index
adaptive cycles 37
alien species 27
anthropogenic biomes 81
anthropogenic extinction 47, 58
archipelagic scale of SAR 195
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
93
assembly rules 221–222
assisted migration 185–188
Atlas Florae Europaeæ 57
Avise, John 72
azonal protected areas 95
hotspots concept 96–98
important areas 97
Azores
extinction debt 204–206
Barcode of Life Initiative 53
baselines
defi ning and using 38
derived from long-term
ecology 39–41
derived from relict pristine
systems 38–39
rapid environmental change 42
rewilding 41–42
bigfoot 70–72
bioclimatic envelope modelling (BEMs)
69–70
biodiversity 47
fundamental taxonomic units 62
Evolutionary Signifi cant Units
(ESUs) 64–65
other units 65
species versus other geneticallybased units 62–64
incomplete knowledge 47–48
knowledge shortfalls
extinction estimate shortfall
58–62
Linnean shortfall 49–54
Wallacean shortfall 54–58
mapping function 76
biomes, ecosystems and
communities 76–81
ecoregions 82–83, 87–91, 96,
101–103, 111, 113–117
mapping, reasons for 48
explaining species types in
geographical areas 49
reconstruction of historical
development 49
region classifi cation based upon
biotas 49
marine realm 83–91
predicting change 176–177
modelling current
distributions 177–180
modelling range shifts 180–183
spatial distributions
biogeographical regions 75–76,
77
endemism 74–75
mapping species 65–72
phylogeography 72–74
biodiversity conservation 6
Biodiversity Information Standards
53
biogeographical provinces 105, 106
biogeographical realms 105
biological species concept (BSC) 63
biomes 78–81
modelling current
distributions 177–180
biotic homogenization 229–230
conservation 240–241
environmental and human
drivers 238–240
manifestations 230–232
novel assemblages 241–242
patterns 232
birds 235–237
fi shes 232–235
mammals 237–238
plants 237
process 230
biotic realms 105
biounits 105
Birdlife International 103, 107
Birds Directive (EU) 23, 117
body sizes on islands 221
Boone and Crockett Club (B&CC) 20
carrying capacity 33
Catalogue of Life 53
centres of richness and endemism
(CORE) 74
cheese cutter spatial division 97, 98
cherry picking spatial division 97, 98
citizen science 254
climate 33
climate change 185–188
climatic envelope modelling (CEMs)
69–70
climax theory 33
Coastal Zone Management (CZM) 132
Commons Preservation Society 18
communication of biogeographic
ideas 252–256
communities 78
community conservation areas 22
Conservation Biogeography
Edited by Richard J. Ladle and Robert J. Whittaker
© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-444-33503-3
adaptive cycles 37
alien species 27
anthropogenic biomes 81
anthropogenic extinction 47, 58
archipelagic scale of SAR 195
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
93
assembly rules 221–222
assisted migration 185–188
Atlas Florae Europaeæ 57
Avise, John 72
azonal protected areas 95
hotspots concept 96–98
important areas 97
Azores
extinction debt 204–206
Barcode of Life Initiative 53
baselines
defi ning and using 38
derived from long-term
ecology 39–41
derived from relict pristine
systems 38–39
rapid environmental change 42
rewilding 41–42
bigfoot 70–72
bioclimatic envelope modelling (BEMs)
69–70
biodiversity 47
fundamental taxonomic units 62
Evolutionary Signifi cant Units
(ESUs) 64–65
other units 65
species versus other geneticallybased units 62–64
incomplete knowledge 47–48
knowledge shortfalls
extinction estimate shortfall
58–62
Linnean shortfall 49–54
Wallacean shortfall 54–58
mapping function 76
biomes, ecosystems and
communities 76–81
ecoregions 82–83, 87–91, 96,
101–103, 111, 113–117
mapping, reasons for 48
explaining species types in
geographical areas 49
reconstruction of historical
development 49
region classifi cation based upon
biotas 49
marine realm 83–91
predicting change 176–177
modelling current
distributions 177–180
modelling range shifts 180–183
spatial distributions
biogeographical regions 75–76,
77
endemism 74–75
mapping species 65–72
phylogeography 72–74
biodiversity conservation 6
Biodiversity Information Standards
53
biogeographical provinces 105, 106
biogeographical realms 105
biological species concept (BSC) 63
biomes 78–81
modelling current
distributions 177–180
biotic homogenization 229–230
conservation 240–241
environmental and human
drivers 238–240
manifestations 230–232
novel assemblages 241–242
patterns 232
birds 235–237
fi shes 232–235
mammals 237–238
plants 237
process 230
biotic realms 105
biounits 105
Birdlife International 103, 107
Birds Directive (EU) 23, 117
body sizes on islands 221
Boone and Crockett Club (B&CC) 20
carrying capacity 33
Catalogue of Life 53
centres of richness and endemism
(CORE) 74
cheese cutter spatial division 97, 98
cherry picking spatial division 97, 98
citizen science 254
climate 33
climate change 185–188
climatic envelope modelling (CEMs)
69–70
climax theory 33
Coastal Zone Management (CZM) 132
Commons Preservation Society 18
communication of biogeographic
ideas 252–256
communities 78
community conservation areas 22
Conservation Biogeography
Edited by Richard J. Ladle and Robert J. Whittaker
© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-444-33503-3