William J Sutherland is the Miriam Rothschild Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Cambridge. He is currently the President of the British Ecological Society. He is also a Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge since 2008.

• List of Contributors. Preface.Biodiversity (Kevin J Gaston).Extinction (Stuart L Pimm).Introductions (H Charles J Godfray and Michael J Crawley).Pollutants and pesticides (Ian Newton).Sustainable and unsustainable exploitation (William J Sutherland and John D Reynolds).Small and declining populations (Daniel Simberloff).Metapopulation, source-sink and disturbance dynamics (Martha F Hoopes and Susan Harrison).Implications of historical ecology for conservation (Oliver Rackham).Selecting areas for conservation (Colin J Bibby).Managing habitats and species (William J Sutherland).Economics of nature conservation (Nick Hanley).Conservation education (Susan K Jacobson and Mallory D McDuff).Conservation policy and politics (Graham Wynne).Conservation and development (William M Adams).References.Index

William J Sutherland is the Miriam Rothschild Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Cambridge. He is currently the President of the British Ecological Society. He is also a Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge since 2008.

• List of Contributors. Preface.Biodiversity (Kevin J Gaston).Extinction (Stuart L Pimm).Introductions (H Charles J Godfray and Michael J Crawley).Pollutants and pesticides (Ian Newton).Sustainable and unsustainable exploitation (William J Sutherland and John D Reynolds).Small and declining populations (Daniel Simberloff).Metapopulation, source-sink and disturbance dynamics (Martha F Hoopes and Susan Harrison).Implications of historical ecology for conservation (Oliver Rackham).Selecting areas for conservation (Colin J Bibby).Managing habitats and species (William J Sutherland).Economics of nature conservation (Nick Hanley).Conservation education (Susan K Jacobson and Mallory D McDuff).Conservation policy and politics (Graham Wynne).Conservation and development (William M Adams).References.Index