Quantitative methods are needed in conservation biology more than ever as an increasing number of threatened species find their way onto international and national red lists. Objective evaluation of population decline and extinction probability are required for sound decision making. Yet, as our colleague Selina Heppell points out, population viability analysis and other forms of formal risk assessment are underused in policy formation because of data uncertainty and a lack of standardized methodologies and unambiguous criteria (i. e., rules of thumb ). Models used in conservation biology...

This book reviews the latest risk-based techniques to protect national interests from invasive pests and pathogens before, at and within national borders.

This book reviews the latest risk-based techniques to protect national interests from invasive pests and pathogens before, at and within national borders.