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Restoration of endangered species : conceptual issues, planning, and implementation / edited by Marlin L. Bowles and Christopher J. Whelan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 394 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511623325 (ebook)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification:
  • 333.95/153 20
LOC classification:
  • QH541.15.R45 R55 1994
Online resources:
Contents:
Organization and management of endangered species restoration programs and recovery teams / Tim W. Clark, John R. Cragun -- Genetic considerations for plant population restoration and conservation / Charles B. Fenster, Michelle R. Dudash -- Managing genetic diversity in captive populations of animals / Robert C. Lacy -- The relationship of rarity to plant reproductive biology / Stephen G. Weller -- Experimental evidence for insect impact on populations of short-lived, perennial plants, and its application in restoration ecology / Svaĭa M. Louda -- Impacts of biological invasions on the management and recovery of rare plants in Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii / Lloyd L. Loope, Arthur C. Medeiros -- Disturbance-dependent persistence of rare plants : anthropogenic impacts and restoration implications / Noel B. Pavlovic -- A metapopulation approach to Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) recovery in southern Lake Michigan dunes / A. Kathryn McEachern, Marlin L. Bowles, Noel B. Pavlovic -- Restoration of woodland caribou to the Lake Superior region / Peter J.P. Gogan, Jean Fitts Cochrane -- The swift fox reintroduction program in Canada from 1983 to 1992 / Ludwig N. Carbyn, Harry J. Armbruster, Charles Mamo -- Restoration of the endangered black-footed ferret : a twenty-year overview / Tim W. Clark -- Development and implementation of a recovery program for the federal threatened Lakeside daisy (Hymenoxys acaulis var. glabra) / Marcella M. DeMauro -- Demographic monitoring and the recovery of endangered plant populations / Bruce M. Pavlik -- Restoration ecology : living with the prime directive / Joel S. Brown.
Summary: As the human impact on the earth leads to ever increasing environmental degradation, the restoration of dwindling populations of numerous plant and animal species is becoming ever more important. In this unique volume, the political, biological and experimental procedures affecting the restoration of natural populations are examined using a range of case studies.
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Organization and management of endangered species restoration programs and recovery teams / Tim W. Clark, John R. Cragun -- Genetic considerations for plant population restoration and conservation / Charles B. Fenster, Michelle R. Dudash -- Managing genetic diversity in captive populations of animals / Robert C. Lacy -- The relationship of rarity to plant reproductive biology / Stephen G. Weller -- Experimental evidence for insect impact on populations of short-lived, perennial plants, and its application in restoration ecology / Svaĭa M. Louda -- Impacts of biological invasions on the management and recovery of rare plants in Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii / Lloyd L. Loope, Arthur C. Medeiros -- Disturbance-dependent persistence of rare plants : anthropogenic impacts and restoration implications / Noel B. Pavlovic -- A metapopulation approach to Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) recovery in southern Lake Michigan dunes / A. Kathryn McEachern, Marlin L. Bowles, Noel B. Pavlovic -- Restoration of woodland caribou to the Lake Superior region / Peter J.P. Gogan, Jean Fitts Cochrane -- The swift fox reintroduction program in Canada from 1983 to 1992 / Ludwig N. Carbyn, Harry J. Armbruster, Charles Mamo -- Restoration of the endangered black-footed ferret : a twenty-year overview / Tim W. Clark -- Development and implementation of a recovery program for the federal threatened Lakeside daisy (Hymenoxys acaulis var. glabra) / Marcella M. DeMauro -- Demographic monitoring and the recovery of endangered plant populations / Bruce M. Pavlik -- Restoration ecology : living with the prime directive / Joel S. Brown.

As the human impact on the earth leads to ever increasing environmental degradation, the restoration of dwindling populations of numerous plant and animal species is becoming ever more important. In this unique volume, the political, biological and experimental procedures affecting the restoration of natural populations are examined using a range of case studies.

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