Conservation Genetics: Case Histories from Nature - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0412055813 ISBN 13: 9780412055812

Casa editrice: Kluwer Academic Pub, 1996

Riassunto

This volume explores the relevance of genetics for the conservation of species, communities, and ecosystems, emphasizing actual case histories.

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Recensione:

`The book will certainly be of use to those working in conservation, zoos, fisheries and forestry.'
TREE
`This volume explores the relevance of genetics for the conservation of species, communities and ecosystems, emphasizing actual case histories.'
Revue d'Ecologie
`This helpful book reviews case-histories of the application of genetic approaches of the conservation of natural populations of plants and animals.'
Plant Talk, 1/97
`... it is clear that the journal has started well, and could eventually become the leading forum for the discussion of all aspects of population genetics in conservation science.'
Nature, Vol.412 (2001)

Contenuti:

Contributors. Prologue. 1. Introduction: The Scope of Conservation Genetics Part I: Case Histories with a Focus on Particular Taxonomic Groups. 2. Population Structure, Molecular Systematics and Forensic Identification of Whales and Dolphins; C.S. Baker, S.R. Palumbi 3. Conservation Genetics of the Felidae; S.J. O'Brien, et al. 4. Conservation Genetics in the Canidae; R.K. Wayne 5. Socioecology, Population Fragmentation and Patterns of Genetic Loss in Endangered Primates; T.R. Pope 6. Avian Conservation Genetics; S.M. Haig, J.C. Avise 7. Conservation Genetics of Marine Turtles; B.W. Bowen, J.C. Avise 8. Conservation and Genetics of Salmonid Fishes; F.W. Allendorf, R.S. Waples Part II: Case Histories that Involve a Regional or Ecosystem Perspective, or a Pattern and Process Orientation. 9. Conservation Genetics of Endemic Plant Species; J.L. Hamrick, Mary J.W. Godt 10. Conservation Genetics of Endangered Island Plants; L.H. Rieseberg, S.M. Swensen 11. Conservation Genetics of Fishes in the Pelagic Marine Realm; J.E. Graves 12. Conservation Genetics of North American Desert Fishes: R.C. Vrijenhoek 13. A Landscape Approach to Conservation Genetics: Conserving Evolutionary Processes in the African Bovidae; A.R. Templeton, N.J. Georgiadis 14. Toward a Regional Conservation Genetics Perspective: Phylogeography of Faunas in the Southeastern United States; J.C. Avise 15. A Quantitative-Genetic Perspective on Conservation Issues; M.Lynch Epilogue. Index.

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• Editore: Kluwer Academic Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0412055813
• ISBN 13: 9780412055812
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 512
• Redattore: Avise John C., Hamrick James L.