AS ANTICIPATED FOR THE SERIES, THIS YEAR S VOLUME CONTAINS A DIVERSE COLLECTION OF TIMELY REVIEWS ON CURRENT PROBLEMS IN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND THEIR SCIENTIFIC, POLICY, AND MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS. THE COLLECTION RANGES FROM A CAREFUL REVIEW OF THE HUMAN IMPACTS ON NATIVE BEE POPULATIONS TO EXAMINATIONS OF EXCESS NITROGEN DEPOSITION IN NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITIES, AND OF MERCURY IN STREAM ECOSYSTEMS. OTHER PAPERS LOOK PROSPECTIVELY AT FUTURE HUMAN EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING EXAMINING THE POTENTIAL ADVANTAGES OF BIOFUEL PRODUCTION AND DESCRIBING A PROGNOSIS FOR TROPICAL FORESTS. OTHERS EXAMINE THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, INCLUDING REVIEWS OF INVASIVE SPECIES AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE, OF EMERGING VIRUSES, AND OF CHANGING IMMUNE FUNCTIONS. THE AIM OF THE SERIES IS TO PUT SCHOLARLY, AUTHORITATIVE REVIEWS IN THE HANDS OF A BROAD RANGE OF SCIENTISTS, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO MANAGE THE ENVIRONMENT. NOTE: ANNALS VOLUMES ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AS INDIVIDUAL BOOKS OR AS A JOURNAL. FOR INFORMATION ON INSTITUTIONAL JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTIONS, PLEASE VISIT WWW.BLACKWELLPUBLISHING.COM/NYAS. ACADEMY MEMBERS: PLEASE CONTACT THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES DIRECTLY TO PLACE YOUR ORDER (WWW.NYAS.ORG). MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCE RECEIVE FULL–TEXT ACCESS TO THE ANNALS ONLINE AND DISCOUNTS ON PRINT VOLUMES. PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.NYAS.ORG/MEMBERCENTER/JOIN.ASPX FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BECOMING A MEMBER.
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As anticipated for the series, this year s volume contains adiverse collection of timely reviews on current problems inconservation biology and their scientific, policy, and managementimplications. The collection ranges from a careful review of thehuman impacts on native bee populations to examinations of excessnitrogen deposition in native plant communities, and of mercury instream ecosystems. Other papers look prospectively at future humaneffects on the environment, including examining the potentialadvantages of biofuel production and describing a prognosis fortropical forests. Others examine the health and economicimplications of environmental change, including reviews of invasivespecies and international trade, of emerging viruses, and ofchanging immune functions. The aim of the series is to putscholarly, authoritative reviews in the hands of a broad range ofscientists, as well as those who manage the environment. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual booksor as a journal. For information on institutional journalsubscriptions, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas. ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciencesdirectly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the NewYork Academy of Science receive full-text access to the Annalsonline and discounts on print volumes. Please visit http://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspxfor more information about becoming a member.
Richard S. Ostfeld is the editor of The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2010, Volume 1195, published by Wiley. William H. Schlesinger is a biogeochemist and the retired president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, an independent not-for-profit environmental research organization in Millbrook, New York.
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