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Klappentext In just the last few years, behavioral ecologists have begun to address issues in conservation biology. This volume is the first attempt to link these disciplines formally. Here leading researchers explore current topics in conservation biology and discuss how behavioral ecology can contributeto a greater understanding of conservation problems and conservation intervention programs. In each chapter, the authors identify a conservation issue, review the ways it has been addressed, review behavioral ecological data related to it, including their own, evaluate the strengths and weaknessesof the behavioral ecological approach, and put forward specific conservation recommendations. The chapters juxtapose different studies on a wide variety of taxonomic groups. A number of common themes emerge, including the ways in which animal mating systems affect population persistence, the rolesof dispersal and inbreeding avoidance for topics such as reserve design and effective population size, the key role of humans in conservation issues, and the importance of baseline data for conservation monitoring and modeling attempts. Each chapter sheds new light on conservation problems, generates innovative avenues of interdisciplinary research, and shows how conservation-minded behavioral ecologists can apply their expertise to some of the most important questions we face today. Zusammenfassung Using data collected in the course of their fieldwork on mating systems, foraging behaviour, or habitat preferences, or simply by working on an endangered species, behavioral ecologists apply their findings to models of population growth and effective population size, hands-on management, and developing conservation strategies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1.: Tim Caro: The Significance of Behavioral Ecology for Conservation Biology Part I: Baseline Behavioral Ecological Data and Conservation Problems. Introduction 2.: Peter McGregor and Tom Peake: The Role of Individual Identification in Conservation Biology 3.: Alexander Harcourt: Ecological Indicators of Risk for Primates, as Judged by Susceptibility to Logging 4.: Joel Berger: Future Pry: Some Consequences of the Loss and Restoration of Large Carnivores Part II: Baseline Behavioral Ecological Data and Conservation Intervention. Introduction 5.: Sarah Durant: A Minimum Intervention Approach to Management: The Influence of Social Structure 6.: Nadja Wielebnowski: Contributions of Behavioral Studies to Captive Management and Breeding of Rare and Endangered Mammals 7.: Eberhard Curio: Behavior as a Tool for Management Intervention in Birds Part III: Mating Systems and Conservation Problems. Introduction 8.: Andy Dobson and Joyce Poole: Conspecific Aggregation and Conservation Biology 9.: Amanda Vincent and Yvonne Sadovy: Reproductive Ecology in the Conservation and Management of Fishes 10.: Scott Creel: Social Organization and Effective Population Size in Carnivores Part IV: Mating Systems and Conservation Intervention. Introducton 11.: Correigh Greene, James Umbanhowar, Marc Mangel, and Tim Caro: Animal Breeding Systems, Hunter Selectivity, and Consumptive Use in Wildlife Conservation 12.: John Eadie, Paul Sherman, and Brad Semel: Conspecific Brood Parasitism, Population Dynamics, and the Conservation of Cavity-nesting Birds 13.: Mats Grahn, Asa Langefors, and Torbiorn von Schantz: The Importance of Mate Choice in Improving Viability of Captive Populations Part V: Dispersal and Inbreeding Avoidance. Introduction 14.: Dirk van Vuren: Mammalian Dispersal and Reserve Design 15.: Bruce Waldman and Mandy Tocher: Behavioral Ecology, Genetic Diversity, and Declining Amphibian Populations Part VI: Human Behavioral Ecology. Introduction 16.: Clare FitzGibbon: The Management of Subsistence Hunting: Behavioral; Ecology of Hunters and their Mammalian Prey 17.: Michael Alv...
