Preface PART I. Introduction Chapter 1. Buzzwords in Conservation Biology - Shortcuts - Biodiversity - Scale - Surrogate species in systematic conservation - Difficulties in surrogate typology - Summary PART II. Distribution of Biodiversity Chapter 2. Species Indicators of Biodiversity at a Large Scale - A big picture - Congruency of species richness - Congruency of endemism - Congruency of rarity - Congruency of threatened species - Complementarity and congruency - Concordance between measures of biodiversity - Biodiversity distribution and protected areas - Practical application - Summary PART III. Reserve Site Selection Chapter 3. Species Indicators of Biodiversity in Reserve Selection - A smaller scale - Cross-taxon congruence of species richness - With-taxon congruence of species richness - Congruency of endemism, congruency of rarity, and congruency of threatened species - Concordance between measures of biodiversity - Congruency of complementarity - Protected area coverage - Marine reserve prioritization - Environmental surrogates - Practical issues - Summary PART IV. Reserve Design and management Chapter 4.
Umbrella Species and Landscape Species - Three conservation goals - Lambeck''s insight - Umbrella species by taxon - Choosing an appropriate umbrella species - Problems with umbrella species - Management implications - Landscape species - Summary Chapter 5. Keystone, Engineering and Foundation Species - The keystone species concept - Ecosystem engineers - Foundation species - Management issues - Summary PART V. Species Indicators of Anthropegenic Change Chapter 6. Environmental Indicator Species - Ecosystem health and biological integrity - Environmental indicators - Examples of the uses of environmental indicator species - Proliferation and obfuscation of terms - Summary Chapter 7. Ecological Disturbance Indicator Species - Effects of disturbance - Proposed criteria for indicator species - Single species and species-groups as indicators of disturbance - Examples of the use of species-groups in documenting effects of land-use change - Changes in populations over time - Determining the number of species-groups - Management pointers - Summary Chapter 8. Cross-taxon Response Indicator Species - Habitat alteration - Fora for cross-taxon-response indicator species - Intraguild-response indicator species - Population changes - Management indicator species - Early warnings - Substitute species - Problems with cross-taxon-response indicator species - Summary PART VI. Promoting Conservation Chapter 9. Flagship Species - Characteristics of flagship species - Multiple objectives - Are flagship species successful? - Qualities of flagship species - Iconic species - What''s next? - Summary PART VII.
Summary of Concepts and Cost-Effectiveness Chapter 10. Surrogate Species in the Real World - Surrogate categories - Synopsis - Distribution of biodiversity - Reserve site selection - Reserve design and management - Species indicators of anthropogenic change - Promoting conservation - Wrap-up - Summary References Scientific Names of Species Mentioned in the Text Subject Index.