About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyrights Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Why Maintain and Restore Connectivity -- Ch. 1: Background: Land-Use Change and Habitat Loss -- Importance and Types of Land-Use Change -- The Limitations of Protected Areas -- Environmental Regulation and Incentive-Based Conservation -- Reconnecting Our Landscapes -- Ch. 2: Understanding Fragmentation -- Temporal and Spatial Scales -- Natural versus Human-Induced Fragmentation -- Consequences of Human-Induced Fragmentation -- Ch. 3: The Ecological Framework -- What Is Connectivity? -- Island Biogeography -- Metapopulation Theory: Conceptual History -- Metapopulation Processes -- Metacommunity Theory -- Part II: Key Conncetivity Considerations -- Ch. 4: Approaches to Achieving Habitat Connectivity -- What Is a Corridor? -- Types of Corridors -- Goals of Corridors -- Biological Benefits -- Benefits to Humans -- Ch. 5: Role of the Matrix -- Landscape Ecology -- Traveling the Matrix -- Edges and Edge Effects -- Effects on Population Dynamics -- Habitat for Exotics -- Ch. 6: Potential Pitfalls of Linking Landscapes -- Impacts of Edge Effects -- Corridors as Biotic Filters -- Facilitation of Invasions -- Demographic Impacts -- Social Behavior -- Genetic Impacts -- Conflicting Scientific Objectives -- Economic Impacts -- Four Case Studies Analyzed -- Part III: Corridor Design, Planning, and Implementation -- Ch. 7: Corridor Design Objectives -- Focal Species Considerations -- Corridor Quality: Continuity, Composition, and Dimension -- Landscape Configuration -- Restoring Corridors across the Landscape -- Ch. 8: Identifying, Prioritizing, and Assessing Corridors -- Collaborative Conservation Process -- Addressing Scale -- Identifying Corridors for Conservation and Restoration -- Limiting Factors.

Ch. 9: Protecting and Restoring Corridors -- General Strategies -- Land Stewardship and Education -- Purchasing Land for Conservation -- Restoring Land -- Lessons from Corridor Projects -- Conclusion -- Future Goals and Directions -- References -- About the Authors -- Index.