Ebook: Population Viability in Plants: Conservation, Management, and Modeling of Rare Plants
- Tags: Plant Ecology, Community & Population Ecology, Plant Sciences, Environmental Management, Nature Conservation
- Series: Ecological Studies 165
- Year: 2003
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Providing a quantitative assessment of threatened plant populations, that holds for varying management scenarios, has become an essential part of conservation planning. Here, renowned plant ecologists provide information on: major threats to plants, when and where to conduct a plant viability assessment (PVA), what type of PVA to conduct, what alternative options to PVA are available, what information is required for which kind of viability assessment, what attributes of the population in question should be considered, and what the limits of the PVA would be. As such, this volume can be used as a training tool for the environmental manager or a teaching aid for reviewing the current state of knowledge on plant population viability.
Providing a quantitative assessment of threatened plant populations, that holds for varying management scenarios, has become an essential part of conservation planning. Here, renowned plant ecologists provide information on: major threats to plants, when and where to conduct a plant viability assessment (PVA), what type of PVA to conduct, what alternative options to PVA are available, what information is required for which kind of viability assessment, what attributes of the population in question should be considered, and what the limits of the PVA would be. As such, this volume can be used as a training tool for the environmental manager or a teaching aid for reviewing the current state of knowledge on plant population viability.
Providing a quantitative assessment of threatened plant populations, that holds for varying management scenarios, has become an essential part of conservation planning. Here, renowned plant ecologists provide information on: major threats to plants, when and where to conduct a plant viability assessment (PVA), what type of PVA to conduct, what alternative options to PVA are available, what information is required for which kind of viability assessment, what attributes of the population in question should be considered, and what the limits of the PVA would be. As such, this volume can be used as a training tool for the environmental manager or a teaching aid for reviewing the current state of knowledge on plant population viability.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Why Plant Population Viability Assessment?....Pages 3-15
Threats to Rare Plant Persistence....Pages 17-58
Factors Affecting Persistence in Formerly Common and Historically Rare Plants....Pages 59-97
The Relationship Between Plant-Pathogen and Plant-Herbivore Interactions and Plant Population Persistence in a Fragmented Landscape....Pages 99-116
The Origin and Extinction of Species Through Hybridization....Pages 117-141
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Approaches to Modeling Population Viability in Plants: An Overview....Pages 145-171
The Problems and Potential of Count-Based Population Viability Analyses....Pages 173-202
Habitat Models for Population Viability Analysis....Pages 203-235
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Assessing Population Viability in Long-Lived Plants....Pages 239-266
Considering Interactions: Incorporating Biotic Interactions into Viability Assessment....Pages 267-287
Modeling the Effects of Disturbance, Spatial Variation, and Environmental Heterogeneity on Population Viability of Plants....Pages 289-311
Projecting the Success of Plant Population Restoration with Viability Analysis....Pages 313-348
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Plant Population Viability: Where to from Here?....Pages 351-355
Back Matter....Pages 357-366
Providing a quantitative assessment of threatened plant populations, that holds for varying management scenarios, has become an essential part of conservation planning. Here, renowned plant ecologists provide information on: major threats to plants, when and where to conduct a plant viability assessment (PVA), what type of PVA to conduct, what alternative options to PVA are available, what information is required for which kind of viability assessment, what attributes of the population in question should be considered, and what the limits of the PVA would be. As such, this volume can be used as a training tool for the environmental manager or a teaching aid for reviewing the current state of knowledge on plant population viability.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Why Plant Population Viability Assessment?....Pages 3-15
Threats to Rare Plant Persistence....Pages 17-58
Factors Affecting Persistence in Formerly Common and Historically Rare Plants....Pages 59-97
The Relationship Between Plant-Pathogen and Plant-Herbivore Interactions and Plant Population Persistence in a Fragmented Landscape....Pages 99-116
The Origin and Extinction of Species Through Hybridization....Pages 117-141
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Approaches to Modeling Population Viability in Plants: An Overview....Pages 145-171
The Problems and Potential of Count-Based Population Viability Analyses....Pages 173-202
Habitat Models for Population Viability Analysis....Pages 203-235
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Assessing Population Viability in Long-Lived Plants....Pages 239-266
Considering Interactions: Incorporating Biotic Interactions into Viability Assessment....Pages 267-287
Modeling the Effects of Disturbance, Spatial Variation, and Environmental Heterogeneity on Population Viability of Plants....Pages 289-311
Projecting the Success of Plant Population Restoration with Viability Analysis....Pages 313-348
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Plant Population Viability: Where to from Here?....Pages 351-355
Back Matter....Pages 357-366
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