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Effective conservation science : data not dogma / edited by Peter Kareiva, Michelle Marvier and Brian Silliman.

Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c. 2018.Description: xiv, 190 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780198808985 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.9516
Contents:
Uncomfortable questions and inconvenient data in conservation science / Peter Kareiva and Michelle Marvier The thin ice of simplicity in environmental and conservation assessments / Moana McClellan and Ian P. Davies The value of ecosystem services: what is the evidence? / Linus Blomqvist and R. David Simpson Are local losses of biodiversity causing degraded ecosystem function? / Mark Vellend Forty years of bias in habitat fragmentation research / Lenore Fahrig Introduced species are not always the enemy of conservation / Martin A. Schlaepfer Novel ecosystems: can't we just pretend they're not there? / Richard J. Hobbs What is the evidence for planetary tipping points? / Barry W. Brook, Erle C. Ellis, and Jessie C. Buettel Adaptability: as important in conservation organizations as it is in species / Paul R. Armsworth, Eric R. Larson, and Alison G. Boyer Food webs with humans: in name only? / Emma C. Fuller Global agricultural expansion: the sky isn't falling (yet) / Jonathan R.B. Fisher A good story: media bias in trophic cascade research in Yellowstone National Park / Emma Marris From Silent Spring to The Frog of War: the forgotten role of natural history in conservation science / David K. Skelly How a mistaken ecological narrative could be undermining orangutan conservation / Erik Meijaard Fealty to symbolism is no way to save salmon / Peter Kareiva and Valeria Carranza Genetically modified crops: Frankenfood or environmental boon? / Michelle Marvier When "sustainable" fishing isn't / Kristin N. Marshall and Phillip S. Levin Science communication is receiving a lot of attention, but there's room to improve / Yuta J. Masuda and Tim Scharks Overfishing: can we provide food from the sea and protect biodiversity? / Ray Hilborn Rehabilitating sea otters: feeling good versus being effective / James A. Estes and M. Tim Tinker Planning for climate change without climate projections? / Joshua J. Lawler and Julia Michalak Is "no net loss of biodiversity" a good idea? / Martine Maron Replacing underperforming nature reserves / Richard A. Fuller and James E.M. Watson Conservation in the real world: pragmatism does not equal surrender / Joseph M. Kiesecker, Kei Sochi, Jeff Evans, Michael Heiner, Christina M. Kennedy, and James R. Oakleaf Are payments for ecosystem services benefiting ecosystems and people? / Paul J. Ferraro Corporations valuing nature: it's not all about the win-wins / Jennifer L. Molnar Business as usual leads to underperformance in coastal restoration / Brian R. Silliman, Brent B. Hughes, Y. Stacy Zhang, and Qiang He Conservation bias: what have we learned? / Brian Silliman and Stephanie Wear
Summary: This edited volume assembles some of the most intriguing voices in modern conservation biology. Collectively they highlight many of the most challenging questions being asked in conservation science today, each of which will benefit from new experiments, new data, and new analyses. The book's principal aim is to inspire readers to tackle these uncomfortable issues head-on. A second goal is to be reflective and consider how the field has reacted to challenges, and to what extent these challenges advance conservation science. A concluding chapter will synthesize common themes that emerge from the experiences of the authors in these debates and discuss how best to guard against confirmation bias. The hope is that this book will lead to greater conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity by harnessing the engine of constructive scientific scepticism in service of better results.
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Uncomfortable questions and inconvenient data in conservation science / Peter Kareiva and Michelle Marvier
The thin ice of simplicity in environmental and conservation assessments / Moana McClellan and Ian P. Davies
The value of ecosystem services: what is the evidence? / Linus Blomqvist and R. David Simpson
Are local losses of biodiversity causing degraded ecosystem function? / Mark Vellend
Forty years of bias in habitat fragmentation research / Lenore Fahrig
Introduced species are not always the enemy of conservation / Martin A. Schlaepfer
Novel ecosystems: can't we just pretend they're not there? / Richard J. Hobbs
What is the evidence for planetary tipping points? / Barry W. Brook, Erle C. Ellis, and Jessie C. Buettel
Adaptability: as important in conservation organizations as it is in species / Paul R. Armsworth, Eric R. Larson, and Alison G. Boyer
Food webs with humans: in name only? / Emma C. Fuller
Global agricultural expansion: the sky isn't falling (yet) / Jonathan R.B. Fisher
A good story: media bias in trophic cascade research in Yellowstone National Park / Emma Marris
From Silent Spring to The Frog of War: the forgotten role of natural history in conservation science / David K. Skelly
How a mistaken ecological narrative could be undermining orangutan conservation / Erik Meijaard
Fealty to symbolism is no way to save salmon / Peter Kareiva and Valeria Carranza
Genetically modified crops: Frankenfood or environmental boon? / Michelle Marvier
When "sustainable" fishing isn't / Kristin N. Marshall and Phillip S. Levin
Science communication is receiving a lot of attention, but there's room to improve / Yuta J. Masuda and Tim Scharks
Overfishing: can we provide food from the sea and protect biodiversity? / Ray Hilborn
Rehabilitating sea otters: feeling good versus being effective / James A. Estes and M. Tim Tinker
Planning for climate change without climate projections? / Joshua J. Lawler and Julia Michalak
Is "no net loss of biodiversity" a good idea? / Martine Maron
Replacing underperforming nature reserves / Richard A. Fuller and James E.M. Watson
Conservation in the real world: pragmatism does not equal surrender / Joseph M. Kiesecker, Kei Sochi, Jeff Evans, Michael Heiner, Christina M. Kennedy, and James R. Oakleaf
Are payments for ecosystem services benefiting ecosystems and people? / Paul J. Ferraro
Corporations valuing nature: it's not all about the win-wins / Jennifer L. Molnar
Business as usual leads to underperformance in coastal restoration / Brian R. Silliman, Brent B. Hughes, Y. Stacy Zhang, and Qiang He
Conservation bias: what have we learned? / Brian Silliman and Stephanie Wear

This edited volume assembles some of the most intriguing voices in modern conservation biology. Collectively they highlight many of the most challenging questions being asked in conservation science today, each of which will benefit from new experiments, new data, and new analyses. The book's principal aim is to inspire readers to tackle these uncomfortable issues head-on. A second goal is to be reflective and consider how the field has reacted to challenges, and to what extent these challenges advance conservation science. A concluding chapter will synthesize common themes that emerge from the experiences of the authors in these debates and discuss how best to guard against confirmation bias. The hope is that this book will lead to greater conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity by harnessing the engine of constructive scientific scepticism in service of better results.

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