ENDANGERED SPECIES:NEW RESEARCH -- ENDANGERED SPECIES:NEW RESEARCH -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- BIOSONAR AND AUDITORY SYSTEM OFTHE YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Sound Production -- Hearing -- Application for the Passive Acoustic Monitoring -- CONCLUSION AND PROSPECT -- Mechanisms of Sound Production and Transmission -- Mechanisms of Sound Reception and Hearing -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- RESEARCH AND REVIEW -- ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION IN CHINA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ENDANGERED SPECIES PROBLEM -- Distribution and Current Status of Endangered Species -- Causes of Biodiversity Loss -- CHINA'S REGULATORY REGIME TO PROTECT SPECIES AND THEIRHABITATS -- International Treaties and Conventions -- National Law and Policy -- National and Provincial Regulations -- Institutions and Coordination Mechanisms -- Revisions to the Regulatory Regime -- PROTECTED AREAS AND SPECIES PROTECTION -- Growth of the Protected Area System -- Distribution and Structure of Protected Areas -- Management of Protected Areas -- CIVIL SOCIETY AND SPECIES PROTECTION -- The Media -- Scientists -- Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs): Domestic -- International NGOs -- THE IMPLEMENTATION DEFICIT IN SPECIES PROTECTION -- Structural Framework -- Administration -- Finance -- Training -- Community Conflicts -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PATTERNS OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN THE HIGHLYTHREATENED VASCULAR FLORA OF THEMEDITERRANEAN BASIN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND OF THIS STUDY - PATTERNS OFGENETIC DIVERSITY IN RELATION TO ECOLOGY ANDEVOLUTIONARY TRAITS -- The Catalan Countries: A Representative Sample of the MediterraneanHotspot of Plant Biodiversity -- MATERIAL AND METHODS -- Allozymes as Genetic Diversity Markers -- Compilation of Allozyme Studies in Taxa of the Vascular Flora from Catalan.

Allozymic Diversity and Biological and Ecological Traits of the CollectedTaxa -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Levels and Distribution of Genetic Diversity in Vascular Plant Species from -- Genetic Diversity and Ecological Characteristics -- CONCLUSION -- Patterns of Genetic Diversity in the Flora from the Catalan Countries -- CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ESTIMATING ABUNDANCE OF ENDANGEREDMARINE BENTHIC SPECIES USING DISTANCESAMPLING THROUGH SCUBA DIVING:THE PINNA NOBILIS (MOLLUSCA: BIVALVIA)EXAMPLE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. A NEED FOR NON-FISHING METHODS TO ESTIMATE ABUNDANCE -- 3. PLOT SAMPLING -- 4. DISTANCE SAMPLING: AN OVERVIEW -- 5. LINE TRANSECTS: CONCEPTS, ASSUMPTIONS, -- 5.1. Conventional Distance Sampling -- 5.2. Multiple Covariate Distance Sampling -- 5.3. Density Surface Modeling (DSM) -- 6. UNDERWATER LINE TRANSECTS -- 7. CASE STUDY: THE ENDANGERED FAN MUSSEL PINNANOBILIS IN A MARINE LAKE -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2 Methods -- 7.3. Results and Discussion -- New Design (2006-2007) -- General Comments -- 8. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CURRENT STATUS AND CONSERVATION OF -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MIDDLE EAST: GEOGRAPHIC SETTING AND CLIMATIC OVERVIEW -- BIODIVERSITY, MEDICINAL PLANTS AND CONSERVATION -- CURRENT STATUS OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- The Arabian Peninsula -- The Levant -- Iran -- Turkey -- APPROACHES TO MEDICINAL PLANTS CONSERVATION IN THEMIDDLE EAST -- In situ Conservation -- Protected Areas -- Cultivation -- Ex situ Conservation -- Seed Banks -- Botanical Gardens -- Tissue Culture -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- THE CONSERVATION STATE OF PINE MARTEN(MARTES MARTES) IN EUROPE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION -- RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MARTES MARTES AND MARTES FOINA -- Coat Color and Marking Patterns.

Relative Length of the baculum (BI) -- PCR-RFLP MTDNA ANALYSIS -- MOLECULAR ANALYSES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- NORTHERN PIKE: A SPECIES IN CRISIS? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION -- BIOLOGY -- POPULATION GENETICS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- MANAGING PREDATORS TO PROTECT ENDANGEREDSPECIES AND PROMOTE THEIRSUCCESSFUL REPRODUCTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ECONOMIC ANALYSES OF CONSERVATION THROUGH -- PREDATOR MANAGEMENT IN ACTION FOR -- Protecting Sea Turtle Nests at a High Density Nesting Beach: AnInformed Approach -- Conserving the Critically Endangered Puerto Rican Parrot -- Steller's Eiders: The Simple Solution -- Endangered Salmonids of the Columbia River Basin -- Spotted Owls: The Brewing Concern -- Aleutian Cackling Goose: The Ultimate Success Story -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- IN THE CYCLE OF LIFE: CRYOPRESERVATION OFPOST-MORTEM SPERM AS A VALUABLE SOURCE INRESTORATION OF RARE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FUNDAMENTALS OF THE MAMMALIAN SPERM -- Testicular Spermatozoa -- Epididymal Spermatozoa -- Ejaculated Spermatozoa -- MAMMALIAN SPECIES INVOLVED IN POSTMORTEM SPERMCOLLECTION AND PRESERVATION -- Perissodactyla -- Equidae Horses -- Artiodactyla -- Suidae True Pigs -- Bovidae Horned Ungulates -- Cervidae Deers -- Camelidae Camels -- Carnivora, the Carnivores -- Felidae Cats -- Canidae Canids -- Proboscidea, the Elephants -- Primates, the Primates -- Lemuridae Lemurs -- Rodentia, Rodents -- FROZEN TESTICLES AND EPIDIDYMES -- COMPARISON OF EPIDIDYMAL AND EJACULATED SEMEN -- ASSISITED REPRODUCTION TECHNIQUES AND POSTMORTEM SPERM -- SEMEN PROCESSING -- Preface. On Necessity of Teaching and Explanatory Work -- Semen Harvesting -- QUALITY CONTROL (QC) OF POSTMORTEM SPERMATOZOA -- DISCUSSION -- Characteristics of Postmortem Animal Sperm Processing in Zoos.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- NON-INVASIVE APPROACHES TO SEXIDENTIFICATION IN AVIAN SPECIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MOLECULAR METHODS -- NON-INVASIVE SAMPLING METHODS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SELECTION OF RESTORATION ANDCONSERVATION AREAS USING SPECIESECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING:A CASE STUDY OF THE NEOTROPICAL RIVER OTTERLONTRA LONGICAUDIS ANNECTENS IN CENTRALMEXICO -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Study Area -- Ecological Indicators -- Selection of Attributes -- Ecological Niche Modeling -- Place Prioritization -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- Raw and Detailed PDH Models and Site Prioritization -- Ecological Niche Modeling Influence Area Prioritization -- Complementing Conservation and Restoration Areas -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DEFORESTATION AND BIODIVERSITYCONSERVATION IN MEXICO -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFORESTATION AND BIODIVERSITY LOSS -- DEFORESTATION AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONALIZATION -- DEFORESTATION AND NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS -- DEFORESTATION AND THE COST OF POSTPONINGBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ARE ANIMALS IN ZOOS RATHER CONSPICUOUSTHAN ENDANGERED? -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DATA SOURCES AND TESTING PROCEDURES -- 3. REPRESENTATION OF VERTEBRATE CLASSES IN ZOOS -- 4. SIZE OF CAPTIVE POPULATIONS -- 5. RELATIVE REPRESENTATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES -- 6. EFFECTS OF PERCEIVED ATTRACTIVENESS AND BODY SIZEAMONG RELATED SPECIES -- Pythons and Boas -- Turtles -- Pheasants -- Antelopes and Allies -- 7. EFFECTS OF PERCEIVED ATTRACTIVENESS AND BODY SIZE ONHIGHER TAXONOMIC SCALE -- 8. PREFERRED SPECIES AND CHARACTERS -- Snakes -- Lizards and Tuataras -- Testudines -- Basal Birds -- Aquatic Birds -- Terrestrial Birds -- Passerines -- Basal Mammals -- Glires -- Euarchonta -- Laurasiatheria -- 9. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

ENDANGERED FELIDAE USED INTRADITIONAL MEDICINES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.