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Assessing conservation status and units for conservation [PDF]

, 2012
This chapter addresses three questions for assessing carnivore conservation status and units for conservation: how to assess the risk of extinction for carnivore populations; how to identify and delineate carnivore conservation units; and how to assess, monitor, and manage carnivore conservation units.
Breitenmoser Urs, Würsten Breitenmoser, Christine, BOITANI, Luigi   +2 more
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Introduction: Strategies for Social and Environmental Conservation in Conservation Units [PDF]

, 2010
Two groups of considerations are essential for choosing strategies for conservation: linking conservation to the interests of local peoples, and linking conservation to core national and global interests. This section addresses the question of conservation strategies in conservation units by presenting several examples in specific areas that are also ...
Fearnside, Philip Martin, Philip M. Fearnside   +1 more
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Conservation in the United States

Ecology, 1939
THE conservation and the restoration of its natural resources are perhaps the most important questions that the United States has to face. These are here divided into sections dealing with the soil, forests, wild life and minerals, especially coal and oil.
Leonard A. Salter, A. F. Gustafson, C. H. Guise, W. J. Hamilton, H. Ries   +4 more
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Units of management in biological conservation [PDF]

, 1994
Develops the idea that if the ultimate goal of conservation and management is to retain evolutionary diversity and flexibility then it is important for conservation biologists and managers to define their units of management in an evolutionary framework.
Baverstock, P. R., Joseph, L., Degnan, S.   +2 more
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Conservation Units

2022
AbstractIn this chapter, we discuss the importance of and methods for delineating conservation units, including species and intraspecific units (e.g., evolutionarily significant units and management units). It is essential to conserve all levels of biodiversity, including genes, populations, species, and ecosystems, for effective biodiversity ...
Fred W. Allendorf, W. Chris Funk, Sally N. Aitken, Margaret Byrne, Gordon Luikart   +4 more
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Uniting Church and Science for Conservation

Science, 2012
Humans have been cutting Ethiopian forests for fuel and agriculture for centuries ([ 1 ][1]). Only about 35,000 fragments remain in the northern highlands, ranging in size from 3 to 300 hectares.
Catherine L, Cardelús, Margaret D, Lowman, Alemaheyu Wassie, Eshete   +2 more
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Defining ‘Evolutionarily Significant Units’ for conservation

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 1994
writing in the first issue of TREE, Ryder’ brought the term ‘Evolutionarily Significant Unit’ (ESU) to the attention of a broad audience of ecologists and evolutionary biologists. The ESU concept was developed to provide a rational basis for prioritizing taxa for conservation effort (e.g.
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