Product Description

This book brings together international experts to examine interactions between the biology of wildlife and the divergent goals of people involved in hunting, fishing, gathering, and culling wildlife. Reviews of theory show how sustainable exploitation is tied to the study of population dynamics, with direct links to reproductive rates, life histories, behavior, and ecology. As such theory is rarely put into practice to achieve sustainable use and effective conservation, Conservation of Exploited Species explores the many reasons for this failure and considers remedies to tackle them.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1912459 in Books
• Published on: 2001-11-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 544 pages

Review
"Conservation of Exploited Species is sure to become a landmark in the sometimes-quixotic search for sustainable ways of exploiting nature." Biodiversity

"Well written..." Natural Areas Journal

"Conservation of Exploited Species is sure to become a landmark in the sometimes-quixotic search for sustainable ways of exploiting nature." Biodiversity

"...this book [is] a very useful resource on the topic of sustainable use and the problems of determining a maximum sustainable yield for exploited species....Introductory and concluding essays by the editors provide some synthesis to the divergent viewpoints presented in the articles," Choice

"...this is an important book and can be considered required reading for conservation biologists and highly recommended for applied ecologists and biological managers. It also covers enough socio-political and economic issues that many others...will find it informative. This book is a valuable edition to conservation policy studies..." Ecology

"Appropriate for advanced undergraduates. An essential reference for researchers involved in conservation biology." Northeastern Naturalist

"Even though this book is meant for biology students, it has much to interest anyone working in wildlife conservation." The Canadian Field-Naturalist much to interest

"Very informative." Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists

About the Author
John Reynolds is a Reader in Evolutionary Ecology at the University of East Anglia, England. His research focuses on the evolution of reproductive behaviour and life histories with an emphasis on implications for conservation of marine and freshwater fishes. He was awarded the FSBI medal of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles in 2000, and is co-author of Marine Fisheries Ecology (2001) and co-editor of The Fish and Fisheries Handbook (2002).

Georgina Mace is the Director of Science at the Institute of Zoology, London. Her research concerns extinction risk assessment and she has had extensive involvement with the IUCN in developing systems for categorising the levels of threat used in Red Lists of threatened species. She was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 19 . She is co-editor of Creative Conservation (1994) and Conservation in a Changing World (1999, ISBN 0521632706).

Kent Redford is Director of Biodiversity Analysis at the Wildlife Conservation Society, New York. His research interests focus on effects of human use on biodiversity conservation, parks and protected areas and wildlife use by indigenous peoples. He has also co-edited Neotropical Wildlife Use and Conservation (1991), Conservation of Neotropical Forests (1992) and Parks in Peril (1998).

John G. Robinson is Senior Vice-President and Director of International Conservation at the Wildlife Conservation Society, New York. His research examines impacts of hunting on wildlife, particularly in tropical forests. He has worked on the IUCN's Sustainable Use Initiative and has has co-edited Neotropical Wildlife Use and Conservation (1991) and Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests (2000).