Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction, Genetics, demography and the conservation of fragmented populations / Geoffrey M. Clarke & Andrew G. Young -- Managing and monitoring genetic erosion / William B. Sherwin & Craig Moritz -- Inbreeding and outbreeding depression in fragmented populations / Michele R. Dudash & Charles B. Fenster -- Demography and extinction in small populations / Kent E. Holsinger -- Metapopulation paradigm : a fragmented view of conservation biology / Peter H. Thrall, Jeremy J. Burdon & Brad R. Murray -- Population viability analysis for conservation : the good, the bad and the undescribed / Mark Burgman & Hugh Possingham -- Applications of population genetics and molecular techniques to conservation biology / Philip W. Hedrick.

Limited forest fragmentation improves reproduction in the declining New Zealand mistletoe Peraxilla tetrapetala (Loranthaceae) / Dave Kelley [and others] -- Ecology and genetics of Grevillea (Proteaceae) : implications for conservation of fragmented populations / Robert J. Whelan [and others] -- Genetic and demographic influences on population persistence : gene flow and genetic rescue in Silene alba / Christopher M. Richards -- Fragmentation in Central American dry forests : genetic impacts on Swietenia humilis (Meliaceae) / Gemma M. White & David H. Boshier -- Population viability analysis of the rare Gentiana pneumonanthe : the importance of genetics, demography and reproductive biology / J. Gerard B. Oostermeijer -- Genetic erosion, restricted mating and reduced viability in fragmented populations of the endangered grassland herp Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides / Andrew G. Young [and others] -- Conclusions and future directions : what do we know about the genetic and demographic effects of habitat fragmentation and where do we go from here? / Andrew G. Young & Geoffrey M. Clarke.

Inbreeding in small populations of red-cockaded woodpeckers : insights from a spatially explicit individual-based model / Susan J. Daniels, Jefferey A. Priddy & Jeffrey R. Walters -- Genetic erosion in isolated small-mammal populations following rainforest fragmentation / Sukamol Srikwan & David S. Woodruff -- Tumut experiment-- integrating demographic and genetic studies to unravel fragmentation effects : a case study of the native bush rat / David Lindenmayer & Rod Peakall -- Demographic evidence of inbreeding depression in wild golden lion tamarins / James M. Dietz, Andrew J. Baker & Jonathan D. Ballou -- Inferring demography from genetics : a case study of the endangered golden sun month, Synemon plana / Geoffrey M. Clarke -- Genetic population structure in desert bighorn sheep : implications for conservation in Arizona / Gustavo A. Gutiérrez-Espeleta, Steven T. Kalinowski & Philip W. Hedrick.

Habitat fragmentation is one of the most ubiquitous and serious environmental threats confronting the long-term survival of plant and animal species worldwide. As species become restricted to remnant habitats, effective management for long-term conservation requires a quantitative understanding of the genetic and demographic effects of habitat fragmentation, and the implications for population viability. This book provides a detailed introduction to the genetic and demographic issues relevant to the conservation of fragmented populations such as demographic stochasticity; genetic erosion; inbreeding; metapopulation biology and population viability analysis. Also presented are two sets of case studies, one on animals, the other on plants, which illustrate a variety of approaches, including the application of molecular genetic markers, the investigation of reproductive biology, and the combination of demographic monitoring and modeling, to examine long-term population viability.