Barnthouse / Munns, Jr. / Sorensen Population-Level Ecological Risk Assessment

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4200-5333-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 376 Seiten

Most ecological risk assessments consider the risk to individual organisms or organism-level attributes. From a management perspective, however, risks to population-level attributes and processes are often more relevant. Despite many published calls for population risk assessment and the abundance of available scientific research and technical tools assessing risks to populations, risk assessors worldwide still have difficulty determining how population level considerations can be integrated into environmental decision-making.

Population-Level Ecological Risk Assessment establishes a framework for goals, methods, and data needs for different assessment applications and for integrating population-level risk assessment into risk management decisions. Beginning with a summary of legal, regulatory, business, and other contexts, the book presents population-level ecological risk assessment as an internationally recognized, science-based tool and offers specific recommendations for using this tool to support environmental management decisions. It gives clear, explicit, operational population assessment definitions and explains the relevance of density dependence, genetics, and spatial considerations, as well as applicable lessons from conservation biology and natural resource management.

The authors provide a "tool box" of empirical and modeling methods and describe the general approaches, assumptions, data requirements, strengths, and limitations of each method. They establish a working foundation for designing and conducting population-level ecological risk assessments consistent with North American, European, and Japanese risk management approaches. The book concludes by highlighting key considerations needed to improve the scientific quality and interpretation of assessments. Detailed appendices include examples of population-level assessment approaches applicable to specific environmental management contexts, a modeling case study, and a supplemental reading list.

Zielgruppe

Ecologists, environmental toxicologists, regulatory scientists, undergraduate and graduate students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barnthouse, Lawrence W.

Munns, Jr., Wayne R.

Sorensen, Mary T.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, L.W. Barnthouse, W.R. Munns, Jr., and M.T. Sorensen

THE MANAGEMENT-SCIENCE INTERFACE
Managing Risk to Ecologic Populations, G.R. Biddinger, P. Calow, P. Delorme, G. Harris, B. Hope, B.L. Lin, M. Sorensen, and P. van den Brink
Population Protection Goals, C. Menzie, N. Bettinger, A. Fritz, L. Kapustka, H. Regan, V. Møller, and H. Noel

SCIENTIFIC ISSUES IN POPULATION-LEVEL ECOLOGIC RISK ASSESSMENT
Density Dependence in Ecologic Risk Assessment, S.J. Moe
Genetic Variation in Population-Level Ecologic Risk Assessment, D. Nacci and A. Hoffman
The Spatial Structure of Populations and Ecologic Risk Assessment, W.G. Landis, and A. Deines
What Conservation Biology and Natural Resource Management Can Offer Population-Level Ecologic Risk Assessment, J.A. Gervais and H.M. Regan

APPROACHES TO POPULATION-LEVEL ECOLOGIC RISK ASSESSMENT
Empiric Approaches to Population-Level Ecologic Risk Assessment, T.M. Carlsen, P.F. Chapman, S. Brassfield, N. Elmegaard, A. Hoffman, W. Landis, S. J. Moe, D. Nacci, H.M. Noel, and J. Spromburg
Modeling Approaches to Population-Level Ecologic Risk Assessment, W.R. Munns, Jr., J.A. Gervais, A.A. Hoffman, U. Hommen, D.E. Nacci, M. Nakamaru, R. Sibly, and C.J. Topping
A Framework for Population-Level ERA, R. Wentsel, N. Beyer, V. Forbes, S. Maund, and R. Pastorok

A PATH FORWARD
Issues and Recommendations, W.R. Munns, Jr, L.W. Barnthouse, and M.T. Sorensen

REFERENCES AND APPENDICES
References

Appendix 1
Decision Context Scenarios

Appendix 2
Workshop Exercise: Application of 2 Modeling Techniques in a Theoretical Assessment for Agricultural Pesticide Registration

Appendix 3
Supplemental Reading List