Recent analyses have shown that about a quarter of all mammal species are threatened with extinction. At the same time, the conservation movement is moving rapidly away from a traditional 'protectionist' approach to nature to a more integrated view of wildlife and landscape conservation. This volume provides the first review of modern conservation approaches as they relate to mammals. Bringing together both researchers and conservationists, it presents perspectives on issues including the role of mammals within the conservation movement, how priorities should be set and funds allocated within mammalian conservation and which techniques and approaches are likely to be most successful in conserving mammals in future. Beyond the focus on mammals, issues of broader conservation relevance are highlighted, including the integration of species- and biodiversity-approaches to conservation, the role of 'flagship species' and the need to develop holistic conservation models that relate to the broader context of society and government.
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' of particular interest to those who are involved in funding, evaluating and developing conservation programmes, both at the species and ecosystem levels. It will also provide a good reference to the ongoing debate of the role of flagship species in biodiversity conservation.' Jonathan D. Ballou, Animal Behaviour ' balanced, clearly expressed and well argued. Ideally it will find a place in research laboratories internationally.' The Australian ' an excellently-structured and highly readable book that deserves wide readership by all those involved in conservation science and also by those considering an entry into this vital field.' Adrian Barnett, Primate Eye
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Scientific yet accessible review of mammalian conservation as a model demonstrating wider issues in conservation.
Foreword, Acknowledgements, Preface Earl of Cranbrook;
1. Mammal
conservation: current contexts and opportunities Abigail C. Entwistle, Simon
Mickleburgh and Nigel Dunstone;
2. Ecological roles of mammals: the case of
seed dispersal Ellen Andresen;
3. Patterns and processes in contemporary
mammalian extinction Georgina M. Mace and Andrew Balmford;
4. Charismatic
megafauna as 'flagship species' Nigel Leader-Williams and Holly Dublin;
5.
Assessing large 'flagship species' for representing the diversity of
sub-Saharan mammals: Using hotspots of total richness, hotspots of endemism
and hotspots of complementary richness Paul Williams, Neil Burgess and
Carsten Rahbek;
6. Abundance/mass relationships as a potential basis for
establishing mammal conservation priorities Stephen Harris, Graeme McLaren,
Mary Morris, Patrick A. Morris and Derek Yalden;
7. Small mammals and the
conservation agenda Abigail C. Entwistle and Peter J. Stephenson;
8. Rare
mammals, research and realpolitik: priorities for biodiversity and ecology?
Paul W. Bright and Patrick A. Morris;
9. Does legislation conserve and does
research drive policy? The case of bats in the UK Paul A. Racey;
10. British
mammals: is there a radical future? David W. Macdonald, Georgina M. Mace and
Steve Rushton;
11. Conservation of large mammals in Africa: What lessons and
challenges for the future? Philip Muruthi, Mark Stanley Price, Protpal
Soorae, Cynthia Moss and Annette Lanjouw;
12. Which mammals benefit from
protection in east Africa? Tim M. Caro, Marcel Rejmįnek and Neil Pelkey;
13.
The role of Transfrontier Conservation Areas in southern Africa in the
conservation of mammalian biodiversity John Hanks;
14. Tourism and protected
areas - distorting conservation priorities towards charismatic megafauna?
Harold J. Goodwin and Nigel Leader-Williams;
15. Integrating hunting and
protected areas in the Amazon Richard E. Bodmer;
16. Priorities for captive
breeding - which mammals should board the ark? Andrew Balmford;
17. A recipe
for species conservation: multidisciplinary ingredients Anna T. C. Feistner
and Jeremy J. C. Mallinson;
18. What has the panda taught us? Lu Zhi, Pan
Wenshi, Zhu Xiaojian, Wang Dajun and Wang Hao;
19. Never say die: fighting
species extinction Kathy Mackinnon;
20. The practical approaches for
including mammals in biodiversity conservation Jeffrey A. McNeeley;
21.
Future priorities for mammalian conservation Abigail C. Entwistle and Nigel
Dunstone; References, Index.
