Forest Conservation Genetics: Principles and Practice
Readership
Advanced students, research workers and professionals in forestry and in plant genetics and conservation biology.
Main Description
Effective management of forest genetic resources is a key element in future forest conservation. Genetic diversity is essential for both the long-term stability and the short-term productivity of forest ecosystems. Hence there is a great need for information on forest conservation genetics.
The book consists of 22 chapters and is divided into five parts integrating genetic, ecological and socioeconomic information. It also includes, as a CD-ROM, the population genetics software package POPGENE. Contributors include international authorities from the USA and Canada, Europe, South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Main Contents
Part 1: Basic principles
• Basic genetics, B G Murray, University of Auckland, New Zealand, A G Young and T J Boyle
• Population genetics, F C Yeh, University of Alberta, Canada
• Genetic tools: the use of biochemical and molecular markers, J C Glaubitz and G F Moran, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Australia
Part 2: Genetic Processes
• Mating systems, D H Boshier, Oxford Forestry Institute, UK
• Gene flow in forest trees, J L Hamrick, University of Georgia, USA and J D Nason, W A Herbarium, Australia
• Small population processes, O Savolainen and H Kuittinen, University Oulu, Finland
• Selection, G Namkoong, M P Koshy and S Aitken, University of British Columbia, Canada
Part 3: Threats to in situ genetic conservation
• Effects of logging and other forms of harvesting on genetic diversity in humid tropical forests, W Ratnam, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia and T J Boyle
• Forest fragmentation, A G Young and T J Boyle
• Effects of environmental pollution on the genetics of forest trees, T Geburek, Institute of Forest Genetics, Austria
• Disease threats and the conservation genetics of forest trees, M Byrne, W A Herbarium, Australia
• Hybridisation and forest conservation, S E Carney, Colorado State University, USA and D E Wolf and L H Rieseberg, Indiana University, USA
Part 4: Domestication and ex situ conservation
• Sampling the gene pools of forest trees for ex situ conservation, A H Brown and C M Hardner, CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia
• Effect of forest tree domestication on gene pools, Y A El-Kassaby, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Magnitude and implications of gene flow in gene conservation reserves, W T Adams, Oregan State University, USA and J Burczyk, Pedagogical University, Poland
Part 5: Monitoring, socioeconomics and policy
• Genetic markers as a tool for bioindication in forest ecosystems, G Mόller-Starck and R Schubert, University of Munich, Germany
• Criteria and indicators for the conservation of genetic diversity, T J Boyle, United Nations Development Programme, USA
• Economics and conserving forest genetic diversity, J A McNeely and F Vorhies, IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Switzerland
• Rethinking stakeholder involvement in biodiversity conservation projects, T Enters, Malaysia
• Politics, policies and the conservation of forest genetic diversity, P J Kanowski, Australian National University, Australia
• Limitation and future directions, D H Boshier, Oxford Forestry Institute, UK and A G Young, CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia
