Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction PART 1. Conservation Biology: Theories and Principles for Policy and Management Chapter 1. The Preservation of Natural Biotic Communities Chapter 2. What Is Conservation Biology? Chapter 3. What Do Genetics and Ecology Tell Us about the Design of Nature Reserves? Chapter 4. The Landscape Ecology of Large Disturbances in the Design and Management of Nature Reserves Chapter 5. Conservation Biology in Context: An Interview with Michael Soulé PART II. Toward a "Common Law"? of Ecosystem Management Chapter 6.
Taking Account of the Ecosystem on the Public Domain: Law and Ecology in the Greater Yellowstone Region Chapter 7. Six Biological Reasons Why the Endangered Species Act Doesn't Work--and What to Do About It Chapter 8. Response to: "Six Biological Reasons Why The Endangered Species Act Doesn't Work--and What To Do About It" Chapter 9. Defining the Role of Conservation Biology in the Law of Protecting Ecosystems Chapter 10. An Ecologist's View of Biodiversity Law: An Interview with David Wilcove PART III. Applying Conservation Biology in the Real World: Case Studies Chapter 11. The Wildlands Project: Land Conservation Strategy Chapter 12. Science, Values, and Uncertainty: A Critique of the Wildlands Project Chapter 13.
Conservation through Coordination: California's Experiment in Bioregional Councils Chapter 14. The Natural Community Conservation Planning Program and the Coastal Sage Scrub Ecosystem of Southern California Chapter 15. Great Lakes Intergovernmental Cooperation: A Framework for Endangered Species Conservation Chapter 16. Forging an Ecosystem Management Plan for the Chattooga River Basin Chapter 17. Policy and Process: Ecosystem Management on Department of Defense Lands in Northern Florida PART IV. Conservation Science, Politics, and Policymaking Chapter 18. Uncertainty, Resource Exploitation, and Conservation: Lessons from History Chapter 19. Creating and Using Knowledge for Species and Ecosystem Conservation: Science, Organizations, and Policy Chapter 20.
Setting the Political Agenda: Paradigmatic Shifts in Land and Water Policy Chapter 21. Mixing Conservation Biology with Grassroots Environmentalism: An Interview with Bonnie Phillips-Howard An Ecological Denouement Index.