Conservation Biology - 26 (5), 2012

Contents:
  

        CONSERVATION STORIES, CONSERVATION SCIENCE, AND THE ROLE OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PLATFORM ON BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (PAGES 757–759)

        KENT H. REDFORD, CRAIG GROVES, RODRIGO A. MEDELLIN AND JOHN G. ROBINSON

      

        DECISION MAKING IN A HUMAN POPULATION LIVING SUSTAINABLY (PAGES 760–768)

        JOHN S. HICKS, MARK A. BURGMAN, JULIAN N. MAREWSKI, FIONA FIDLER AND GERD GIGERENZER

      

        ESTIMATION OF BODY-SIZE TRAITS BY PHOTOGRAMMETRY IN LARGE MAMMALS TO INFORM CONSERVATION (PAGES 769–777)

        JOEL BERGER

      

        EFFECTS OF NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE VERTEBRATE MUTUALISTS ON PLANTS (PAGES 778–789)

        CLARE E. ASLAN, ERIKA S. ZAVALETA, DON CROLL AND BERNIE TERSHY

  

        SECURING THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND GENETIC FUTURE OF TUATARA THROUGH ASSISTED COLONIZATION (PAGES 790–798)

        KIMBERLY A. MILLER, HILARY C. MILLER, JENNIFER A. MOORE, NICOLA J. MITCHELL, ALISON CREE, FRED W. ALLENDORF, STEPHEN D. SARRE, SUSAN N. KEALL AND NICOLA J. NELSON

       

        CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES AND SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF (PAGES 799–809)

        NATALIE C. BAN, ROBERT L. PRESSEY AND SCARLA WEEKS

       

        COMBINING STRUCTURED DECISION MAKING AND VALUE-OF-INFORMATION ANALYSES TO IDENTIFY ROBUST MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES (PAGES 810–820)

        JOSLIN L. MOORE AND MICHAEL C. RUNGE

       

        LAND-COVER CHANGE AND AVIAN DIVERSITY IN THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES (PAGES 821–829)

        CHADWICK D. RITTENHOUSE, ANNA M. PIDGEON, THOMAS P. ALBRIGHT, PATRICK D. CULBERT, MURRAY K. CLAYTON, CURTIS H. FLATHER, JEFFREY G. MASEK AND VOLKER C. RADELOFF

       

        PUBLIC WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR RECOVERING AND DOWNLISTING THREATENED AND ENDANGERED MARINE SPECIES (PAGES 830–839)

        KRISTY WALLMO AND DANIEL K. LEW

       

        USE OF AN AIRBORNE LIDAR SYSTEM TO MODEL PLANT SPECIES COMPOSITION AND DIVERSITY OF MEDITERRANEAN OAK FORESTS (PAGES 840–850)

        WILLIAM D. SIMONSON, HARRIET D. ALLEN AND DAVID A. COOMES

       

        EVALUATING PERCEIVED BENEFITS OF ECOREGIONAL ASSESSMENTS (PAGES 851–861)

        MADELEINE C. BOTTRILL, MORENA MILLS, ROBERT L. PRESSEY, EDWARD T. GAME AND CRAIG GROVES

       

        CHANGES IN AVIAN AND PLANT COMMUNITIES OF ASPEN WOODLANDS OVER 12 YEARS AFTER LIVESTOCK REMOVAL IN THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT BASIN (PAGES 862–872)

        SUSAN L. EARNST, DAVID S. DOBKIN AND JENNIFER A. BALLARD

      

        PROJECTED CLIMATE-INDUCED HABITAT LOSS FOR SALMONIDS IN THE JOHN DAY RIVER NETWORK, OREGON, U.S.A. (PAGES 873–882)

        AARON S. RUESCH, CHRISTIAN E. TORGERSEN, JOSHUA J. LAWLER, JULIAN D. OLDEN, ERIN E. PETERSON, CAROL J. VOLK AND DAVID J. LAWRENCE

       

        ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS TO TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN SIZE OF PROTECTED AREAS AND LAND-USE INTENSITY (PAGES 883–893)

        VAN BUTSIC, VOLKER C. RADELOFF, TOBIAS KUEMMERLE AND ANNA M. PIDGEON

     

        RELIABILITY OF INDICATORS OF DECLINE IN ABUNDANCE (PAGES 894–904)

        ERIN J. PORSZT, RANDALL M. PETERMAN, NICHOLAS K. DULVY, ANDREW B. COOPER AND JAMES R. IRVINE

     

        EVOLUTION OF NESTING HEIGHT IN AN ENDANGERED HAWAIIAN FOREST BIRD IN RESPONSE TO A NON-NATIVE PREDATOR (PAGES 905–911)

        ERIC A. VANDERWERF

       

        INTERACTING EFFECTS OF TRANSLOCATION, ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ON THE MARINE SURVIVAL OF CHINOOK SALMON FROM THE COLUMBIA RIVER, WASHINGTON, U.S.A. (PAGES 912–922)

        KIRSTIN K. HOLSMAN, MARK D. SCHEUERELL, ERIC BUHLE AND ROBERT EMMETT

       

        USE OF STRESS-HORMONE LEVELS AND HABITAT SELECTION TO ASSESS FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY OF A LANDSCAPE FOR AN AMPHIBIAN (PAGES 923–931)

        AGNES JANIN, JEAN-PAUL LÉNA, SANDRINE DEBLOIS AND PIERRE JOLY

      

        CHANGES IN SIZE OF DEFORESTED PATCHES IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON (PAGES 932–937)

        ISABEL M. D. ROSA, CARLOS SOUZA JR. AND ROBERT M. EWERS

     

        SCIENTIFIC GEAR AS A VECTOR FOR NON-NATIVE SPECIES AT DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENTS (PAGES 938–942)

        JANET R. VOIGHT, RAYMOND W. LEE, ABIGAIL J. REFT AND AMANDA E. BATES

       

        CONFLATION OF VALUES AND SCIENCE: RESPONSE TO NOSS ET AL. (PAGES 943–944)

        GEORGE F. WILHERE, LYNN A. MAGUIRE, J. MICHAEL SCOTT, JANET L. RACHLOW, DALE D. GOBLE AND LEONA K. SVANCARA

      

        OVERESTIMATING POPULATION SIZES OF RARE CLONAL PLANTS (PAGES 945–947)

        V. J. TEPEDINO

      

        DECIDING WHAT TO CONSERVE (PAGES 948–949)

        KENT H. REDFORD

      

        INTERDISCIPLINARY CRAFTING OF THE CONSERVATION AGENDA (PAGES 949–950)

        WILLIAM H. FISHER

      

        MANAGING WATER ACROSS BOUNDARIES (PAGES 950–952)

        LORI BRADFORD AND GRAHAM E. H. STRICKERT

       

        COVER CAPTION (PAGE I)

        

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