Quantitative methods for conservation biology
By: Scott Ferson, Mark Burgman, editors.
Contributors: Ferson, S.; Burgman, Mark A.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Conservation biology -- Statistical methods; Conservation biology -- Mathematical models
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Detecting extinction in sighting data / Andrew Solow, Thomas Helser; title: Inferring threat from scientific collections: power tests and application to western Australian Acacia species / Mark Burgman, Bruce R. Maslin, David Andrewartha [et al.]; title: Identifying the ecological correlates of extinction-prone species: a case study of New Zealand birds / Brendan Moyle; title: Quantitative methods for modeling species habitat: comparative performance and an application to Australian plants / Jane Elith; title: Risk assessment of a proposed introduction of Pacific salmon in the Delaware River basin / Paul T. Jacobson; title: Likelihood of introducing nonindigenous organisms with agricultural commodities: probabilistic estimation / Michael J. Firko, Edward V. Podleckis; title: "Best" abundance estimates and best management: why they are not the same / Barbara L. Taylor, Paul R. Wade; title: Whaling models for cetacean conservation / Mark S. Boyce; title: Assessing land-use impacts on bull trout using Bayesian belief networks / Danny C. Lee; title: Using matrix models to focus research and management efforts in conservation / Selina S. Heppell, Deborah T. Crouse, Larry B. Crowder; title: Variability and measurement error in extinction risk analysis: the northern spotted owl on the Olympic Peninsula / Lloyd Goldwasser, Scott Ferson, Lev Ginzberg; title: Can individual-based models yield a better assessment of population variability? / Yiannis G. Matsinos, Wilfried F. Wolff, Donald L. DeAngelis; title: Potential of branching processes as a modeling tool for conservation biology / Frʹedʹeric Gosselin, Jean-Dominique Lebreton; title: Role of genetics in conservation biology / Sabine S. Loew; title: Modeling problems in conservation genetics using laboratory animals / Richard Frankham; title: Theoretical properties of extinction by inbreeding depression under stochastic environments / Yoshinari Tanaka; title: Mathematical methods for identifying representative reserve networks / Hugh Possingham, Ian Ball, Sandy Andelman.