Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The demography of chance extinction
- 3 Extinction models and mammalian persistence
- 4 Minimum viable population size in the presence of catastrophes
- 5 Minimum viable populations: coping with uncertainty
- 6 Effective population size, genetic variation, and their use in population management
- 7 Spatial structure and population vulnerability
- 8 Managing critically endangered species: the Sumatran rhino as a case study
- 9 The role of interagency cooperation in managing for viable populations
- 10 Where do we go from here?
- Index
List of contributors
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The demography of chance extinction
- 3 Extinction models and mammalian persistence
- 4 Minimum viable population size in the presence of catastrophes
- 5 Minimum viable populations: coping with uncertainty
- 6 Effective population size, genetic variation, and their use in population management
- 7 Spatial structure and population vulnerability
- 8 Managing critically endangered species: the Sumatran rhino as a case study
- 9 The role of interagency cooperation in managing for viable populations
- 10 Where do we go from here?
- Index
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- Viable Populations for Conservation , pp. ix - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1987