SCHLAEPFER Lab in Evolutionary Conservation Biology
State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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SUGGESTED READINGS

Evolution, Behavior, Conservation:

Ashley, M. V., M. F. Willson, O. R. W. Pergams, D. J. O'Dowd, S. M. Gende, and J. S. Brown. 2003. Evolutionarily enlightened management. Biological Conservation 111:115-123.

Foster, S. A. 1999. The geography of behaviour: an evolutionary perspective. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14:190-195.

Griffiths, R. A. 2004. Mismatches between conservation science and practice. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19:564-565.

Holt, R. D., and R. Gomulkiewicz. 2004. Conservation implications of niche conservatism and evolution in heterogeneous environments. Pages 244-264 in R. Ferrière, U. Dieckmann, and D. Couvet, editors. Evolutionary Conservation Biology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Lima, S. L., and P. A. Zollner. 1996. Towards a behavioral ecology of ecological landscapes. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11:131-135.

Lynch, M. 1996. A quantitative-genetics perspective on conservation issues. Pages 471-501 in J. C. Avise and J. L. Hamrick, editors. Conservation Genetics. Chapman & Hall, New York.

Mace, G., and A. Purvis. In press. Evolutionary biology and practical conservation: bridging a widening gap. Molecular Ecology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03455.x.

Sih, A., and B. G. Jonsson. 2000. Habitat loss: ecological, evolutionary and genetic consequences. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15:132-134.

Stockwell, C. A., A. P. Hendry, and M. T. Kinnison. 2003. Contemporary evolution meets conservation biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18:94-101.

Evolutionary Traps:

Battin, J. 2004. When good animals love bad habitats: ecological traps and the conservation of animal populations. Conservation Biology 18:1482-1491.

Kokko, H., and W. J. Sutherland. 2001. Ecological traps in changing environments: ecological and evolutionary consequences of a behaviourally mediated Allee effect. Evolutionary Ecology Research 3:537-551.

Kristan, W. B., III. 2003. The role of habitat selection behavior in population dynamics: source-sink systems and ecological traps. Oikos 103:457-468.

Schlaepfer, M. A., M. C. Runge, and P. W. Sherman. 2002. Ecological and evolutionary traps. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17:474-480.

Schlaepfer, M. A., P. W. Sherman, B. Blossey, and M. C. Runge. 2005. Introduced species as evolutionary traps. Ecology Letters 8:241-246.

Invasive species:

Gurevitch, J., and D. K. Padilla. 2004. Are invasive species a major cause of extinctions? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19:470-474.

Schlaepfer, M. A., P. W. Sherman, B. Blossey, and M. C. Runge. 2005. Introduced species as evolutionary traps. Ecology Letters 8:241-246.

Storfer, A., and A. Sih. 1998. Gene flow and ineffective antipredator behavior in a stream-breeding salamander. Evolution 52:558-565.

Strauss, S. Y., J. A. Lau, and S. P. Carroll. 2006. Evolutionary responses of natives to introduced species: what do introductions tell us about natural communities? Ecology Letters 9:357-374.

Herpetology:

Downes, S., and R. Shine. 2001. Why does tail loss increase a lizard's later vulnerability to snake predators? Ecology 82:1293-1303.

Heinen, J. 1992. Comparisons of the leaf litter herpetofauna in abandoned cacao plantations and primary rain forest in Costa Rica: some implications for faunal restoration. Biotropica 24:431-439.

Muth, A. 1980. Physiological ecology of desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) eggs: temperature and water relations. Ecology 61:1335-1343.

Teaching evolution:

Wilson, D. S. 2005. Evolution for everyone: how to increase acceptance of, interest in, and knowledge about evolution. PLoS Biology 3:2058-2065.

Ethics of conducting science:

Farnsworth, E. J., and J. Rosovsky. 1993. The ethics of ecological field experimentation. Conservation Biology 7:463-472.

Vucetich, J. A., and M. P. Nelson. 2007. What are 60 warblers worth? Killing in the name of conservation. Oikos 116:1267-1278.

Wilson, R. P., and C. R. McMahon. 2006. Measuring devices on wild animals: what constitutes acceptable practice? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4:147-154.