Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Americans and Their Forests: A Historical Geography. Williams, M.
The Forest and the Trees: A Guide to Excellent Forestry. Robinson, G.
Population Harvesting: Demographic Models of Fish, Forest, and Animal Resources . Getz, W. M. and Haight, R. G. 1989.
Floristic Inventory of Tropical Countries: The Status of Plant Systematic, Collections, and Vegetation, Plus Recommendations for the Future. Campbell, D. G., and Hammond, H. D., editors. 1989.
Biotic Diversity in Southern Africa—Concepts and Conservation. Huntley, B.J., editor. 1989.
Amphibians and Roads. Langton, T. E. S., editor.1989.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
National Forests: Policies for the Future. Volume 2: Protecting Biological Diversity. Wilcove, D. S. 1988.
Reforming the Forest Service. O'Toole, R. 1988.
Seeds and Sovereignty: The Use and Control of Genetic Resources. Kloppenburg, J. R., editor. 1988.
Viable Populations for Conservation. Soule, M. E., editor. 1987.
Models of Nature: Ecology, Conservation and Cultural Revolution in Soviet Russia. Weiner, D. R.
The Conservation of Australian Wetlands. McComb, A. J., and Lake, P. S., editors.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Plants in Danger: What Do We Know? David, S., Droop, S., Gregerson, T., Henson, O., Leon, C., Gilla-Lobos, J., Synge, H., and Zantovska, J.
Botanic Gardens and The World Conservation Strategy. Bramwell, D., Hamann, O., Heywood, W., and Synge, H., eds. 1987
Forest Conservation and the Forestry Master Plan for Sri Lanka: A Review. Ranjen Fernando and S. W. R. de A Samarasinghe, eds. 1988.
Pharmacopées Traditionnelles en Guyane. Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987.
Submission of New Books     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
A Morally Deep World: An Essay on Moral Significance and Environmental Ethics. Johnson, L. E.
Discordant Harmonies. Botkin, D. B.
The Preservation and Valuation of Biological Resources. Orians, G. H., Brown, G. M., Kunin, W. E., and Swierzbinski, J. E., editors.
Seabirds of Hawaii: Natural History and Conservation. Harrison, C. S.
Neotropical Wildlife Use and Conservation. Robinson, J.G., and Redford, K. H., editors.     

Logging, Conservation, and Native Rights in Sarawak Forests

Books reviewed in this article:
Rainforest Conservation in Sarawak: An International Policy for WWF . Kavanagh, M.; Rahim, Abdullah Abdul; and Hails, C.J. 1989
The Promotion of Sustainable Forest Management: A Case Study in Sarawak, Malaysia . 1990. International Tropical Timber Organization
The Tropical Timber Industry In Sarawak, Malaysia . Congressional Staff Study Mission to Malaysia. 1989
Keepers of the Forest: Land Management Alternatives in Southeast Asia . Poffenberger, M., editor. 1990
Endangered Animals of Thailand . Humphrey, S. R, and Bain, J. R. 1990.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Expendable Future: U.S. Politics and the Protection of Biological Diversity. Tobin, R.
Australian Ecosystems: 200 Years of Utilization, Degradation and Reconstruction. Saunders, D. A., Hopkins, J. M., How, R.A., eds.
Ecosystems of Florida. Myers, R. and Ewel, J., editors.
Nature Reserves: Island Theory and Conservation Practice. Sha- fer, Craig L.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Research Priorities for Conservation Biology. Soulé, M. E., and Kohm, K.A., editors. 1989.
Evaluation of Biodiversity Projects. Committee on Criteria and Guidelines for the Evaluation of Projects Designed to Protect or Enhance Biodiversity. 1989.
The Ecology of Australia's Wet Tropics. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia. Volume 15. Kitching, R.L., editor 1988.
Stones of Silence: Journeys in the Himalaya. Schaller, G. B.
Tiger Moon. Sunquist, F., and Sunquist, M. 1988.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States. Benyus, J. M. 1989.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Western United States. Benyus, J. M. 1989.
Books Received (September 1988-August 1989) (Some of the books in the list below may be reviewed in future issues.)     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Conservation Biology: A New Discipline Comes of Age Conservation Biology. The Science of Scarcity and Diversity. Soulé, Michael E., ed. 1986.
Conserving Biological Diversity, in Our National Forests. Norse, E.A.; Rosenbaum, K.L.; Wilcove, D.S.; Wilcox, B.A.; Romme, W.H.; Johnston, D.W.; Stout, M.L. 1986.
Foundations for a National Biological Survey. Kim, Ke Chung; Knudson, L., eds. 1986.     

Tropical Mammals

Book reviewed in this article:
The Asian Elephant. Ecology and Management. Sukumar, R.
Lemurs of Madagascar and the Comoros. Harcourt, C., and J. Thornback.
Neotropical Rainforest Mammals. A Field Guide. Emmons, L. E. with illustrations by Feer, F.
More on Tropical Mammals
The Indian Blackbuck. Ranjitsinh, M. K.
Plant Ecology: A Sheffieldocentric View
Comparative Plant Ecology: A Functional Approach to Common British Species. Grime, J. P., Hodgson, J. G., and Hunt, R.
Ecology in the Service of Development
Race to Save the Tropics: Ecology and Economics for a Sustainable Future. 1990. Goodland, R., editor.
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia
Government Policies and Deforestation on Brazil's Amazon Region. Mahar, D.J.
"Ancient Forests": Valuable Data, Questionable Conclusions
Ancient Forests of the Pacific Northwest. Norse, Elliot A.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this atricle:
Fish Populations: Light at the Start of the Tunnel Dynamics of Marine Fish Populations. Rothschild, Brian. 1986.
Ecology of Biological Invasions of North America and Hawaii. Mooney, H. A., and Drake, J. A., eds. 1986.
Amazonia Rain Forests: Ecosystem Disturbance and Recovery. Jordan, C. F., ed. 1987.
Gene Banks and the Worlds Food. Plucknett, Donald L.; Smith, Nigel J. H.; Williams, J. T.; and Anishetty, N. Murthi. 1987.
North Key Largo, Florida Habitat Conservation Plan. Siemon, C. L.; Larsen, W. U.; and Purdy, J. D. 1986.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
For the Common Good. Daly, H. E., and Cobb, J. B., Jr.
The Disappearing Russian Forest: A Dilemma in Soviet Resource Management. Barr, B. M., and Braden, K. E.
Natural Resources for the 21st Century. Sampson, R. N., and Hair, D.
Managing Global Genetic Resources: The US National Plant Germplasm System. Committee on Managing Global Genetic Resources: Agricultural Imperatives. Board on Agriculture, National Research Council.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this artcle:
The Fall of a Sparrow. Ali, Salim. 1987.
Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences-Animal and Plant Sciences-Supplement. Rao, C.N., ed. 1986.
Concise Flowers of the Himalaya Polunin, O., and Stainton, A. 1987.
Conservation for Productive Agriculture. Chopra, V. L., and T. N. Khoshoo, eds. 1986.
Encyclopedia of Indian Natural History. Centenary Publication of the Bombay Natural History Society, 1883–1983. Hawkins, R. E., ed. 1986.
The Ecology of Sumatra. Whitten A. J., Damanik, S. J., Anwar, J., and Hisyam, N. 1987.
The Ecology of Sulawesi. Whitten, A. J., Mustafa, M., and Henderson, G. S. 1987.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Preservation of Species: The Value of Biological Diversity. Norton, Bryan G., ed. 1986.
Conservation of Tidal Marshes. Daiber, F.C. 1986.
The Last Extinction. Kaufman, L.; Mallory, K., eds. 1986.
Biology. Raven, P.H.; Johnson, G.B. 1986.     

Conservation Biology in Historical Perspective

Book reviewed in this article:
The American Conservation Movement: John Muir and His Legacy . Fox, S.
Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work. Meine, C.
An Overview of Biodiversity
Biodiversity. Wilson, E. O., editor.
Value of Biodiversity
Why Preserve Natural Variety? Norton, B.G.
Management of Common Property Resources
Proceedings of the Conference on Common Property Resource Management. Panel on Common Property Resource Management (Bromley, D. W., chair).
Conservation and Management of Bird Populations
The Pheasant: Ecology, Management and Conservation. Hill, D., and Robertson, P.
Ecology and Conservation of Grassland Birds. Goriup, P. D., editor.
Mammal Populations
Mammal Populations Mammal Population Studies. Harris, S., editor.
Taking a Stand for Forests
Last Stand of the Red Spruce . Mello, R. A.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Save The Birds. Diamond, A. W., R. L. Schreiber, R. T. Peterson, and W. Cronkite. 1989.
Ornithology. Gill, F. B. 1989.
Plant Population Genetics, Breeding, and Genetic Resources. Brown, A. H. D., Clegg, M. T., Kahler, A. L., and Weir, B. S. 1990.
WORLD BirdBase, the World Birder's Database. Santa Barbara Software Products
Keeping Options Alive. The Scientific Basis for Conserving Biodiversity. Reid, Walter V. and Miller, Kenton R. 1989.
Conserving the Worlds Biological Diversity. McNeely, Jeffrey A., Miller, Kenton R., Reid, Walter V., Mittermeier, Russell A., and Werner, Timothy B. 1990.     

Book Reviews

Environmental Ethics: Duties and Values in the Natural World. Rolston, H., III. 1988.
The First Resource: Wild Species in the North American Economy. Prescott-Allen, C., and Prescott-Allen, R. 1986.
Bureau of Land Management and Wildlife Protection Audubon Wildlife Report 1987. Di Silvestro, R L., editor. 1987.
Wildlife Management: Crocodiles and Alligators. Webb, G.J.W., Manolis, S. C., and White-head, P.J. 1987.     

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Who's Who in Conservation Biology—an Authorship Analysis

Abstract:  As the flagship journal of the field, Conservation Biology represents a multidisciplinary, global constituency of conservation professionals—a constituency composed of more than 5200 authors representing 1500 organizations and 89 countries. Using bibliometric records of research published in Conservation Biology , I evaluated trends in authorship of research papers from 1987 to 2005. Authorship diversified and became increasingly collaborative over time. North Americans now compose one-half of primary authorship, down from 75% in the 1990s, and European primary authors contribute a quarter of the journal's contributed research. Forty-five countries were represented in volume 19 of the journal. The top three most-cited authors are Australian. The percentage of single-authored papers declined from 57% in 1987 to 18% in 2005. Collectively, academic institutions contribute the most research to Conservation Biology , although a government agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, was the single most-productive organization. The maturing of conservation biology as a discipline, the complex geographic and multidisciplinary nature of conservation questions, and the increased ease of communication in a technologically connected world contribute to the increasingly diverse and collaborative Conservation Biology authorship.     

Tropical Forest Management and Conservation of Biodiversity: an Overview

This paper is a much abridged version of World Bank Environment Department Paper 75, “Biodiversity Conservation in the Context of Tropical Forest Management,” by the same authors. It is the first paper in the bank's Impact Studies Series, which addresses the broader questions of the positive and negative effects of human activities on biodiversity. A more complete set of data supporting the arguments herein are in the appendices and text of the World Bank paper, which can be accessed from http://www.worldbank.org/biodiversity .     

Book Reviews

Oxygen and Life Second BOC Priestley Conference by various editors. The Royal Society of Chemistry: Letchworth, 1981. £11.00 ISBN O 85186 825 8

The Estuarine Ecosystem Tertiary Level Biology Series by D.S. McLusky. 150pp. Blackie: Glasgow, 1981. £6.25 ISBN 0 216 91116 8 Pbk.

Fine Dissection of Ascoglossans by T. Gascoigne. 1980. Pub.: The Author, in conjunction with the Conchological Society. 32 pp. Price £1 post free from T. Gascoigne, 16a York Grove, London SE15, England.