The Scope of Conservation Genetics Part I: Case Histories with a Focus on Particular Taxonomic Groups. 2. Population Structure, Molecular Systematics and Forensic Identification of Whales and Dolphins; C.S. Baker, S.R. Palumbi 3. Conservation Genetics of the Felidae; S.J. O'Brien, et al. 4. Conservation Genetics in the Canidae; R.K. Wayne 5. Socioecology, Population Fragmentation and Patterns of Genetic Loss in Endangered Primates; T.R. Pope 6. Avian Conservation Genetics; S.M. Haig, J.C. Avise 7. Conservation Genetics of Marine Turtles; B.W. Bowen, J.C. Avise 8. Conservation and Genetics of Salmonid Fishes; F.W. Allendorf, R.S. Waples Part II: Case Histories that Involve a Regional or Ecosystem Perspective, or a Pattern and Process Orientation. 9. Conservation Genetics of Endemic Plant Species; J.L. Hamrick, Mary J.W. Godt 10. Conservation Genetics of Endangered Island Plants;L.H. Rieseberg, S.M. Swensen 11. Conservation Genetics of Fishes in the Pelagic Marine Realm; J.E. Graves 12. Conservation Genetics of North American Desert Fishes: R.C. Vrijenhoek 13. A Landscape Approach to Conservation Genetics: Conserving Evolutionary Processes in the African Bovidae; A.R. Templeton, N.J. Georgiadis 14. Toward a Regional Conservation Genetics Perspective: Phylogeography of Faunas in the Southeastern United States; J.C. Avise 15. A Quantitative-Genetic Perspective on Conservation Issues; M.Lynch Epilogue. Index.

Reviews

'The book will certainly be of use to those working in conservation, zoos, fisheries and forestry.' TREE 'This volume explores the relevance of genetics for the conservation of species, communities and ecosystems, emphasizing actual case histories.' Revue d'Ecologie 'This helpful book reviews case-histories of the application of genetic approaches of the conservation of natural populations of plants and animals.' Plant Talk, 1/97 '... it is clear that the journal has started well, and could eventually become the leading forum for the discussion of all aspects of population genetics in conservation science.' Nature, Vol.412 (2001)

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