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Corridor Ecology presents guidelines that combine conservation science and practical experience for maintaining, enhancing, and creating connectivity between natural areas with an overarching goal of conserving biodiversity. It offers an objective, carefully interpreted review of the issues and is a one-of-a-kind resource for scientists, landscape architects, planners, land managers, decision-makers, and all those working to protect and restore landscapes and species diversity.

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• Foreword(p. xi)
• Preface(p. xvii)
• Introduction(p. 1)
• Part I Why Maintain and Restore Connectivity?(p. 5)
• Chapter 1 Background: Land-Use Change and Habitat Loss(p. 7)
• Importance and Types of Land-Use Change(p. 10)
• The Limitations of Protected Areas(p. 21)
• Environmental Regulation and Incentive-Based Conservation(p. 25)
• Reconnecting Our Landscapes(p. 28)
• Chapter 2 Understanding Fragmentation(p. 30)
• Temporal and Spatial Scales(p. 30)
• Natural versus Human-Induced Fragmentation(p. 32)
• Consequences of Human-Induced Fragmentation(p. 36)
• Chapter 3 The Ecological Framework(p. 49)
• What Is Connectivity?(p. 50)
• Island Biogeography(p. 50)
• Metapopulation Theory: Conceptual History(p. 56)
• Metapopulation Processes(p. 62)
• Metacommunity Theory(p. 80)
• Part II Key Connectivity Considerations(p. 87)
• Chapter 4 Approaches to Achieving Habitat Connectivity(p. 89)
• What Is a Corridor?(p. 89)
• Types of Corridors(p. 92)
• Goals of Corridors(p. 100)
• Biological Benefits(p. 108)
• Benefits to Humans(p. 112)
• Chapter 5 Role of the Matrix(p. 116)
• Landscape Ecology(p. 118)
• Traveling the Matrix(p. 121)
• Edges and Edge Effects(p. 125)
• Effects on Population Dynamics(p. 131)
• Habitat for Exotics(p. 143)
• Chapter 6 Potential Pitfalls of Linking Landscapes(p. 146)
• Impacts of Edge Effects(p. 152)
• Corridors as Biotic Filters(p. 154)
• Facilitation of Invasions(p. 157)
• Demographic Impacts(p. 161)
• Social Behavior(p. 165)
• Genetic-Impacts(p. 166)
• Conflicting Scientific Objectives(p. 168)
• Economic Impacts(p. 169)
• Four Case Studies Analyzed(p. 170)
• Part III Corridor Design, Planning, and Implementation(p. 175)
• Chapter 7 Corridor Design Objectives(p. 177)
• Focal Species Considerations(p. 179)
• Corridor Quality: Continuity, Composition, and Dimension(p. 189)
• Landscape Configuration(p. 198)
• Restoring Corridors across the Landscape(p. 201)
• Chapter 8 Identifying, Prioritizing, and Assessing Corridors(p. 206)
• Collaborative Conservation Process(p. 206)
• Addressing Scale(p. 209)
• Identifying Corridors for Conservation and Restoration(p. 212)
• Limiting Factors(p. 234)
• Chapter 9 Protecting and Restoring Corridors(p. 236)
• General Strategies(p. 237)
• Land Stewardship and Education(p. 240)
• Purchasing Land for Conservation(p. 242)
• Restoring Land(p. 250)
• Lessons from Corridor Projects(p. 253)
• Conclusion(p. 269)
• Future Goals and Directions(p. 271)
• References(p. 275)
• About the Authors(p. 310)
• Index(p. 311)

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The fragmentation and isolation of habitats and ecosystems is a universal product of contemporary human development. As population and consumption have grown, humans have altered both the spatial patterning of habitats and the pace at which this pattern is altered; the many species that have suffered as a consequence are the focus of this book. Hilty (Wildlife Conservation Society), Lidiker (emer., UC-Berkeley), and Merenlender (UC-Berkeley) build upon island biogeography and metapopulation theory, and provide informative reviews of these and other related ideas, e.g., the role of ecological edge effects. The book contains three multichapter sections dealing with background issues, connectivity considerations, and corridor design, planning and implementation. The last set of four chapters may be the book's greatest contribution to an area of conservation biology that rarely has been tested. Many black-and-white graphics and a liberal use of case studies strengthen the illustrative power of the material. This book is intended primarily for professionals and graduate students in ecology, resource management, landscape ecology, and conservation biology. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Graduate students through professionals/practitioners, motivated upper-level undergraduates, and general readers. D. Flaspohler Michigan Technological University

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Jodi A. Hilty is assistant director of the Wildlife Conservation Society's North American Program
William Z. Lidicker Jr. is professor of integrative biology and curator of mammals emeritus at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
Adina M. Merenlender is associate cooperative extension specialist and adjunct associate professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley