Description
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?
Presents an introduction to the area of evolutionary conservation biology.
About the Author
Dr. Regis Ferriere 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 Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France and Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France.
Reviews
'The book is certainly of much interest for students and researchers in conservation and related fields.' Folio Geobotanica
'The book provides an excellent overview of current tools for modelling evolutionary processes associated with different types of populations and landscape patterns ... Evolutionary Conservation Biology presents a great deal of useful information related to conservation geneticists and evolutionary ecology.' Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
Book Information
ISBN 9780521827003
Author Regis Ferriere
Format Hardback
Page Count 448
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 869g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 161mm * 27mm
Presents an introduction to the area of evolutionary conservation biology.
About the Author
Dr. Regis Ferriere 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 Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France and Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France.
Reviews
'The book is certainly of much interest for students and researchers in conservation and related fields.' Folio Geobotanica
'The book provides an excellent overview of current tools for modelling evolutionary processes associated with different types of populations and landscape patterns ... Evolutionary Conservation Biology presents a great deal of useful information related to conservation geneticists and evolutionary ecology.' Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
Book Information
ISBN 9780521827003
Author Regis Ferriere
Format Hardback
Page Count 448
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 869g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 161mm * 27mm
