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• Part I. Conceptual Issues in Restoration Ecology: 1. Organizational and managerial guidelines for endangered species restoration programs and recovery teams Tim W. Clark and John R. Cragun; 2. Genetic considerations for plant population restoration and conservation Charles B. Fenster and Michelle R. Dudash; 3. Managing genetic diversity in captive populations of animals Robert C. Lacy; 4. The relationship of rarity to plant reproductive biology Stephen G. Weller; 5. Experimental evidence for insect impact on populations of short-lived, perennial plants, and its application in restoration ecology Svata M. Louda; Part II. Restoration Planning: 6. Impacts of biological invasions on the management and recovery of rare plants in Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii Lloyd L. Loope and Arthur C. Medeiros; 7. Disturbance-dependent persistence of rare plants: anthropogenic impacts and restoration implications Noel B. Pavlovic; 8. A metapopulation approach to Pitcher's thistle recovery in southern Lake Michigan dunes A. Kathryn McEachern et al.; 9. Restoration of woodland caribou to the Lake Superior region Peter J. P. Gogan and Jean Fitts Cochrane; Part III. Implemented Restorations: 10. The swift fox reintroduction program in Canada from 1983 to 1992 Ludwig N. Carbyn et al.; 11. Restoration of the endangered black-footed ferret: a twenty-year overview Tim W. Clark; 12. Development and implementation of a recovery program for the federally threatened Lakeside daisy Marcella M. DeMauro; 13. Demographic monitoring and the recovery of endangered plant populations Bruce M. Pavlik; Part IV. Synthesis and Future Directions: Biology, Politics and Reality: 14. Restoration ecology: living with the Prime Directive Joel S. Brown; Taxonomic index; Subject index.