| Acknowledgments | | viii | |
| | 1 | (18) |
| Conservation-area networks |
| | 2 | (3) |
| What do we mean by biodiversity? |
| | 5 | (3) |
| Systematic conservation planning |
| | 8 | (8) |
| | 16 | (3) |
| | 19 | (28) |
| True and estimator surrogates |
| | 20 | (2) |
| Establishing the adequacy of an estimator-surrogate set |
| | 22 | (5) |
| Traditional species-based surrogates |
| | 27 | (3) |
| Systematic surrogate sets |
| | 30 | (12) |
| Surrogacy and spatial scale |
| | 42 | (1) |
| A protocol for the identification of an adequate surrogate set |
| | 43 | (1) |
| Diversity of ecological processes |
| | 44 | (1) |
| | 45 | (2) |
| | 47 | (32) |
| | 47 | (4) |
| | 51 | (5) |
| Collecting new data with field surveys |
| | 56 | (20) |
| | 76 | (3) |
| | 79 | (26) |
| | 79 | (4) |
| Multi-variate pattern analysis |
| | 83 | (7) |
| | 90 | (3) |
| | 93 | (7) |
| | 100 | (3) |
| | 103 | (2) |
| Conservation-area networks |
| | 105 | (26) |
| The role of conservation-area networks |
| | 105 | (3) |
| The goals of networks: representativeness, persistence and economy |
| | 108 | (4) |
| Selecting networks: complementarity |
| | 112 | (8) |
| Selecting networks: rarity and adjacency |
| | 120 | (1) |
| Subsidiary goals: flexibility, transparency, modularity, genericity and irreplaceability |
| | 121 | (3) |
| Algorithms for the selection of networks |
| | 124 | (3) |
| The trouble with scoring and ranking procedures |
| | 127 | (2) |
| | 129 | (2) |
| Persistence and vulnerability |
| | 131 | (38) |
| Incorporating biological processes |
| | 132 | (3) |
| | 135 | (16) |
| Targets for representation |
| | 151 | (11) |
| | 162 | (4) |
| | 166 | (3) |
| Satisfying multiple criteria |
| | 169 | (28) |
| Iterative-and terminal-stage procedures |
| | 171 | (1) |
| | 172 | (4) |
| Non-dominated alternatives |
| | 176 | (4) |
| Refining non-dominated sets |
| | 180 | (8) |
| | 188 | (6) |
| | 194 | (3) |
| Systematic conservation plans |
| | 197 | (30) |
| Complementarity by inspection in the Nullarbor region, Australia |
| | 197 | (8) |
| Complementarity using species records in Quebec |
| | 205 | (4) |
| A marine conservation plan for the California Channel Islands, United States |
| | 209 | (5) |
| A conservation plan for the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa |
| | 214 | (5) |
| A conservation plan for Papua New Guinea |
| | 219 | (6) |
| | 225 | (2) |
| | 227 | (12) |
| | 228 | (3) |
| Practicing conservation science in a complex world |
| | 231 | (2) |
| | 233 | (5) |
| | 238 | (1) |
| References | | 239 | (26) |
| Index | | 265 | |
