Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Buzzwords in Conservation Biology -- Shortcuts -- Biodiversity -- Usage -- Documentation -- Remarkable Species -- Scale -- Surrogate Species in Systematic Conservation -- Taxonomy of Surrogate Species -- Other Terms -- Difficulties in Surrogate Typology -- Loose Definitions -- Lax Terminology -- Multiple Application and Purpose -- Using the Same Species for Two Surrogate Tasks -- Hidden Agendas and Research Displacement Activities -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Species Indicators of Biodiversity at a Large Scale -- A Big Picture -- Congruency of Species Richness -- Environmental Surrogates -- Higher Taxa -- Congruency of Endemism -- Congruency of Rarity -- Congruency of Threatened Species -- Complementarity and Congruency -- Concordance between different Measures of Biodiversity -- Global Scale -- Continental Scale -- Complementarity -- Biodiversity Distribution and Protected Areas -- Pratical Application -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Species Indicators of Biodiversity in Reserve Selection -- A Smaller Scale -- Cross-Taxon Congruence of Species Richness -- Within-Taxon Congruence of Species Richness -- Taxon Subsets -- Higher Taxa -- Morphospecies -- Congruency of Endemism, Congruency of Rarity, and Congruency of Threatened Species -- Concordance between Measures of Biodiversity -- Species Richness and Endemism -- Species Richness and Rarity -- Species Richness and Threatened Species -- Biodiversity Metrics -- Congruency of Complementarity -- Species Richness -- Other Biodiversity Measures -- Persistence -- Higher Taxa -- Protected Area of Coverage -- Marine Reserve Prioritization -- Environmental Surrogates -- Combining Environmental and Taxonomic Surrogates -- Practical Issues -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Umbrella Species and Landscape Species -- Three Conservation Goals.

Lambeck's Insight -- Umbrella Species by Taxon -- Plants -- Invertebrates -- Mammals -- Birds -- Choosing an Appropriate Umbrella Species -- Problems with Umbrella Species -- Management Implications -- Landscape Species -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Keystone, Engineering, and Foundation Species -- The Keystone Species Concept -- Classic Kestone Species -- Wider Scope -- Mesopredator Release in Temperate Ecosystems -- Ecological Meltdown in the Neotropics -- Keystone Introductions -- Removing Invasive Species -- Problems with Using Keystone Species as a Conservation Tool -- Reasons for Continuing to Use Keystone Species -- Ecosystem Engineers -- Mechanisms of Habitat Modification -- Examples of Ecosystem Engineers -- Difficulties in using Ecosystem Engineers in Conservation -- Advantages of Ecosystem Engineers -- Foundation Species -- Management Issues -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Environmental Indicator Species -- Ecosystem Health and Biological Integrity -- Environmental Indicators -- Sentinel Species -- Examples of the Uses of Environmental Indicator Species -- Marine Pollution -- Freshwater Pollution -- River Modification -- Marine Fisheries -- Climate Change in Marine Ecosystems -- Proliferation and Obfuscation of Terms -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Ecological-Disturbance Indicator Species -- Effects of Disturbance -- Proposed Criteria for Indicator Species -- Single Species and Species-Groups as Indicators of Disturbance -- Single Species -- Species-Groups -- Examples of the Use of Species-Groups in Documenting Effects of Land-Use Change -- Forest Fragmentation: BDFFP -- Countryside Biogeography -- Tropical Plantations -- Exurban USA -- Changes in Populations over Time -- Determining the Number of Species-Groups -- Management Pointers -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Cross-Taxon-Response Indicator Species -- Habitat Alteration.

Fora for Cross-Taxon-Response Indicator Species -- Land-Use Changes -- Agricultural Landscapes -- Management Areas -- Intraguild-Response Indicator Species -- Population Changes -- Management Indicator Species -- Difficulties with the MIS Concept -- Early Warnings -- Substitute Species -- Problems with Cross-Taxon-Response Indicator Species -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Flagship Species -- Characteristics of Flagship Species -- Multiple Objectives -- Are Flagship Species Successful? -- Public Awareness -- Raising Funds -- Reserve Establishment -- Qualities of Flagship Species -- Iconic Species -- What Next? -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Surrogate Species in the Real World -- Surrogate Categories -- Synopsis -- Multi-Surrogacy -- Predictive Powers of Surrogate Species -- Distribution of Biodiversity -- Reserve Selection -- Reserve Design and Management -- Species Indicators of Anthropogenic Change -- Promoting Conservation -- Wrap-Up -- Summary -- References -- Scientific Names of Species Mentioned in the Text -- Index.