Conserving Bird Biodiversity: General Principles and Their Application Book

	List of contributors
	Preface
1	Biodiversity - evolution, species, genes	1
2	Why conserve bird diversity?	20
3	Mapping and monitoring bird populations: their conservation uses	34
4	Priority-setting in species conservation	61
5	Selecting sites for conservation	74
6	Critically endangered bird populations and their management	105
7	Diagnosing causes of population declines and selecting remedial actions	139
8	Outside the reserve: pandemic threats to bird biodiversity	157
9	Predicting the impact environmental change	180
10	Fragmentation, habitat loss and landscape management	202
11	The interface between research, education and training	224
12	Conservation policies and programmes affecting birds	246
	References	271
	Index	322