1. Introduction I
Gordon H. Orians and Michael E. Soule
2. Assessment and Management of Species at Risk I i
Georgina M. Mace, Jonathan E. M. Baillie, Steven R. Beissinger,
and Kent H. Redford
3. Human Alteration of Food Webs:
Research Priorities for Conservation and Management 3I
Fiorenza Micheli, Gary A. Polis, P Dee Boersma, Mark A. Hixon,
Elliott A. Norse, Paul V R. Snelgrove, and Michael E. Soule'
4. Exotic Species and Conservation: Research Needs 59
Carla D'Antonio, Laura A. Meyerson, and Julie S. Denslow
5. Habitat Fragmentation: Consequences, Management,
and Future Research Priorities 8I
Kendi E Davies, Claude Gascon, and Chris R. Margules
6. Conservation Priorities for Soil and Sediment Invertebrates 99
Diana H. Wall, Paul V R. Snelgrove, and Alan P Covich
7. Oceans at Risk: Research Priorities in Marine
Conservation Biology 125
Mark A. Hixon, P Dee Boersma, Malcolm L. Hunter Jr.,
Fiorenza Micheli, Elliott A. Norse, Hugh P Possingham,
and Paul V R. Snelgrove
8. Conservation Biology and the Health Sciences: Defining the
Research Priorities of Conservation Medicine 155
Gary M. Tabor, Richard S. Ostfeld, Mary Poss, Andrew P Dobson,
and A. Alonso Aguirre
9. Global Environmental Change: Effects on Biodiversity 175
William H. Schlesinger, James S. Clark, Jacqueline E. Mohan,
and Chantal D. Reid
10. Making Smart Conservation Decisions 225
Hugh P. Possingham, S. J. Andelman, B. R. Noon, S. Trombulak,
and H. R. Pulliam
11. Ecological Restoration: A Key to Conservation
Biology's Future 245
James A. MacMahon and Karen D. Holl
12. Conservation Biology Research: Its Challenges and Contexts 27I
Michael E. Souland Gordon H. Orians
About the Contributors 287
Index 293