Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2012, Volume 1249

Richard S. Ostfeld is the editor of The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2012, Volume 1249, published by Wiley. William H. Schlesinger is a biogeochemist and the retired president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, an independent not-for-profit environmental research organization in Millbrook, New York.

“This special volume deserves a wider reading audience than ecologists and conservation researchers (for whom it is primarily intended). It should be read by all of us in environmental, pollution, and human ecology research. It offers most useful material to be discussed in classes on the interdisciplinary nature of environmental sciences.”  (International Journal for Environment and Pollution, 1 June 2014)"It offers most useful material to be discussed in classes on the interdisciplinary nature of environmental sciences."  (Int. J. Environment and Pollution, 1 October 2013)

• Eco-evolutionary dynamics in a changing world 1Ilkka HanskiThe influence of species interactions on geographic range change under climate change 18Jessica J. Hellmann, Kirsten M. Prior, and Shannon L. PeliniNot by science alone: why orangutan conservationists must think outside the box 29Erik Meijaard, Serge Wich, Marc Ancrenaz, and Andrew J. Marshall Ecology and management of white-tailed deer in a changing world 45William J. McSheaDropping dead: causes and consequences of vulture population declines worldwide 57Darcy L. Ogada, Felicia Keesing, and Munir Z. ViraniModeling population dynamics, landscapes structure, and management decisions for controlling the spread of invasive plants 72Paul Caplat, Shaun Coutts, and Yvonne M. BuckleySustainable seaweed cutting? The rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) industry of Maine and the Maritime Provinces 84Robin Hadlock Seeley and William H. SchlesingerArtificial persons against nature: environmental governmentality, ecomomic corporations, and ecological ethics 104Michael S. NorthcottThe impacts of nature experience on human cognitive function and mental health 118Gregory N. Bratman, J. Paul Hamilton, and Gretchen C. DailyReducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) : game changer or just another quick fix? 137Oscar Venter and Lian Pin KohThe boreal forest as a cultural landscape 151Edward A. Johnson and Kiyoko MiyanishiClimate change and the ecology and evolution of Artic vertebrates 166Oliver Gilg, Kit M. Kovacs, Jon Aars, Jérôme Fort, Gilles Gauthier, David Grémillet, Rolf A. Ims, Hans Meltofte, Jérôme Moreau, Eric Post, Niels Martin Schmidt, Glenn Yannic, and Loïc BollacheEffects of organic farming on biodiversity and ecosystem services: taking landscape complexity into account 191Camilla Winqvist, Johan Ahnström, and Jan BengtssonThe ecology of Anopheles mosquitoes under climate change: case studies from the effects of deforestation in East African highlands 204Yaw A. Afrane, Andrew K. Githeko, and Guiyun YanEcology and conservation biology of avian malaria 211Dennis A. LaPoine, Carter T. Atkinson, and Michael D. SamuelDams in the Cadillac Desert: downstream effects in a geomorphic context 227John L. Sabo, Kevin Bestgen, Will Graf, Tushar Sinha, and Ellen E. Wohl