Conservation by Proxy: Indicator, Umbrella, Keystone, Flagship, and Other Surrogate Species PDF
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conservation by proxy Largemammaliancarnivores,suchasthisjaguar,areusedasproxyspeciestopursue manydifferentagendasinconservation. Conservation by Proxy indicator, umbrella, keystone, flagship, and other surrogate species Tim Caro IllustratedbySheilaGirling Washington|Covelo|London Copyright©2010IslandPress AllrightsreservedunderInternationalandPan-AmericanCopyrightConventions. Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyanymeanswithoutpermission inwritingfromthepublisher:IslandPress,1718ConnecticutAvenueNW,Suite300, Washington,DC20009. IslandPressisatrademarkofTheCenterforResourceEconomics. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Caro,T.M.(TimothyM.) ConservationbyProxy:Indicator,umbrella,keystone,flagship,andothersurrogate species/TimCaro;IllustratedbySheilaGirling. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN-13:978-1-59726-192-0(cloth:alk.paper) ISBN-10:1-59726-192-0(cloth:alk.paper) ISBN-13:978-1-59726-193-7(pbk.:alk.paper) ISBN-10:1-59726-193-9(pbk.:alk.paper) 1. Conservationofnaturalresources. 2. Environmentalprotection.3. Globalization. I.Girling,Sheila.II.Title. S936.C372010 333.9516—dc22 ′ 2010008855 DesignandtypesettingbyKarenWenk Font:Galliard Printedonrecycled,acid-freepaper ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 10987654321 Youcan’talwaysgetwhatyouwant Butifyoutrysometimesyoujustmightfind Yougetwhatyouneed. —MickJaggerandKeithRichards table of contents Preface xv INTRODUCTION Chapter1 BuzzwordsinConservationBiology 1 Shortcuts 1 Biodiversity 3 Usage 3 Documentation 8 Remarkablespecies 8 Scale 9 Surrogatespeciesinsystematicconservation 13 Taxonomyofsurrogatespecies 15 Otherterms 16 Difficultiesinsurrogatetypology 17 Loosedefinitions 17 Laxterminology 22 Multipleapplicationsandpurpose 23 Usingthesamespeciesfortwosurrogatetasks 26 Hiddenagendasandresearchdisplacementactivities 26 Summary 27 DISTRIBUTIONOFBIODIVERSITY Chapter2 SpeciesIndicatorsofBiodiversityataLargeScale 31 Abigpicture 31 Congruencyofspeciesrichness 32 Environmentalsurrogates 36 Highertaxa 37 Congruencyofendemism 39 Congruencyofrarity 42 Congruencyofthreatenedspecies 43
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