Conservation by proxy : indicator, umbrella, keystone, flagship, and other surrogate species / Tim Caro ; illustrated by Sheila Girling.
2010
S936 .C37 2010eb
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Title
Conservation by proxy : indicator, umbrella, keystone, flagship, and other surrogate species / Tim Caro ; illustrated by Sheila Girling.
Author
ISBN
9781597269599 (electronic bk.)
159726959X (electronic bk.)
9781597261920
1597261920
9781597261937
1597261939
159726959X (electronic bk.)
9781597261920
1597261920
9781597261937
1597261939
Imprint
Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2010.
Language
English
Language Note
English.
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 374 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
S936 .C37 2010eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)692205217
Summary
Because of the scope of conservation problems, biologists and managers often rely on "surrogate" species to act as proxies to represent larger conservation issues. In Conservation by Proxy, conservation biologist and field researcher Tim Caro offers systematic definitions of surrogate species concepts, explores the theories behind them, considers how surrogate species are chosen, examines evidence for and against their utility, and makes recommendations for their continued use.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Buzzwords in Conservation Biology
Shortcuts
Biodiversity
Usage
Documentation
Remarkable species
Scale
Surrogate species in systematic conservation
Taxonomy of surrogate species
Other terms
Difficulties in surrogate typology
Loose definitions
Lax terminology
Multiple applications and purpose
Using the same species for two surrogate tasks
Hidden agendas and research displacement activities
Summary
DISTRIBUTION OF BIODIVERSITY
ch. 2 Species Indicators of Biodiversity at a Large Scale
big picture
Congruency of species richness
Environmental surrogates
Higher taxa
Congruency of endemism
Congruency of rarity
Congruency of threatened species
Complementarity and congruency
Concordance between different measures of biodiversity
Global scale
Continental scale
^ Complementarity
Biodiversity distribution and protected areas
Practical application
Summary
RESERVE SITE SELECTION
ch. 3 Species Indicators of Biodiversity in Reserve Selection
smaller scale
Cross-taxon congruence of species richness
Within-taxon congruence of species richness
Taxon subsets
Higher taxa
Morphospecies
Congruency of endemism, congruency of rarity, and congruency of threatened species
Concordance between measures of biodiversity
Species richness and endemism
Species richness and rarity
Species richness and threatened species
Biodiversity metrics
Congruency of complementarity
Species richness
Other biodiversity measures
Persistence
Higher taxa
Protected area coverage
Marine reserve prioritization
Environmental surrogates
Combining environmental and taxonomic surrogates
Practical issues
Summary
^
Shortcuts
Biodiversity
Usage
Documentation
Remarkable species
Scale
Surrogate species in systematic conservation
Taxonomy of surrogate species
Other terms
Difficulties in surrogate typology
Loose definitions
Lax terminology
Multiple applications and purpose
Using the same species for two surrogate tasks
Hidden agendas and research displacement activities
Summary
DISTRIBUTION OF BIODIVERSITY
ch. 2 Species Indicators of Biodiversity at a Large Scale
big picture
Congruency of species richness
Environmental surrogates
Higher taxa
Congruency of endemism
Congruency of rarity
Congruency of threatened species
Complementarity and congruency
Concordance between different measures of biodiversity
Global scale
Continental scale
^ Complementarity
Biodiversity distribution and protected areas
Practical application
Summary
RESERVE SITE SELECTION
ch. 3 Species Indicators of Biodiversity in Reserve Selection
smaller scale
Cross-taxon congruence of species richness
Within-taxon congruence of species richness
Taxon subsets
Higher taxa
Morphospecies
Congruency of endemism, congruency of rarity, and congruency of threatened species
Concordance between measures of biodiversity
Species richness and endemism
Species richness and rarity
Species richness and threatened species
Biodiversity metrics
Congruency of complementarity
Species richness
Other biodiversity measures
Persistence
Higher taxa
Protected area coverage
Marine reserve prioritization
Environmental surrogates
Combining environmental and taxonomic surrogates
Practical issues
Summary
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Print version: Caro, T.M. (Timothy M.). Conservation by proxy. Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2010
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