00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-1685594773861465733 Buklod 20070928123001.0 j|||||||||||||| | s| ||||||||||| 160701s2002 nyuab r |||1 u|eng d 0387954864 (alk. paper) (iLib)UPBAG-00000415374 BAG rda eng QH 75 Q36 2002 Quantitative methods for conservation biology Scott Ferson, Mark Burgman, editors. New York Springer [2002]. xi, 322 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Detecting extinction in sighting data / Andrew Solow and Thomas Helser -- Inferring threat from scientific collections: power tests and an application to Western Australian / Mark Burgman, Bruce R. Maslin, David Andrewartha, Marie R. Keatley, Chris Boek, and Michael McCarthy -- Identifying the ecological correlates of extinction-prone species: a case study of New Zealand birds / Brendan Moyle -- Quantitative methods for modeling species habitat: comparative performance and an application to Australian plants / Jane Elith -- Risk assessment of a proposed introduction of pacific salmon in the Delaware river basin / Paul T. Jacobson -- Likelihood of introducing nonindigenous organisms with agricultural commodities: probabilistic estimation / Michael J. Firko and Edward V. Podleckis -- ?Best? abundance estimates and best management: why they are not the same / Barbara L. Taylor and Paul Wade -- Whaling models for cetacean conservation / Mark S. Boyce -- assessing land-use impacts on bull trout using Bayesian belief networks / Danny C. Lee -- Using matrix models to focus research and management efforts in conservation / Selina S. Heppell, Deborah T. Course, and Larry B. Crowder -- Variability and measurement error in extinction risk analysis: the northern spotted owl on the Olympic Peninsula / Lloyd Goldwasser, Scott Ferson, and Lev Ginzburg -- Can individual-based models yield a better assessment of population variability? / Yiannis G. Matsinos / Potential of branching processes as a modeling tool for conservation biology / Role of genetics in conservation biology / Sabine S. Loew -- Modeling problems in conservation genetics using laboratory animals / Richard Frankham -- Theoretical properties of extinction by inbreeding depression under stochastic environments / Yoshinari Tanaka -- Mathematical methods for identifying representative reserve networks / Hugh Possingham, Ian Ball, and Sandy Andelman -- Index. Conservation biology Statistical methods. Conservation biology Mathematical models. Ferson, S. editor. Burgman, Mark A. editor. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN QH 75 Q36 2002 Book