Conservation and Biology of Small Populations

The Song Sparrows of Mandarte Island

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

This book explores the factors affecting the survival of small populations. As the human impact on Earth expands, populations of many wild species are being squeezed into smaller and smaller habitats. As a consequence, they face an increasing threat of extinction. National and international conservation groups rush to add these populations, species and sub-species to their existing endangered and threatened lists. In nations with strong conservation laws, listing often triggers elaborate plans to rescue declining populations and restore their habitats. The authors review these theoretical ideas, the existing data, and explore the question: how well do small and isolated populations actually perform? Their case study group is the song sparrows of Mandarte Island, British Columbia. This population is small enough and isolated enough so that all individuals can be uniquely marked and their survival and reproduction monitored over many generations. This is one of the strongest long-term ecological studies of a contained vertebrate population, now in its 31st year.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-04-06
Mått:159 x 242 x 22 mm
Vikt:590 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:274
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195159363

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Fågelböcker inom Djur och Natur
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"As one might expect of any good piece of research, the book raises as many questions as it answers."--The Quarterly Review of Biology

Innehållsförteckning

1: James N. M. Smith and Lukas F. Keller: Genetics and Demography of Small Populations 2: James N. M. Smith: Song Sparrows, Mandarte Island, and Methods 3: James N. M. Smith, Amy B. Marr, and Wesley M. Hochachka: Life History: Patterns of Reproduction and Survival 4: James N. M. Smith, Amy B. Marr, Peter Arcese, and Lukas F. Keller: Fluctuations in Numbers: Population Regulation and Catastrophic Mortality 5: James N. M. Smith, Amy B. Marr, Peter Arcese, and Lukas F. Keller: The Song Sparrow and the Brown-Headed Cowbird 6: James N. M. Smith, Peter Arcese, Kathleen D. O'Connor, and Jane M. Reid: Social Mechanisms: Dominance, Territoriality, Song, and the Mating System 7: Lukas F. Keller, Amy B. Marr, and Jane M. Reid: The Genetic Consequences of Small Population Size: Inbreeding and Loss of Genetic Variation 8: Amy B. Marr: Immigrants and Gene Flow in Small Populations 9: Wesley M. Hochachka: Unequal Lifetime Reproductive Success and Its Implication for Small Isolated Populations 10: Peter Arcese and Amy B. Marr: Population Viability in the Presence and Absence of Cowbirds, Catastrophic Mortality, and Immigration 11: James N. M. Smith, Lukas F. Keller, and Jane M. Reid: Genetic and Demographic Risks to Small Populations Revisited Appendix: Latin Names of Species of Plants and Animals Mentioned in Text