The influence of conservation biology can be enhanced greatly if it reaches beyond undergraduate biology to students at the middle and high school levels. If a conservation perspective were taught in secondary schools, students who are not interested in biology could be influenced to pursue careers or live lifestyles that would reduce the negative impact of humans on the world. We use what we c...

Department of Biology, Utah State University, Tooele, UT, 84074, USA, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA, Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA, Department of Biology, Population and Conservation Biology Program, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 78666, USA, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Un...

Coral reefs are in decline worldwide, and land-derived sources of pollution, including sewage, are a major force driving that deterioration. This review presents evidence that sewage discharge occurs in waters surrounding at least 104 of 112 reef geographies. Studies often refer to sewage as a single stressor. However, we show that it is more accurately characterized as a multiple stressor. Man...

Avian malaria is a worldwide mosquito-borne disease caused by Plasmodium parasites. These parasites occur in many avian species but primarily affect passerine birds that have not evolved with the parasite. Host pathogenicity, fitness, and population impacts are poorly understood. In contrast to continental species, introduced avian malaria poses a substantial threat to naive birds on Hawaii, th...

Colleen Cassady St. Clair Department of Biological Sciences University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9 References Caro T, (ed). 1998. Behavioral ecology and conservation biology. New York: Oxford University Press Clemmons JR, Buchholz R (eds), 1997. Behavioral approaches to conservation in the wild. New York: Cambridge University Press Gosling LM, Sutherland WJ (eds.), 2000. Behav...

E. COSYNS*, A. DELPORTE*, L. LENS† and M. HOFFMANN*‡ * Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 – S8, Ghent, Belgium, † Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium, and ‡ Institute of Nature Conservation, Section Landscape Ecology and Nature Management, Kliniekstraat 25, B-1070 Brussels, Be...

1Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6 2Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch, Pacific Region, Cooperative Resource Management Institute, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada V5A 1S6 3Pacific Salmon Ecology and Conser...

1Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 2Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Denny Island, BC, Canada, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 5Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada and 6Center for Con...

Matthew L. Forister1,*, Zachariah Gompert2, James A. Fordyce3 and Chris C. Nice4 Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89552, USA Department of Botany, Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA Department of Biology, Population and Conservation Biology Progra...

Department of Animal Biology, University of Illinois, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA (LLG) Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, 110 Newins–Ziegler Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA (MKO, AO) Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 81820, USA (JEH) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Corson Hall, Cornell Uni...