Applied Population Biology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Population biology and its application to practical problems

   • Louis W. Botsford, Subodh K. Jain

   Pages 1-24

3. The biology of land restoration

   • A. D. Bradshaw

   Pages 25-44

4. Genetic conservation in captive populations and endangered species

   • Philip W. Hedrick

   Pages 45-68

5. Population biology and conservation of rare plants

   • Richard V. Kesseli

   Pages 69-90

6. Genetics of weed invasions

   • Spencer C. H. Barrett

   Pages 91-119

7. Population management in new plant breeding approaches

   • Subodh K. Jain

   Pages 121-147

8. The population dynamics and control of the parasitic nematode Trichostrogylus tennis in red grouse in the North of England

   • A. P. Dobson, P. J. Hudson

   Pages 149-171

9. Population biology of helminth infections of veterinary importance and its relevance to control

   • Gary Smith

   Pages 173-195

10. Ecological theory and biological control

    • William W. Murdoch

    Pages 197-221

11. Habitat fragmentation, species diversity, extinction, and design of nature reserves

    • George R. Robinson, James F. Quinn

    Pages 223-248

12. Perspectives on adaptive policy design in fisheries management

    • Carl J. Walters

    Pages 249-262

13. Applying the principles of population biology: assessment and recommendations

    • Louis W. Botsford, Subodh K. Jain

    Pages 263-286

14. Back Matter

    Pages 287-295

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An increasing variety of biological problems involving resource management, conservation and environmental quality have been dealt with using the principles of population biology (defined to include population dynamics, genetics and certain aspects of community ecology). There appears to be a mixed record of successes and failures and almost no critical synthesis or reviews that have attempted to discuss the reasons and ways in which population biology, with its remarkable theoretical as well as experimental advances, could find more useful application in agriculture, forestry, fishery, medicine and resource and environmental management.
This book provides examples of state-of-the-art applications by a distinguished group of researchers in several fields. The diversity of topics richly illustrates the scientific and economic breadth of their discussions as well as epistemological and comparative analyses by the authors and editors. Several principles and common themes are emphasized and both strengths and potential sources of uncertainty in applications are discussed.
This volume will hopefully stimulate new interdisciplinary avenues of problem-solving research.

• biology
• ecology
• environment
• environmental management
• species diversity

'...I enthusiastically recommend this book to all interested in population biology, applied or basic. Its greatest impact will probably be on academic researchers,....' Ecology 74:4 1993

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