Research Catalog

Title

Quantitative methods for conservation biology / Scott Ferson, Mark Burgman, editors.

Publication

New York : Springer, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors

• Ferson, S.
• Burgman, Mark A.

Description

xi, 322 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Conservation biology > Mathematical models
• Conservation biology > Statistical methods

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Detecting Extinction in Sighting Data / Andrew Solow and Thomas Helser -- 2. Inferring Threat from Scientific Collections: Power Tests and an Application to Western Australian Acacia Species / Mark Burgman, Bruce R. Maslin and David Andrewartha / [et al.] -- 3. Identifying the Ecological Correlates of Extinction-Prone Species: A Case Study of New Zealand Birds / Brendan Moyle -- 4. Quantitative Methods for Modeling Species Habitat: Comparative Performance and an Application to Australian Plants / Jane Elith -- 5. Risk Assessment of a Proposed Introduction of Pacific Salmon in the Delaware River Basin / Paul T. Jacobson -- 6. Likelihood of Introducing Nonindigenous Organisms with Agricultural Commodities: Probabilistic Estimation / Michael J. Firko and Edward V. Podleckis -- 7. "Best" Abundance Estimates and Best Management: Why They Are Not the Same / Barbara L. Taylor and Paul R. Wade -- 8. Whaling Models for Cetacean Conservation / Mark S. Boyce --
• 9. Assessing Land-Use Impacts on Bull Trout Using Bayesian Belief Networks / Danny C. Lee -- 10. Using Matrix Models to Focus Research and Management Efforts in Conservation / Selina S. Heppell, Deborah T. Crouse and Larry B. Crowder -- 11. Variability and Measurement Error in Extinction Risk Analysis: The Northern Spotted Owl on the Olympic Peninsula / Lloyd Goldwasser, Scott Ferson and Lev Ginzburg -- 12. Can Individual-Based Models Yield a Better Assessment of Population Variability? / Yiannis G. Matsinos, Wilfried F. Wolff and Donald L. DeAngelis -- 13. Potential of Branching Processes as a Modeling Tool for Conservation Biology / Frederic Gosselin and Jean-Dominique Lebreton -- 14. Role of Genetics in Conservation Biology / Sabine S. Loew -- 15. Modeling Problems in Conservation Genetics Using Laboratory Animals / Richard Frankham -- 16. Theoretical Properties of Extinction by Inbreeding Depression Under Stochastic Environments / Yoshinari Tanaka --
• 17. Mathematical Methods for Identifying Representative Reserve Networks / Hugh Possingham, Ian Ball and Sandy Andelman.

ISBN

0387943226 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

99036218

OCLC

• ocm41572712
• SCSB-3943325

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries