Product Description: As human populations and the resources required to support societies continue to grow, an increasing number of plant and animal species around the world are facing extinction. Given limited time, space, and money, how do we decide which management actions will be most effective to avert extinctions?In this book, many of the world's leading conservation and population biologists evaluate what has become a key tool in estimating extinction risk and evaluating potential recovery strategies—population viability analysis, or PVA...read more

Product Description: From the inside cover flap: "Neotropical parrots are one of the most threatened groups of birds in the world. Captured and exported for aviculture and the pet trade and exterminated as agricultural pests, they suffer as well from the destruction of tropical rainforest habitats...read more