| Description |
xvii, 512 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contributors -- Prologue -- Introduction. The scope of conservation genetics / John C. Avise -- Part I. Case histories with a focus on particular taxonomic groups. Population structure, molecular systematics, and forensic identification of whales and dolphins / C. Scott Baker and Stephen R. Palumbi Conservation genetics of the felidae / Stephen J. O'Brien and collaborators Conservation genetics in the canidae / Robert K. Wayne Socioecology, population fragmentation, and patterns of genetic loss in endangered primates / Theresa R. Pope Avian conservation genetics / Susan M. Haig and John C. Avise Conservation genetics and marine turtles / Brian W. Bowen and John C. Avise Conservation and genetics of salmonid fishes / Fred W. Allendorf and Robin S. Waples -- Part II. Case histories that involve a regional or ecosystem perspective, or a pattern and process orientation. Conservation genetics of endemic plant species / J.L. Hamrick and Mary Jo W. Godt Conservation genetics of endangered island plants / Loren H. Rieseberg and Susan M. Swensen Conservation genetics of fishes in the pelagic marine realm / John E. Graves Conservation genetics of North American desert fishes / Robert C. Vrijenhoek A landscape approach to conservation genetics: conserving evolutionary processes in the African bovidae / Alan R. Templeton and Nicholas J. Georgiadis Toward a regional conservation genetics perspective: phylogeography of faunas in the Southeastern United States / John C. Avise A quantitative-genetic perspective on conservation issues / Michael Lynch -- Epilogue -- Index |
| Summary |
"Covering a broad range of animal and plant species, this work contains case histories that highlight the relevance of genetics to the conservation of species, communities, and ecosystems. Throughout the book, prominent researchers discuss their observations of natural populations to illustrate how genetic studies enrich the field of conservation biology with regard to both focused management issues for endangered species and comparative study of non-endangered taxa...Conservation Genetics: Case Histories from Nature offers conservation biologists current information on the significant role of genetics as applied to various aspects of conservation biology. Evolutionary and molecular biologists, ecologists, systematists, naturalists, and graduate students in related fields will benefit from this volume's timely examination of natural case histories and genetic approaches to conservation" -- Back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Biodiversity conservation.
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Germplasm resources conservation -- Case studies.
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Germplasm resources -- Case studies.
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Germplasm resources.
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Nature conservation.
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Population genetics -- Case studies.
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Population genetics.
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Conservation of Natural Resources.
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Ecosystem.
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Genetics, Population.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Avise, John C., editor
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Hamrick, J. L. (James Lewis), 1942- editor
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| LC no. |
95005253 |
| ISBN |
0412055813 |
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9780412055812 |
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