Table of Contents

List of Contributors

SECTION 1: ROOTS, RELEVANCE, AIMS, AND VALUES

1 The roots of conservation biogeography (Robert J. Whittaker and Richard J. Ladle).

2 Social values and conservation biogeography (Richard J. Ladle, Paul Jepson and Lindsey Gillson).

3 Base-lines, patterns and process (Lindsey Gillson, Richard J. Ladle and Miguel B. Araújo).

SECTION 2: THE DISTRIBUTION OF DIVERSITY: CHALLENGES AND APPLICATIONS

4 Basic biogeography: estimating biodiversity and mapping nature (Brett R. Riddle, Richard J. Ladle, Sara Lourie, Robert J. Whittaker).

5 The shaping of the global protected area estate (Paul Jepson, Robert J. Whittaker & Sara Lourie).

6 Systematic conservation planning: past, present, and future (James E.M. Watson, Hedley S. Grantham, Kerrie A. Wilson and Hugh P. Possingham).

SECTION 3: CONSERVATION PLANNING IN A CHANGING WORLD

7 Planning for persistence in a changing world (Richard A. Fuller, Richard J. Ladle, Robert J. Whittaker & Hugh P. Possingham

8 Applied island biogeography (Kostas A. Triantis and Shonil A. Bhagwat).

9 Biological invasions and the homogenization of faunas and floras (Julian D. Olden, Julie L. Lockwood, and Catherine L. Parr).

SECTION 4: FUTURE DIRECTIONS

10 Prospects and challenges (Richard J. Ladle & Robert J. Whittaker).

Glossary of Terms.

References.

Index.

About the Author

Richard J. Ladle was the founding Director of OxfordUniversity s MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation andManagement. Since 2009 he has been working in Brazil as aninternational conservation consultant and science writer. He iscurrently a Visiting Professor at the Federal University ofAlagoas, teaching and doing research on diverse andinterdisciplinary aspects of conservation, biogeography andecology. Robert J. Whittaker is the current Academic Director ofthe MSc Biodiversity Conservation and Management, and holds thetitle of Professor of Biogeography in the School of Geography andthe Environment, University of Oxford. He is a founding member andpast President (2009 2010) of the InternationalBiogeography Society. He is currently editor-in-chief of theJournal of Biogeography. He has a long-standing interest inisland biogeography, patterns and processes controlling diversity,and the application of biogeography to conservation.

Reviews

In all of these respects, this volume succeeds admirably,and deserves a place of prominence in any conservationbiologist s perspective on how to advance ourfield. (The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1 June2013) With a glossary and references, this book will be very usefulfor students. (Mammalia, 1 January 2013) The entire collection certainly has a distinctive andunique niche among ecological texts. It is aimed at a postgraduatemarket and is most likely to be used by conservationists andplanners who daily face the problems with which these essaysdeal. (Bulletin of the British EcologicalSociety, 1 June 2012) Ladle, Whittaker, and their contributors have provided avolume that is informative, engaging, and respectful of the manyscientists, naturalists, and practitioners who work andphilosophies inform contemporary biogeographic research and itsapplication. ( Ecology, 1 March 2012) "This book represent a nice, clear presentation of conservationbiogeography from the perspective of ecological biogeography ... Wesincerely congratulate the editors and we believe that this bookrepresents a gateway to a new vision of conservation." (BiologicalConservation Reviewers, 2011) "Conservation Biogeography provides an exceptionally well-doneintroduction to, and status report of, an emerging field ofinquiry... Summing Up: Essential. All readership levels."(Choice, 1 September 2011)