Human Population: Its Influences on Biological Diversity

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Introduction: Influences of Human Population on Biological Diversity....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Projecting a Gridded Population of the World Using Ratio Methods of Trend Extrapolation....Pages 13-25
The Human Habitat....Pages 27-46
Behavioral Mediators of the Human Population Effect on Global Biodiversity Losses....Pages 47-59
The Biological Diversity that Is Humanly Possible: Three Models Relevant to Human Population’s Relationship with Native Species....Pages 61-73
Biodiversity on the Urban Landscape....Pages 75-101
Indicators for Assessing Threats to Freshwater Biodiversity from Humans and Human-Shaped Landscapes....Pages 103-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Human Impacts on the Rainforest Environment in Ecuador....Pages 127-151
Human Demography and Conservation in the Apache Highlands Ecoregion, US–Mexico Borderlands....Pages 153-178
Long-Term Ecological Effects of Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors in Wolong Nature Reserve (China)....Pages 179-195
Exploring the Association Between People and Deforestation in Madagascar....Pages 197-221
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
A Coupled Natural and Human Systems Approach Toward Biodiversity: Reflections from Social Scientists....Pages 225-238
Back Matter....Pages 239-242