Conservation Science and Action

Preface.

Biodiversity (Kevin J Gaston).

Extinction (Stuart L Pimm).

Introductions (H Charles J Godfray and Michael J Crawley).

Pollutants and pesticides (Ian Newton).

Sustainable and unsustainable exploitation (William J Sutherland and John D Reynolds).

Small and declining populations (Daniel Simberloff).

Metapopulation, source-sink and disturbance dynamics (Martha F Hoopes and Susan Harrison).

Implications of historical ecology for conservation (Oliver Rackham).

Selecting areas for conservation (Colin J Bibby).

Managing habitats and species (William J Sutherland).

Economics of nature conservation (Nick Hanley).

Conservation education (Susan K Jacobson and Mallory D McDuff).

Conservation policy and politics (Graham Wynne).

Conservation and development (William M Adams).

References.

Index