ABSTRACT

Most ecological risk assessments consider the risk to individual organisms or organism-level attributes. From a management perspective, however, risks to population-level attributes and processes are often more relevant. Despite many published calls for population risk assessment and the abundance of available scientific research and technical tool

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

ByLawrence W. Barnthouse, Wayne R. Munns, Mary T. Sorensen

chapter 2|34 pages

Managing Risk to Ecological Populations

ByGregory R. Biddinger, Peter Calow, Peter Delorme, Glenn Harris, Bruce Hope, Bin-Le Lin, Mary T. Sorensen, Paul van den Brink

chapter 3|28 pages

Population Protection Goals

ByCharles Menzie, Nancy Bettinger, Alyec T. Fritz, Lawrence A. Kapustka, Helen Regan, Vibeke Moller, Helen Noel

chapter 4|24 pages

Density Dependence in Ecological Risk Assessment

ByJannicke Moe

chapter 5|20 pages

Genetic Variation in Population-Level Ecological Risk Assessment

ByDiane Nacci, Ary A. Hoffmann

chapter 6|16 pages

The Spatial Structure of Populations and Ecological Risk Assessment

ByWayne G. Landis

chapter 8|28 pages

Empirical Approaches to Population-Level Ecological Risk Assessment

ByTina M. Carlsen, Jannicke Moe, Sandra Brasfield, Peter F. Chapman, Ary Hoffmann, Wayne G. Landis, Diane E. Nacci, Helen Noel, Julann A. Spromberg

chapter 9|32 pages

Modeling Approaches to Population-Level Ecological Risk Assessment

ByWayne R. Munns, Jennifer Gervais, Ary A. Hoffman, Udo Hommen, Diane E. Nacci, Mayuko Nakamaru, Richard Sibly, Chris J. Topping

chapter 10|28 pages

A Framework for Population-Level Ecological Risk Assessment

ByRandall S. Wentsel, Nelson Beyer, Valery Forbes, Steve Maund, Robert astorok

chapter 11|8 pages

Issues and Recommendations

ByWayne R. Munns, Lawrence W. Barnthouse, Mary T. Sorensen