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Contents
Human Impacts on Ecosystems: An Overview
Paul R Ehrlich, Claire Kremen, and Anne H Ehrlich
153
Hunter-Gatherer Societies, Ecological Impact of
Kathleen A Galvin and Tyler Beeton
162
Hybridization in Plants
Pamela S Soltis
166
Hymenoptera
Norman F Johnson
177
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Identifying Conservation Priorities using a Return on Investment Analysis
Edward T Game
185
Impact of Ecological Restoration on Ecosystem Services
Holly P Jones
199
Impact of Extreme and Infrequent Events on Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Thomas Kitzberger
209
Impact of Past Global Warming on Biodiversity
Gregory J Retallack
224
Implications of Urbanization for Conservation and Biodiversity Protection
Robert Ian McDonald
231
Inbreeding and Outbreeding
Katherine Ralls, Richard Frankham, and Jonathan D Ballou
245
Indicator Species
John H Lawton and Kevin J Gaston
253
Indicator Species: Computation
Pierre Legendre
264
Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity
Vı´ctor M Toledo
269
Indigenous Strategies Used to Domesticate Plants in Brazilian Amazon
Giorgini A Venturieri
279
Indirect Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Biofuels
Richard J Plevin and Daniel M Kammen
293
Insecticide Resistance
Ian Denholm and Greg Devine
298
Insects, Overview
Brian V Brown
308
In Situ, Ex Situ Conservation
Nigel Maxted
313
International Organizations and Biodiversity
Margaret Goud Collins
324
Intertidal Ecosystems
AJ Underwood and MG Chapman
332
Introduced Plants, Negative Effects of
William G Lee
345
Introduced Species, Impacts and Distribution of
Daniel Simberloff
357