Conservation Biology - 26 (1-6), 2011

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Conservation Biology - 26 (1), 2011



Contents:

Editorial


Refocusing the Debate about Advocacy (pages 1–3)

J. Michael Scott and Janet L. Rachlow


Conservation Practice and Policy


Assessment of the Conservation Efforts to Prevent Extinction of the Iberian Lynx (pages 4–8)

FRANCISCO PALOMARES, ALEJANDRO RODRÍGUEZ, ELOY REVILLA, JOSÉ VICENTE LÓPEZ-BAO and JAVIER CALZADA


Review


Assessing the Value of the Umbrella-Species Concept for Conservation Planning with Meta-Analysis (pages 9–20)

MARGARET BRANTON and JOHN S. RICHARDSON


Essays


Establishing IUCN Red List Criteria for Threatened Ecosystems (pages 21–29)

JON PAUL RODRÍGUEZ, KATHRYN M. RODRÍGUEZ-CLARK, JONATHAN E. M. BAILLIE, NEVILLE ASH, JOHN BENSON, TIMOTHY BOUCHER, CLAIRE BROWN, NEIL D. BURGESS, BEN COLLEN, MICHAEL JENNINGS, DAVID A. KEITH, EMILY NICHOLSON, CARMEN REVENGA, BELINDA REYERS, MATHIEU ROUGET, TAMMY SMITH, MARK SPALDING, ANDREW TABER, MATT WALPOLE, IRENE ZAGER and TARA ZAMIN


A Regional Perspective on the Diversity and Conservation of Tropical Andean Fishes (pages 30–39)

ELIZABETH P. ANDERSON and JAVIER A. MALDONADO-OCAMPO


Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing Managed Relocation for Conservation of Freshwater Species (pages 40–47)

JULIAN D. OLDEN, MARK J. KENNARD, JOSHUA J. LAWLER and N. LEROY POFF


Potential Misuse of Avian Density as a Conservation Metric (pages 48–55)

SUSAN K. SKAGEN and AMY A. YACKEL ADAMS


Interacting Effects of Phenotypic Plasticity and Evolution on Population Persistence in a Changing Climate (pages 56–63)

THOMAS E. REED, DANIEL E. SCHINDLER and ROBIN S. WAPLES


Contributed Papers


Limitations of Gravity Models in Predicting the Spread of Eurasian Watermilfoil (pages 64–72)

JOHN D. ROTHLISBERGER and DAVID M. LODGE


Effects of Harvesting Flowers from Shrubs on the Persistence and Abundance of Wild Shrub Populations at Multiple Spatial Extents (pages 73–84)

JULIANO SARMENTO CABRAL, WILLIAM J. BOND, GUY F. MIDGLEY, ANTHONY G. REBELO, WILFRIED THUILLER and FRANK M. SCHURR


Using Parasitic Trematode Larvae to Quantify an Elusive Vertebrate Host (pages 85–93)

JAMES E. BYERS, IRIT ALTMAN, ANDREW M. GROSSE, TODD C. HUSPENI and JOHN C. MAERZ


Effects of Postfire Salvage Logging on Deadwood-Associated Beetles (pages 94–104)

T. P. COBB, J. L. MORISSETTE, J. M. JACOBS, M. J. KOIVULA, J. R. SPENCE and D. W. LANGOR


Combined Effects of Levels of Protection and Environmental Variables at Different Spatial Resolutions on Fish Assemblages in a Marine Protected Area (pages 105–114)

JOACHIM CLAUDET, JOSÉ ANTONIO GARCÍA-CHARTON and PHILIPPE LENFANT


Founder Effects, Inbreeding, and Loss of Genetic Diversity in Four Avian Reintroduction Programs (pages 115–123)

IAN G. JAMIESON


Range-Wide Genetic Connectivity of the Hawaiian Monk Seal and Implications for Translocation (pages 124–132)

JENNIFER K. SCHULTZ, JASON D. BAKER, ROBERT J. TOONEN, ALBERT L. HARTING and BRIAN W. BOWEN


Translocation as a Tool for Mitigating Conflict with Leopards in Human-Dominated Landscapes of India (pages 133–141)

VIDYA ATHREYA, MORTEN ODDEN, JOHN D. C. LINNELL and K. ULLAS KARANTH


Effects of Trophy Hunting on Lion and Leopard Populations in Tanzania (pages 142–153)

C. PACKER, H. BRINK, B. M. KISSUI, H. MALITI, H. KUSHNIR and T. CARO


Effectiveness of Scat-Detection Dogs in Determining Species Presence in a Tropical Savanna Landscape (pages 154–162)

CARLY VYNNE, JOHN R. SKALSKI, RICARDO B. MACHADO, MARTHA J. GROOM, ANAH T. A. JÁCOMO, JADER MARINHO-FILHO, MARIO B. RAMOS NETO, CRISTINA POMILLA, LEANDRO SILVEIRA, HEATH SMITH and SAMUEL K. WASSER


Constraints to Species’ Elevational Range Shifts as Climate Changes (pages 163–171)

GERMAN FORERO-MEDINA, LUCAS JOPPA and STUART L. PIMM


Comparing Spatially Explicit Ecological and Social Values for Natural Areas to Identify Effective Conservation Strategies (pages 172–181)

BRETT ANTHONY BRYAN, CHRISTOPHER MARK RAYMOND, NEVILLE DAVID CROSSMAN and DARRAN KING


Using Citizen Science Programs to Identify Host Resistance in Pest-Invaded Forests (pages 182–188)

LAURA L. INGWELL and EVAN L. PREISSER


Conservation Practice and Policy


Management of the Panzootic White-Nose Syndrome through Culling of Bats (pages 189–194)

THOMAS G. HALLAM and GARY F. MCCRACKEN


Research Note


Citation Rate and Perceived Subject Bias in the Amphibian-Decline Literature (pages 195–199)

MICHEL E. OHMER and PHILLIP J. BISHOP


Diversity


Using Conservation Evidence to Guide Management (pages 200–202)

DANIEL B. SEGAN, MADELEINE C. BOTTRILL, PETER W. J. BAXTER and HUGH P. POSSINGHAM


Book Reviews


Let's Move toward Genomics for Butterfly Ecology and Insect Conservation (pages 203–205)

Christopher W. Wheat


A Perilous Future for Coral Reefs (pages 205–206)

Helen T. Yap


Ecological Restoration in 2010: Insight from Four Continents (pages 206–208)

James Aronson


Noted with Interest (page 208)


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Conservation Biology - 26 (2), 2011



Contents:

Editorial

Transforming Conservation for the 21st Century (pages 209–211)

Peter Forbes


Letters

Frankenstein Ecosystems and 21st Century Conservation Agendas: Reply to Oliveira-Santos and Fernandez (page 212)

Philip J. Seddon, Mark Stanley Price, Frederic Launay, Mike Maunder, Pritpal Soorae, Sanjay Molur, Doug Armstrong, Mike Jordan, Sarah Dalrymple and Piero Genovesi


Reintroduction and Refaunation: Response to Seddon et al. (page 213)

Luiz G. R. Oliveira-Santos and Fernando A. S. Fernandez


Conservation Practice and Policy

Scientists as Stakeholders in Conservation of Hydrothermal Vents (pages 214–222)

LAURENT GODET, KEVIN A. ZELNIO and CINDY L. VAN DOVER


Reviews

Investigating and Managing the Rapid Emergence of White-Nose Syndrome, a Novel, Fatal, Infectious Disease of Hibernating Bats (pages 223–231)

JANET FOLEY, DEANA CLIFFORD, KEVIN CASTLE, PAUL CRYAN and RICHARD S. OSTFELD


Eradication of Invasive Mammals on Islands Inhabited by Humans and Domestic Animals (pages 232–240)

STEFFEN OPPEL, BRENT M. BEAVEN, MARK BOLTON, JULIET VICKERY and THOMAS W. BODEY


Effects of Road Networks on Bird Populations (pages 241–249)

A. V. KOCIOLEK, A. P. CLEVENGER, C. C. ST. CLAIR and D. S. PROPPE


Essays

Valuing Ecosystem Services in Terms of Ecological Risks and Returns (pages 250–258)

DAVID J. ABSON and METTE TERMANSEN


Acknowledging Conservation Trade-Offs and Embracing Complexity (pages 259–264)

PAUL D. HIRSCH, WILLIAM M. ADAMS, J. PETER BROSIUS, ASIM ZIA, NINO BARIOLA and JUAN LUIS DAMMERT


The Role of Botanic Gardens in the Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration (pages 265–275)

KATE A. HARDWICK, PEGGY FIEDLER, LYNDON C. LEE, BRUCE PAVLIK, RICHARD J. HOBBS, JAMES ARONSON, MARTIN BIDARTONDO, ERIC BLACK, DAVID COATES, MATTHEW I. DAWS, KINGSLEY DIXON, STEPHEN ELLIOTT, KERN EWING, GEORGE GANN, DAVID GIBBONS, JOACHIM GRATZFELD, MARTIN HAMILTON, DAVID HARDMAN, JIM HARRIS, PAT M. HOLMES, MEIRION JONES, DAVID MABBERLEY, ANDREW MACKENZIE, CARLOS MAGDALENA, ROBERT MARRS, WILLIAM MILLIKEN, ANTHONY MILLS, EIMEAR NIC LUGHADHA, MARGARET RAMSAY, PAUL SMITH, NIGEL TAYLOR, CLARE TRIVEDI, MICHAEL WAY, OLIVER WHALEY and STEPHEN D. HOPPER


Contributed Papers

Economics of Grassland Conversion to Cropland in the Prairie Pothole Region (pages 276–284)

BENJAMIN S. RASHFORD, JOHANN A. WALKER and CHRISTOPHER T. BASTIAN


Value Plurality among Conservation Professionals (pages 285–294)

CHRIS SANDBROOK, IVAN R. SCALES, BHASKAR VIRA and WILLIAM M. ADAMS


Conservation Planning with Multiple Organizations and Objectives (pages 295–304)

MICHAEL BODE, WILL PROBERT, WILL R. TURNER, KERRIE A. WILSON and OSCAR VENTER


Toward a Management Framework for Networks of Protected Areas in the Face of Climate Change (pages 305–315)

DAVID G. HOLE, BRIAN HUNTLEY, JULIUS ARINAITWE, STUART H. M. BUTCHART, YVONNE C. COLLINGHAM, LINCOLN D. C. FISHPOOL, DEBORAH J. PAIN and STEPHEN G. WILLIS


An Adaptive-Management Framework for Optimal Control of Hiking Near Golden Eagle Nests in Denali National Park (pages 316–323)

JULIEN MARTIN, PAUL L. FACKLER, JAMES D. NICHOLS, MICHAEL C. RUNGE, CAROL L. McINTYRE, BRUCE L. LUBOW, MAGGIE C. McCLUSKIE and JOEL A. SCHMUTZ


The Capacity of Australia's Protected-Area System to Represent Threatened Species (pages 324–332)

JAMES E.M. WATSON, MEGAN C. EVANS, JOSIE CARWARDINE, RICHARD A. FULLER, LIANA N. JOSEPH, DAN B. SEGAN, MARTIN F.J. TAYLOR, R.J. FENSHAM and HUGH P. POSSINGHAM


Complementarity of No-Take Marine Reserves and Individual Transferable Catch Quotas for Managing the Line Fishery of the Great Barrier Reef (pages 333–340)

L.R. LITTLE, R.Q. GRAFTON, T. KOMPAS, A.D.M. SMITH, A.E. PUNT and B.D. MAPSTONE


Effects of Customary Marine Closures on Fish Behavior, Spear-Fishing Success, and Underwater Visual Surveys (pages 341–349)

DAVID A. FEARY, JOSHUA E. CINNER, NICHOLAS A. J. GRAHAM and FRASER A. JANUCHOWSKI-HARTLEY


Effects of Multiple Levels of Social Organization on Survival and Abundance (pages 350–355)

ERIC J. WARD, BRICE X. SEMMENS, ELIZABETH E. HOLMES and KEN C. BALCOMB III


Use of Spatial Capture-Recapture Modeling and DNA Data to Estimate Densities of Elusive Animals (pages 356–364)

MARC KÉRY, BETH GARDNER, TABEA STOECKLE, DARIUS WEBER and J. ANDREW ROYLE


The Role of Translocation in Recovery of Woodland Caribou Populations (pages 365–373)

NICHOLAS J. DECESARE, JESSE WHITTINGTON, MARK HEBBLEWHITE, HUGH ROBINSON, MARK BRADLEY, LALENIA NEUFELD and MARCO MUSIANI


Variation in Physiological Stress between Bridge- and Cave-Roosting Brazilian Free-Tailed Bats (pages 374–381)

LOUISE C. ALLEN, AMY S. TURMELLE, ERIC P. WIDMAIER, NICKOLAY I. HRISTOV, GARY F. MCCRACKEN and THOMAS H. KUNZ


Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and the Collapse of Anuran Species Richness and Abundance in the Upper Manu National Park, Southeastern Peru (pages 382–391)

ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI, EDGAR LEHR, LILY O. RODRIGUEZ and VANCE T. VREDENBURG


Identifying Sighting Clusters of Endangered Taxa with Historical Records (pages 392–399)

KARL J. DUFFY


Protected-Area Boundaries as Filters of Plant Invasions (pages 400–405)

LLEWELLYN C. FOXCROFT, VOJTĚCH JAROŠÍK, PETR PYŠEK, DAVID M. RICHARDSON and MATHIEU ROUGET


Research Note

Effects of Traffic Noise on Occupancy Patterns of Forest Birds (pages 406–411)

SARAH E. GOODWIN and W. GREGORY SHRIVER


Diversity

Lessons from Finance for New Land-Conservation Strategies Given Climate-Change Uncertainty (pages 412–414)

AMY W. ANDO and LEE HANNAH


Book Reviews

Empowering and Encouraging Scientists to Act (pages 415–416)

John Francis


What about the People? (pages 416–418)

Andrew T. Knight


An Emerging Partnership between Biodiversity and Ecosystem-Service Science (pages 418–420)

Belinda Reyers


Noted with Interest (page 420)


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Conservation Biology - 26 (3), 2011



Contents:

Editorial

Conservation in the City (pages 421–423)

Eric W. Sanderson and Amanda Huron


Letters

Reintroduction As an Ecosystem Restoration Technique (page 424)

Tal Polak and David Saltz


Temperature Constraint of Elevational Range of Tropical Amphibians: Response to Forero-Medina et al. (page 425)

ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI


Thermal Tolerance, Range Expansion, and Status of Tropical Amphibians: Reply to Catenazzi (pages 426–427)

German Forero-Medina, Lucas Joppa and Stuart L. Pimm


Reviews

The Potential Conservation Value of Non-Native Species (pages 428–437)

MARTIN A. SCHLAEPFER, DOV F. SAX and JULIAN D. OLDEN


Understanding and Estimating Effective Population Size for Practical Application in Marine Species Management (pages 438–449)

MATTHEW P. HARE, LEONARD NUNNEY, MICHAEL K. SCHWARTZ, DANIEL E. RUZZANTE, MARTHA BURFORD, ROBIN S. WAPLES, KRISTEN RUEGG and FRISO PALSTRA


Essays

The Why, What, and How of Global Biodiversity Indicators Beyond the 2010 Target (pages 450–457)

JULIA P. G. JONES, BEN COLLEN, GILES ATKINSON, PETER W. J. BAXTER, PHILIP BUBB, JANINE B. ILLIAN, TODD E. KATZNER, AIDAN KEANE, JONATHAN LOH, EVE MCDONALD-MADDEN, EMILY NICHOLSON, HENRIQUE M. PEREIRA, HUGH P. POSSINGHAM, ANDREW S. PULLIN, ANA S. L. RODRIGUES, VIVIANA RUIZ-GUTIERREZ, MATTHEW SOMMERVILLE and E. J. MILNER-GULLAND


Engaging the Recreational Angling Community to Implement and Manage Aquatic Protected Areas (pages 458–464)

ANDY J. DANYLCHUK and STEVEN J. COOKE


Contributed Papers

Predicting the Probability of Outbreeding Depression (pages 465–475)

RICHARD FRANKHAM, JONATHAN D. BALLOU, MARK D. B. ELDRIDGE, ROBERT C. LACY, KATHERINE RALLS, MICHELE R. DUDASH and CHARLES B. FENSTER


Generation of Priority Research Questions to Inform Conservation Policy and Management at a National Level (pages 476–484)

MURRAY A. RUDD, KAREN F. BEAZLEY, STEVEN J. COOKE, ERICA FLEISHMAN, DANIEL E. LANE, MICHAEL B. MASCIA, ROBIN ROTH, GARY TABOR, JISELLE A. BAKKER, TERESA BELLEFONTAINE, DOMINIQUE BERTEAUX, BERNARD CANTIN, KEITH G. CHAULK, KATHRYN CUNNINGHAM, ROD DOBELL, ELEANOR FAST, NADIA FERRARA, C. SCOTT FINDLAY, LARS K. HALLSTROM, THOMAS HAMMOND, LUISE HERMANUTZ, JEFFREY A. HUTCHINGS, KATHRYN E. LINDSAY, TIM J. MARTA, VIVIAN M. NGUYEN, GREG NORTHEY, KENT PRIOR, SAUDIEL RAMIREZ-SANCHEZ, JAKE RICE, DARREN J. H. SLEEP, NORA D. SZABO, GENEVIEVE TROTTIER, JEAN-PATRICK TOUSSAINT and JEAN-PHILIPPE VEILLEUX


Incorporation of Spatial and Economic Analyses of Human-Use Data in the Design of Marine Protected Areas (pages 485–492)

ASTRID J. SCHOLZ, CHARLES STEINBACK, SARAH A. KRUSE, MIKE MERTENS and HOWARD SILVERMAN


A Landholder-Based Approach to the Design of Private-Land Conservation Programs (pages 493–503)

KATIE MOON and CHRIS COCKLIN


Effects of Management of Domestic Dogs and Recreation on Carnivores in Protected Areas in Northern California (pages 504–513)

SARAH E. REED and ADINA M. MERENLENDER


Effects of Landscape Features on the Distribution and Sustainability of Ungulate Hunting in Northern Congo (pages 514–525)

MIRANDA H. MOCKRIN, ROBERT F. ROCKWELL, KENT H. REDFORD and NICHOLAS S. KEULER


Chilean Blue Whales as a Case Study to Illustrate Methods to Estimate Abundance and Evaluate Conservation Status of Rare Species (pages 526–535)

ROB WILLIAMS, SHARON L. HEDLEY, TREVOR A. BRANCH, MARK V. BRAVINGTON, ALEXANDRE N. ZERBINI and KEN P. FINDLAY


Understanding Interaction Effects of Climate Change and Fire Management on Bird Distributions through Combined Process and Habitat Models (pages 536–546)

JOSEPH D. WHITE, KEVIN J. GUTZWILLER, WYLIE C. BARROW, LORI JOHNSON-RANDALL, LISA ZYGO and PAMELA SWINT


Effects of Urbanization on Occupancy of Stream Salamanders (pages 547–555)

STEVEN J. PRICE, KRISTEN K. CECALA, ROBERT A. BROWNE and MICHAEL E. DORCAS


Regional Decline of an Iconic Amphibian Associated with Elevation, Land-Use Change, and Invasive Species (pages 556–566)

PIETER T. J. JOHNSON, VALERIE J. McKENZIE, ANNA C. PETERSON, JACOB L. KERBY, JENNIFER BROWN, ANDREW R. BLAUSTEIN and TINA JACKSON


Balancing Forest-Regeneration Probabilities and Maintenance Costs in Dry Grasslands of High Conservation Priority (pages 567–576)

JANINE BOLLIGER, THOMAS C. EDWARDS JR., STEFAN EGGENBERG, SASCHA ISMAIL, IRMI SEIDL and FELIX KIENAST


Population Viability Analysis with Species Occurrence Data from Museum Collections (pages 577–586)

OLAV SKARPAAS and ODD E. STABBETORP


Incentive Structure of and Private Landowner Participation in an Endangered Species Conservation Program (pages 587–596)

MICHAEL G. SORICE, WOLFGANG HAIDER, J. RICHARD CONNER and ROBERT B. DITTON


Use of Market Data to Assess Bushmeat Hunting Sustainability in Equatorial Guinea (pages 597–606)

S.M. ALLEBONE-WEBB, N.F. KÜMPEL, J. RIST, G. COWLISHAW, J.M. ROWCLIFFE and E.J. MILNER-GULLAND


Evaluating the Quality of Citizen-Scientist Data on Pollinator Communities (pages 607–617)

C. KREMEN, K. S. ULLMAN and R. W. THORP


Research Notes

Relative Effects of Disturbance on Red Imported Fire Ants and Native Ant Species in a Longleaf Pine Ecosystem (pages 618–622)

KATHARINE L. STUBLE, L. KATHERINE KIRKMAN, C. RONALD CARROLL and NATHAN J. SANDERS


Effects of the Presence of Official-Looking Volunteers on Harassment of New Zealand Fur Seals (pages 623–627)

ALEJANDRO ACEVEDO-GUTIÉRREZ, LISA ACEVEDO and LAURA BOREN



Comments

What Environmental Economists Think Every Conservation Biologist Should Know: Reply to Gowdy et al. (pages 628–630)

DANIEL R. PETROLIA and MATTHEW G. INTERIS


Conservation and Social Disarray: Response to Berger and Beckman (pages 631–632)

JERRY JOHNSON


The Intersection between Social Change and Conservation in the New American West (pages 633–634)

JOEL BERGER and JON P. BECKMANN


Evidence and Assertions in Assessing Human Factors (pages 635–636)

WILLIAM R. FREUDENBURG


On Evidence and Faulty Assertions about Energy Boomtowns (pages 637–638)

JOEL BERGER and JON P. BECKMANN


Diversity

Rights, Governance, and Conservation of Biological Diversity (pages 639–641)

KAMALJIT S. BAWA, NITIN D. RAI and NAVJOT S. SODHI


Book Reviews

Toward Profits without Piracy (pages 642–644)

Kate Davis


Island Facts and Theories (pages 644–646)

James Lazell


The Relative Importance of Predators and People in Structuring and Conserving Ecosystems (pages 646–647)

John D. C. Linnell


Noted with Interest (page 648)


Books Received (September 2009–December 2010) (pages 648–657)


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Conservation Biology - 26 (4), 2011



Contents:

Editorial

The Science of Conservation Crime (pages 659–661)

Meredith L. Gore


Reviews

Effects of Invasive Parasites on Bumble Bee Declines (pages 662–671)

IVAN MEEUS, MARK J. F. BROWN, DIRK C. DE GRAAF and GUY SMAGGHE


Potential Reflection of Distinct Ecological Units in Plant Endemism Categories (pages 672–679)

PEDRO M.A. FERREIRA and ILSI I. BOLDRINI


Essay

Advancing the Integration of History and Ecology for Conservation (pages 680–687)

PÉTER SZABÓ and RADIM HÉDL


Contributed Papers

Reorienting Systematic Conservation Assessment for Effective Conservation Planning (pages 688–696)

BRENT J. SEWALL, AMY L. FREESTONE, MOHAMED F. E. MOUTUI, NASSURI TOILIBOU, ISHAKA SAID, SAINDOU M. TOUMANI, DAOUD ATTOUMANE and CHEIKH M. IBOURA


Conservation Development Practices, Extent, and Land-Use Effects in the United States (pages 697–707)

JEFFREY C. MILDER and STORY CLARK


Classification of Climate-Change-Induced Stresses on Biological Diversity (pages 708–715)

JULIANE GEYER, IRIS KIEFER, STEFAN KREFT, VERONICA CHAVEZ, NICK SALAFSKY, FLORIAN JELTSCH and PIERRE L. IBISCH


Taxonomic and Geographic Patterns of Decline for Threatened and Endangered Species in the United States (pages 716–725)

ALLISON K. LEIDNER and MAILE C. NEEL


Cost-Effectiveness of Translocation Options for a Threatened Waterbird (pages 726–735)

ALEJANDRO MARTÍNEZ-ABRAÍN, HELEN M. REGAN, COVADONGA VIEDMA, ELENA VILLUENDAS, MIGUEL ANGEL BARTOLOMÉ, JUAN ANTONIO GÓMEZ and DANIEL ORO


Use of Fatty Acid Analysis to Determine Dispersal of Caspian Terns in the Columbia River Basin, U.S.A. (pages 736–746)

CHRISTINA J. MARANTO, JULIA K. PARRISH, DAVID P. HERMAN, ANDRÉ E. PUNT, JULIAN D. OLDEN, MICHAEL T. BRETT and DANIEL D. ROBY


Variability in Population Abundance and the Classification of Extinction Risk (pages 747–757)

HOWARD B. WILSON, BRUCE E. KENDALL and HUGH P. POSSINGHAM


Analyzing Variability and the Rate of Decline of Migratory Shorebirds in Moreton Bay, Australia (pages 758–766)

HOWARD B. WILSON, BRUCE E. KENDALL, RICHARD A. FULLER, DAVID A. MILTON and HUGH P. POSSINGHAM


Use of Congeneric Assessment to Reveal the Linked Genetic Histories of Two Threatened Fishes in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia (pages 767–776)

M. ADAMS, S. D. WEDDERBURN, P. J. UNMACK, M. P. HAMMER and J. B. JOHNSON


Contrasting Global Trends in Marine Fishery Status Obtained from Catches and from Stock Assessments (pages 777–786)

TREVOR A. BRANCH, OLAF P. JENSEN, DANIEL RICARD, YIMIN YE and RAY HILBORN


Identifying and Managing Threatened Invertebrates through Assessment of Coextinction Risk (pages 787–796)

MELINDA L. MOIR, PETER A. VESK, KARL E. C. BRENNAN, DAVID A. KEITH, MICHAEL A. McCARTHY and LESLEY HUGHES


Demographic Effects of Harvesting Epiphytic Bromeliads and an Alternative Approach to Collection (pages 797–807)

DEMETRIA MONDRAGÓN CHAPARRO and TAMARA TICKTIN


Influence of Care of Domestic Carnivores on Their Predation on Vertebrates (pages 808–815)

EDUARDO A. SILVA-RODRÍGUEZ and KATHRYN E. SIEVING


Relations between Urban Bird and Plant Communities and Human Well-Being and Connection to Nature (pages 816–826)

GARY W. LUCK, PENNY DAVIDSON, DIANNE BOXALL and LISA SMALLBONE


Motivations Influencing the Adoption of Conservation Easements (pages 827–834)

JAMES R. FARMER, DOUG KNAPP, VICKY J. MERETSKY, CHARLES CHANCELLOR and BURNELL C. FISCHER


Carbon Payments and Low-Cost Conservation (pages 835–845)

NEVILLE D. CROSSMAN, BRETT A. BRYAN and DAVID M. SUMMERS


Diversity

Recognizing Contemporary Roles of Swidden Agriculture in Transforming Landscapes of Southeast Asia (pages 846–848)

ALAN D. ZIEGLER, JEFF M. FOX, EDWARD L. WEBB, CHRISTINE PADOCH, STEVE J. LEISZ, ROB A. CRAMB, OLE MERTZ, THILDE B. BRUUN and TRAN DUC VIEN


Book Reviews

Broad View of Tropical Forests (pages 849–850)

Francis E. Putz


Positive Forcings in Climate-Change Pedagogy (pages 850–851)

Jennifer S. Lalley


Sound Recordings—An Essential Tool for Conservation (pages 851–852)

Donald Kroodsma and Gregory F. Budney


Noted with Interest (pages 852–853)


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Conservation Biology - 26 (5), 2011



Contents:

Editorial

Going Back to the Land in the Age of Entitlement (pages 855–857)

Guy McPherson


Letter

Managing for Caribou and Ecological Integrity: Reply to Serrouya and Wittmer 2010 (pages 858–859)

Jeannette Theberge and Gregg Walker


Conservation Practice and Policy

How Research-Prioritization Exercises Affect Conservation Policy (pages 860–866)

MURRAY A. RUDD


Invasive Species Research to Meet the Needs of Resource Management and Planning (pages 867–872)

M. PAPEŞ, M. SÄLLSTRÖM, T. R. ASPLUND and M. J. VANDER ZANDEN


A Critical Assessment of the Use of Surrogate Species in Conservation Planning in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California (U.S.A.) (pages 873–878)

DENNIS D. MURPHY, PAUL S. WEILAND and KENNETH W. CUMMINS


Reviews

Toward Best Practices for Developing Regional Connectivity Maps (pages 879–892)

PAUL BEIER, WAYNE SPENCER, ROBERT F. BALDWIN and BRAD H. McRAE


Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Marked Wire in Reducing Avian Collisions with Power Lines (pages 893–903)

RAFAEL BARRIENTOS, JUAN CARLOS ALONSO, CARLOS PONCE and CARLOS PALACÍN


Essay

Creation of a Gilded Trap by the High Economic Value of the Maine Lobster Fishery (pages 904–912)

R. S. STENECK, T. P. HUGHES, J. E. CINNER, W. N. ADGER, S. N. ARNOLD, F. BERKES, S. A. BOUDREAU, K. BROWN, C. FOLKE, L. GUNDERSON, P. OLSSON, M. SCHEFFER, E. STEPHENSON, B. WALKER, J. WILSON and B. WORM


Contributed Papers

Extirpation of Macroalgae (Sargassum spp.) on the Subtropical East Australian Coast (pages 913–921)

JULIE A. PHILLIPS and JUDITH K. BLACKSHAW


Evidence of Local Adaptation in the Demographic Response of American Ginseng to Interannual Temperature Variation (pages 922–931)

SARA SOUTHER and JAMES B. McGRAW


Human Influence on the Spatial Structure of Threatened Pacific Salmon Metapopulations (pages 932–944)

AIMEE H. FULLERTON, STEVEN T. LINDLEY, GEORGE R. PESS, BLAKE E. FEIST, E. ASHLEY STEEL and PAUL McELHANY


Comparison of Modern and Historical Fish Catches (AD 750–1400) to Inform Goals for Marine Protected Areas and Sustainable Fisheries (pages 945–955)

TIMOTHY R. McCLANAHAN and JOHNSTONE O. OMUKOTO


Environmental Refuge from Disease-Driven Amphibian Extinction (pages 956–964)

ROBERT PUSCHENDORF, CONRAD J. HOSKIN, SCOTT D. CASHINS, KEITH McDONALD, LEE F. SKERRATT, JEREMY VANDERWAL and ROSS A. ALFORD


Differential Host Susceptibility to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, an Emerging Amphibian Pathogen (pages 965–974)

C. L. SEARLE, S. S. GERVASI, J. HUA, J. I. HAMMOND, R. A. RELYEA, D. H. OLSON and A. R. BLAUSTEIN


Ambient Ultraviolet B Radiation and Prevalence of Infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Two Amphibian Species (pages 975–982)

MANUEL E. ORTIZ-SANTALIESTRA, MATTHEW C. FISHER, SAIOA FERNÁNDEZ-BEASKOETXEA, MARÍA J. FERNÁNDEZ-BENÉITEZ and JAIME BOSCH


Reduced Density and Nest Survival of Ground-Nesting Songbirds Relative to Earthworm Invasions in Northern Hardwood Forests (pages 983–992)

SCOTT R. LOSS and ROBERT B. BLAIR


Negative Effects of Habitat Loss on Survival of Migrant Warblers in a Forest Mosaic (pages 993–1001)

B. P. ZITSKE, M. G. BETTS and A. W. DIAMOND


Effects of Economic Downturns on Mortality of Wild African Elephants (pages 1002–1009)

GEORGE WITTEMYER


A Multispecies Framework for Landscape Conservation Planning (pages 1010–1021)

W. SCOTT SCHWENK and THERESE M. DONOVAN


Combining Measures of Dispersal to Identify Conservation Strategies in Fragmented Landscapes (pages 1022–1031)

ALLISON K. LEIDNER and NICK M. HADDAD


A Spatially Explicit Estimate of Avoided Forest Loss (pages 1032–1043)

JORDI HONEY-ROSÉS, KATHY BAYLIS and M. ISABEL RAMÍREZ


Using Coral Disease Prevalence to Assess the Effects of Concentrating Tourism Activities on Offshore Reefs in a Tropical Marine Park (pages 1044–1052)

JOLEAH B. LAMB and BETTE L. WILLIS


Diversity

Extinction Risk in Endemic Marine Fishes (pages 1053–1055)

J.-P. A. HOBBS, G. P. JONES and P. L. MUNDAY


Obituary

Homage to an Avant-Garde Conservation Leader, Navjot Sodhi (pages 1056–1058)

Corey J. A. Bradshaw, William F. Laurance, Luke Gibson, Paul R. Ehrlich and Barry W. Brook


Book Reviews

The Environmental Crisis Finds Religion (pages 1059–1060)

Cassandra Carmichael


Pricking the Bubble of Heroic Leadership (pages 1060–1061)

Roselinde Torres


Carnivores Living on the Edge (pages 1062–1063)

Miguel A. Ordenana


Noted with Interest (pages 1063–1064)


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Conservation Biology - 26 (6), 2011



Contents:

Editorial

Achieving Coherent Policies for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Ecosystems (pages 1065–1068)

Jake C. Rice


Letter

Reevaluating and Broadening the Definition of Genetic Rescue (pages 1069–1070)

Philip W. Hedrick, Jennifer R. Adams and John A. Vucetich


Editor's Acknowledgments

Editor's Acknowledgments (page 1071)


Special Section: The Futures of Conservation

Introduction (pages 1072–1074)

Kent H. Redford and Erica Fleishman


Conservation Biology through the Lens of a Career in Salmon Conservation (pages 1075–1079)

CHARLES CONN


Conservation Means Behavior (pages 1080–1083)

P. WESLEY SCHULTZ


Indigenous Alliances for Conservation in Bolivia (pages 1084–1086)

R. L. E. PAINTER, A. DURAN and E. MIRO


Finding Balance between Human Need and Global Stewardship (pages 1087–1090)

JON WATERHOUSE


A Vision of Conservation from School (pages 1091–1093)

JOSÉ ANTONIO LÓPEZ TERCERO CAAMANO


Walking the Path of Environmental Buddhism through Compassion and Emptiness (pages 1094–1097)

H.H. 17th GYALWANG KARMAPA OGYEN TRINLEY DORJE


Competing Cultures of Conservation (pages 1098–1102)

REBECCA HARDIN


Cultivating a Constituency for Conservation (pages 1103–1107)

LOWELL PRITCHARD


Reaching the U.S. Public through Their Patriotism, Pastors, and Pockets (pages 1108–1111)

PAUL O’BRIEN


Special Section: Conservation Science in the Coming Decades

Introduction (page 1112)

Eric Dinerstein


Systemic Conservation, REDD, and the Future of the Amazon Basin (pages 1113–1116)

DANIEL C. NEPSTAD, DAVID G. McGRATH and BRITALDO SOARES-FILHO


Land, Food, and Biodiversity (pages 1117–1120)

DAVID W. McLAUGHLIN


Biodiversity Offsets and Infrastructure (pages 1121–1123)

JUAN DAVID QUINTERO and ARADHNA MATHUR


Conservation in Sustainable-Use Tropical Forest Reserves (pages 1124–1129)

CARLOS A. PERES


Marine Protected Areas and the Governance of Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries (pages 1130–1133)

BONNIE J. McCAY and PETER J. S. JONES


The Future of Payments for Environmental Services (pages 1134–1138)

PAUL J. FERRARO


Climate Change, Connectivity, and Conservation Success (pages 1139–1142)

LEE HANNAH


Future Human Intervention in Ecosystems and the Critical Role for Evolutionary Biology (pages 1143–1147)

J. J. HELLMANN and M. E. PFRENDER


Conservation Practice and Policy

Knowledge Gain and Behavioral Change in Citizen-Science Programs (pages 1148–1154)

REBECCA C. JORDAN, STEVEN A. GRAY, DAVID V. HOWE, WESLEY R. BROOKS and JOAN G. EHRENFELD


Incorporating Effectiveness of Community-Based Management in a National Marine Gap Analysis for Fiji (pages 1155–1164)

MORENA MILLS, STACY D. JUPITER, ROBERT L. PRESSEY, NATALIE C. BAN and JAMES COMLEY


Contributed Papers

Scientists’ Opinions on the Global Status and Management of Biological Diversity (pages 1165–1175)

MURRAY A. RUDD


Producer-Level Benefits of Sustainability Certification (pages 1176–1185)

ALLEN BLACKMAN and JORGE RIVERA


Linking Knowledge to Action in Collaborative Conservation (pages 1186–1194)

T. BRUCE LAUBER, RICHARD C. STEDMAN, DANIEL J. DECKER and BARBARA A. KNUTH


The Value, Limitations, and Challenges of Employing Local Experts in Conservation Research (pages 1195–1202)

MARK ELBROCH, TUYENI H. MWAMPAMBA, MARIA J. SANTOS, MAXINE ZYLBERBERG, LOUIS LIEBENBERG, JAMES MINYE, CHRISTOPHER MOSSER and ERIN REDDY


Predictors of Occupancy Trend Across Spatial Scale (pages 1203–1211)

MICHAEL A. PATTEN and BRENDA D. SMITH-PATTEN


Use of Fecundity Measured Directly Throughout the Breeding Season to Test a Source–Sink Demographic Model (pages 1212–1219)

CHRISTOPHER M. ROGERS


Association of Body Mass with Price of Bushmeat in Nigeria and Cameroon (pages 1220–1228)

DAVID W. MACDONALD, PAUL J. JOHNSON, LISE ALBRECHTSEN, ADAM DUTTON, SARAH SEYMOUR, JEF DUPAIN, AMY HALL and JOHN E. FA


Spatial Predictions of Phylogenetic Diversity in Conservation Decision Making (pages 1229–1239)

DOROTHEA V. PIO, OLIVIER BROENNIMANN, TIMOTHY G. BARRACLOUGH, GAIL REEVES, ANTHONY G. REBELO, WILFRIED THUILLER, ANTOINE GUISAN and NICOLAS SALAMIN


Translating Effects of Inbreeding Depression on Component Vital Rates to Overall Population Growth in Endangered Bighorn Sheep (pages 1240–1249)

HEATHER E. JOHNSON, L. SCOTT MILLS, JOHN D. WEHAUSEN, THOMAS R. STEPHENSON and GORDON LUIKART


Diversity

The Role of Natural History Institutions and Bioinformatics in Conservation Biology (pages 1250–1252)

JOSHUA DREW


Book Reviews

Homage to G. Evelyn Hutchinson (pages 1253–1254)

Andrew Gonzalez and Beatrix Beisner


An Adaptive Radiation of Texts (pages 1254–1256)

David L. Stokes


Climate Change: for the Birds (pages 1256–1258)

J. Alan Clark


Noted with Interest (pages 1258–1259)


Books Received (January 2011–August 2011) (pages 1259–1262)


Errata

Errata (page 1263)


Management and Recovery Options for Ural River Beluga SturgeonOpciones de Manejo y Recuperación del Esturión Beluga del Río Ural
Vol. 24, Issue 3, 769–777,
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Understanding Interaction Effects of Climate Change and Fire Management on Bird Distributions through Combined Process and Habitat ModelsComprensión de los Efectos de la Interacción del Cambio Climático y el Manejo de Fuego sobre la Distribución de Aves Mediante Modelos Combinados de Procesos y Hábitat
Vol. 25, Issue 3, 536–546,


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