Large-scale ecology and conservation biology : the 35th Symposium of the British Ecological Society with the Society for Conservation Biology, University of Southampton, 1993 / edited by: P. J. Edwards, R. M. May and N. R. Webb

Published for the British ecological society by blackwell scientific publications.

Includes index (pages 355-375).

Includes references bibliographic.

Preface -- 1.The effects of spatial scale on ecological questions and answer -- 2. Historical development of alternate communities in a hemlock forest in northern Michigan -- 3 Animal distribution: patterns and processes -- 4 Spatial distribution of marine organism: patterns and processes -- 5 Metapopulations and conservation -- 6 Conserving insect habitats in heathland biotopes: a question of scale -- 7 Declining farmland bird species: modelling geographical patterns of abundance in Britain -- 8 Scale and patterns and community structure in Amazonian forest -- 9 Harvesting species of different lifespans -- 10 Blanket bogs in Great Britain: an assessment of large-scale pattern and distribution using remote sensing and GIS -- 11 Tsetse distribution in Africa: seeing the woods and the trees -- 12 Monitoring species performance of common dominant plant species -- 13 An investigation into methods for categorizing the conservation status of species -- 14 Turning conservation goals into tangible results: the case of the spotted owl and old growth forests -- 15 The ecological component on economic policy -- 16 Translating ecological science into practical policy.