Shows how an understanding of behaviour is essential in the conservation of animals.

Part I. Introduction: 1. Advances in the study of behaviour and their role in conservation William J. Sutherland and L. Morris Gosling; Part II. Conservation Impact of People: 2. The evolutionary ecology of human population growth Ruth Mace; 3. Grassland conservation and the pastoralist commons Monique Borgerhoff Mulder and Lore M. Ruttan; 4. Predicting the consequences of human disturbance from behavioral decisions Jennifer A. Gill and William J. Sutherland; 5. The role of behavioural models in predicting the ecological impact of harvesting John D. Goss-Custard, Richard Stillman, Andrew D. West, Selwyn McGrorty, Sarah E. A. le V. dit Durell and Richard W. C. Caldow; Part III. Habitat Loss and Fragmentation: 6. Butterfly movement and conservation in patchy landscapes Chris D. Thomas, Michel Baguette and Owen T. Lewis; 7. Life history characteristics and the conservation of migratory shorebirds Theunis Piersma and Alan J. Baker; 8. Ranging behaviour and vulnerability to extinction in carnivores Rosie Woodroffe and Joshua R. Ginsburg; 9. Habitat fragmentation and swarm raiding army ants Graeme P. Boswell, Nigel R. Franks and Nick F. Britton; Part IV. Sexual Selection, Threats and Population Viability: 10. Sexual selection and conservation Anders Pape Møller; 11. Dispersal patterns, social organisation and population viability Sarah Durant; 12. Incorporating behaviour in predictive models for conservation Richard A. Pettifor, Ken J. Norris and J. Marcus Rowcliffe; 13. Controversy over behaviour and genetics in cheetah conservation Tim Caro; 14. The role of animal behaviour in marine conservation John D. Reynolds and Simon Jennings; Part V. Conservation Applications of Behaviour: 15. Communication behaviour and conservation Peter K. McGregor, Thomas M. Peake and Gillian Gilbert; 16. Reducing predation through conditioned taste aversion David P. Cowan, Jonathon C. Reynolds and Elaine L. Gill; 17. Retaining natural behaviour in captivity and in reintroduction programmes Michael P. Wallace; 18. Consequences of social perturbation for wildlife management and conservation Frank A. M. Tuyttens and David W. Macdonald; 19. Animal welfare and wildlife conservation Elizabeth L. Bradshaw and Patrick Bateson; Bibliography; Index.