Conservation Genetics: Case Histories from Nature

Abstract

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.