{"product_id":"integrating-biological-control-into-conservation-practice-isbn-9781118392591","title":"Integrating Biological Control into Conservation Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003eInvasive species have a critical and growing effect upon natural areas. They can modify, degrade, or destroy wildland ecosystem structure and function, and reduce native biodiversity. Landscape-level solutions are needed to address these problems. Conservation biologists seek to limit such damage and restore ecosystems using a variety of approaches. One such approach is biological control: the deliberate importation and establishment of specialized natural enemies, which can address invasive species problems and which should be considered as a possible component of restoration. Biological control can be an effective tool against many invasive insects and plants but it has rarely been successfully employed against other groups. Safety is of paramount concern and requires that the natural enemies used be specialized and that targeted pests be drivers of ecological degradation. While modern approaches allow species to be selected with a high level of security, some risks do remain. However, as in all species introductions, these should be viewed in the context of the risk of failing to reduce the impact of the invasive species.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis unique book identifies the balance among these factors to show how biological control can be integrated into ecosystem restoration as practiced by conservation biologists. Jointly developed by conservation biologists and biological control scientists, it contains chapters on matching tools to management goals; tools in action; measuring and evaluating ecological outcomes of biological control introductions; managing conflict over biological control; and includes case studies as well as an ethical framework for integrating biological control and conservation practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntegrating Biological Control into Conservation Practice\u003c\/i\u003e is suitable for graduate courses in invasive species management and biological control, as well as for research scientists in government and non-profit conservation organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of contributors, vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface, viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Integrating biological control into a conservation context: why is it necessary?, 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKevin M. Heinz, Roy G. Van Driesche, and Daniel Simberloff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Designing restoration programs based on understanding the drivers of ecological change, 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian O. Marks and Roy G. Van Driesche\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Matching tools to management goals, 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlotte Causton and Roy G. Van Driesche\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Tools in action: understanding tradeoffs through case histories, 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoy G. Van Driesche, Bernd Blossey, and Daniel Simberloff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Benefit–risk assessment of biological control in wildlands, 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoy G. Van Driesche and Daniel Simberloff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Systematics and biological control, 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeremy C. Andersen and David L. Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Forecasting unintended effects of natural enemies used for classical biological control of invasive species, 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark S. Hoddle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Measuring and evaluating ecological outcomes of biological control introductions, 161\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernd Blossey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Methods for evaluation of natural enemy impacts on invasive pests of wildlands, 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoy G. Van Driesche\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Cases of biological control restoring natural systems, 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoy G. Van Driesche, Paul D. Pratt, Ted D. Center, Min B. Rayamajhi, Phil W. Tipping, Mary Purcell, Simon Fowler, Charlotte Causton, Mark S. Hoddle, Leyla Kaufman, Russell H. Messing, Michael E. Montgomery, Rieks van Klinken, Jian J. Duan, and Jean-Yves Meyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Societal values expressed through policy and regulations concerning biological control releases, 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndy W. Sheppard and Keith D. Warner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Managing conflict over biological control: the case of strawberry guava in Hawaii, 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eM. Tracy Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 An ethical framework for integrating biological control into conservation practice, 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeith D. Warner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Economics of biological control for species invading wildlands, 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoy G. Van Driesche and Kevin M. Heinz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The future of biological control: a proposal for fundamental reform, 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernd Blossey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding thoughts on future actions, 329\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoy G. Van Driesche, Daniel Simberloff, and David L. Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex, 330\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoy G. Van Driesche\u003c\/strong\u003e, Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, USA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Simberloff\u003c\/strong\u003e, Department of Ecology \u0026amp; Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, USA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBernd Blossey\u003c\/strong\u003e, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, USA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChrlotte Causton\u003c\/strong\u003e, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos Islands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark S. Hoddle\u003c\/strong\u003e, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, USA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristian O. Marks\u003c\/strong\u003e, The Nature Conservancy, Connecticut River Program, USA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKevin M. 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