Index
301
state parks 18–19
stochastic variation 34
Strategic Adaptive Management 43
strict nature reserve, IUCN category 24
Systematic Conservation Planning 95,
136–137
concepts and principles
effi ciency 139–140
fl exibility 140
persistence (adequacy) 139
representativeness 138–139
consultation and
implementation 155–156
decision support tools 152–155
defi nition 138
development 140
achieving effi ciency 151–152
achieving fl exibility 152
achieving persistence 146–151
achieving representation 140
future directions 156–157
attainability of persistence 159
better economics and
socio-economics 158
changing assets with time 158
dealing with uncertainty 158–159
dynamic problem 158
investment 159
mix of actions 158
threats 159
taboos 17
taxonomic units of conservation
biogeography 62
Evolutionary Signifi cant Units
(ESUs) 64–65
other units 65
species versus other genetically-based
units 62–64
Thoreau, Henry David 20
threatened species 47, 142, 202–203
threshold behaviour 35
thresholds 220–221
Thresholds of Potential Concern (TPC)
42–44
time to extinction 202
transition 35–37
true extinctions 59, 60, 61–62
umbrella species 141
urban/rural gradient studies
239–240
Vera, Franz 41
Wallace, Alfred Russel 48–49, 54–55
Wallacean extinctions 59–61
Wallacean shortfall 54–58
fi lling 248–250
Watt, Alexander 34
wetland degradation 239
wilderness areas 20–21
IUCN category 24
Wilderness Society 21
wildlife conservation 6
wildlife sanctuaries and refuges 19–20,
94
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) 22
Ecoregions scheme 111, 113–117
Global 200 programme 131–132
Yellowstone National Park 20
Yosemite 20
zonal protected areas 95
functional approach 96–97
representation–compositionalist
approach 96
301
state parks 18–19
stochastic variation 34
Strategic Adaptive Management 43
strict nature reserve, IUCN category 24
Systematic Conservation Planning 95,
136–137
concepts and principles
effi ciency 139–140
fl exibility 140
persistence (adequacy) 139
representativeness 138–139
consultation and
implementation 155–156
decision support tools 152–155
defi nition 138
development 140
achieving effi ciency 151–152
achieving fl exibility 152
achieving persistence 146–151
achieving representation 140
future directions 156–157
attainability of persistence 159
better economics and
socio-economics 158
changing assets with time 158
dealing with uncertainty 158–159
dynamic problem 158
investment 159
mix of actions 158
threats 159
taboos 17
taxonomic units of conservation
biogeography 62
Evolutionary Signifi cant Units
(ESUs) 64–65
other units 65
species versus other genetically-based
units 62–64
Thoreau, Henry David 20
threatened species 47, 142, 202–203
threshold behaviour 35
thresholds 220–221
Thresholds of Potential Concern (TPC)
42–44
time to extinction 202
transition 35–37
true extinctions 59, 60, 61–62
umbrella species 141
urban/rural gradient studies
239–240
Vera, Franz 41
Wallace, Alfred Russel 48–49, 54–55
Wallacean extinctions 59–61
Wallacean shortfall 54–58
fi lling 248–250
Watt, Alexander 34
wetland degradation 239
wilderness areas 20–21
IUCN category 24
Wilderness Society 21
wildlife conservation 6
wildlife sanctuaries and refuges 19–20,
94
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) 22
Ecoregions scheme 111, 113–117
Global 200 programme 131–132
Yellowstone National Park 20
Yosemite 20
zonal protected areas 95
functional approach 96–97
representation–compositionalist
approach 96