"Papers presented at the Second Annual Conference of the Wildlife Society in Portland, Oregon from September 12 to 17, 1995"--Pref. Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-299) and index.

Setting the context / Richard K. Baydack and Henry Campa III -- Strategies for conserving terrestrial biological diversity / Jonathan B. Haufler -- The bioreserve strategy for conserving biodiversity / Allen Y. Cooperrider, Steven Day, and Curtice Jacoby -- Regional approaches to managing and conserving biodiversity / J. Michael Scott ... {et al.} -- Application of historical range of variability concepts to biodiversity conservation / Gregory H. Aplet and William S. Keeton -- Restoring biodiversity on public forest lands through disturbance and patch management irrespective of land-use allocation / Richard L. Everett and John F. Lehmkuhl -- Conserving biological diversity using a coarse-filter approach with a species assessment / Jonathan B. Haufler, Carolyn A. Mehl, and Gary J. Roloff -- Maintaining biodiversity in an intensively managed forest : a habitat-based planning process linked with a fine-filter adaptive management process / William A. Wall -- Landscape planning and management in agro-ecosystems : the Canadian Prairie experience / Terry G. Neraasen and Jeffrey W. Nelson -- Putting diversity into resource conservation / Fred B. Samson and Fritz L. Knopf -- Adaptive management and the conservation of biodiversity / Thomas D. Nudds -- Can we manage for biological diversity in the absence of scientific certainty? / David L. Trauger -- A management challenge now and in the future : what to do with exotic species / Henry Campa III and Christine Hanaburgh -- Contrasting approaches for the conservation of biological diversity / Jonathan B. Haufler -- Implementation of an effective process for the conservation of biological diversity / Brian J. Kernohan and Jonathan B. Haufler -- Future innovations and research needs / Henry Campa III, Richard K. Baydack, and Jonathan B. Haufler -- Closing perspectives / Richard K. Baydack.