About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Note from the Publisher -- Preface -- Introduction - James A. Estes -- 1. Conservation Biology: Its Scope and Its Challenge - Michael E. Soulé and Bruce A. Wilcox -- 2. What Is Conservation Biology? - Michael E. Soulé -- 3. The Millennium Ark: How Long a Voyage, How Many Staterooms, How Many Passengers? - Michael Soulé, Michael Gilpin, William Conway, and Tom Foose -- 4. Conservation Biology and the "Real World" - Michael E. Soulé -- 5. Reconstructed Dynamics of Rapid Extinctions of Chaparral-Requiring Birds in Urban Habitat Islands - Michael E. Soulé, Douglas T. Bolger, Allison C. Alberts, Raymond Sauvajot, John Wright, Marina Sorice, Scott Hill -- 6. The Onslaught of Alien Species, and Other Challenges in the Coming Decades - Michael E. Soulé -- 7. Conservation: Tactics for a Constant Crisis - Michael E. Soulé -- 8. Conservation Genetics and Conservation Biology: A Troubled Marriage - Michael E. Soulé and L. Scott Mills -- 9. The Social and Public Health Implications of Global Warming and the Onslaught of Alien Species - M. E. Soulé, PhD -- 10. Rewilding and Biodiversity: Complementary Goals for Continental Conservation - Michael Soulé and Reed Noss -- 11. Conserving Nature at Regional and Continental Scales: A Scientific Program for North America - Michael E. Soulé and John Terborgh -- 12. Ecological Effectiveness: Conservation Goals for Interactive Species - Michael E. Soulé, James A. Estes, Joel Berger, and Carlos Martinez Del Rio -- 13. Strongly Interacting Species: Conservation Policy, Management, and Ethics - Michael E. Soulé, James A. Estes, Brian Miller, and Douglas L. Honnold -- 14. Editorial, The "New Conservation" - Michael Soulé -- Permissions and Original Sources -- Board of Directors.