It is essential reading for anyone concerned with the conservation of biodiversity in the critical next few decades."Īndy Dobson, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University Conservation by Proxy uses an elegant blend of quantitative comparisons and insightful examples to illustrate what has worked and what has failed.
Tim Caro's comprehensive review examines the successes and shortcomings of difference scientific, economic, and aesthetic approaches to protecting endangered species and their habitats. "Conservation biology has emerged over the past twenty-five years as an important new subdiscipline, central to the management of the natural world and its nonvoting species. Hugh Possingham, Professor of Ecology and Mathematics, University of Queensland, Australia "Tim Caro brings order to a long-neglected area of conservation with remarkably lucid logic."
Stuart Pimm, Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Ecology, Duke University
Practitioners will benefit from his conceptual clarity when planning their conservation actions." "Caro cleans up terminology and infrequently tested hypotheses to produce an insightful account of core ideas in conservation. This impressive synthesis will promote both honesty about the inferences surrogates can provide and consideration of alternative metrics for assessing environmental status and trends."Įrica Fleishman, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UC Santa Barbara Compelling examples are drawn from virtually every ecosystem and level of biological organization. Conservation by Proxy distinguishes precise definitions from buzzwords, which is essential for credible application of concepts to practice. "Surrogate species have been a holy grail for establishing conservation targets and measureing success. It is the first book to review and bring together literature on more than fifteen types of surrogate species, enabling us to assess their role in conservation and offering guidelines on how they can be used most effectively. Outlines the circumstances where the application of the surrogate species concept shows promiseĬonservation by Proxy is a benchmark reference that provides clear definitions and common understanding of the evidence and theory behind surrogate species. Identifies criteria that make for good surrogate species The bookĬlarifies terminology and contrasts how different terms are used in the real worldĬonsiders the ecological, taxonomic, and political underpinnings of these shortcuts Synthesizing an immense body of literature, conservation biologist and field researcher Tim Caro offers systematic definitions of surrogate species concepts, explores biological theories that underlie them, considers how surrogate species are chosen, critically examines evidence for and against their utility, and makes recommendations for their continued use. These species-known by a host of different terms, including indicator, umbrella, and flagship species-act as proxies to represent larger conservation issues, such as the location of biodiversity hotspots or general ecosystem health. The vast scope of conservation problems has forced biologists and managers to rely on "surrogate" species to serve as shortcuts to guide their decision making.
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