Foundations of Conservation Biology

Jeffrey D. Brawn is an avian ecologist, Emeritus Stuart L. and Nancy J. Levenick Professor of Sustainability at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a research associate with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Erica Fleishman is director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute and professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University. She is a past editor-in-chief of the journal Conservation Biology. Curt Meine is a conservation biologist, environmental historian, and writer. He serves as a senior fellow with the Aldo Leopold Foundation and the Center for Humans and Nature; as research associate with the International Crane Foundation; and associate adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

• Foreword, by Gary Paul NabhanIntroduction1. Philosophical and Cultural Foundations of Conservation Biology, by Curt Meine2. Founding Principles and Primary Concerns in Conservation Genetics, by Ken N. Paige3. A Sense of Place and the Multiple Scales of Conservation, by John A. Wiens4. Techniques for the Management and Conservation of Biological Diversity, by Stanley A. Temple and Erica Fleishman5. Conservation Science in the Legal Arena, by Eric T. Freyfogle6. Human Dimensions of Biodiversity Conservation, by J. Stuart Carlton, Susan K. Jacobson, and Jean-Gaël Collomb7. Climate Change Biology, by Lee Hannah, Rob Peters, and Thomas E. LovejoyEpilogueAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex

"I’ve long followed the maxim 'you’ll never know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been.' It’s been a guidepost for me in more or less everything I’ve ever set out to learn. And as Brawn, Fleishman, and Meine, editors of the new Foundations of Conservation Biology; A Guide to the Classic Literature clearly demonstrate in their creation and organization of the book, it’s a maxim that they very much believe to be one worthy of following as well. . . . This is a book that quickly makes clear its importance to any and all who seek to understand the field as it began, as it progressed, changed, and where it is headed in the future. . . . [It is] ready and waiting to be consulted for book recommendations, points of historical context, insights into the philosophies that undergird the field, and most any other purpose."