chapter 1 Conservation and Management for Migratory Birds: Insights from Population Data and Theory in the Case of the White-Winged Dove / chapter 2 Avian Ecology at the Landscape Scale in South Texas: Applying Metapopulation Theory to Grassland Bird Conservation / chapter 3 Global Biodiversity Conservation: We Need More Managers and Better Theorists / chapter 4 Upland Game Bird Management: Linking Theory and Practice in South Texas / chapter 5 An Ecological Basis for Management of Wetland Birds / chapter 6 Linking Waterfowl Ecology and Management: A Texas Coast Perspective / chapter 7 Conserving the Cats, Cougar Management as a Model: A Review -- chapter 8 Effects of Drought on Bobcats and Ocelots / chapter 9 Seeing the World through the Nose of a Bear Diversity of Foods Fosters Behavioral and Demographic Stability / chapter 10 Metapopulations, Food, and People: Bear Management in Northern Mexico / chapter 11 Ecology, Evolution, Economics, and Ungulate Management / chapter 12 Density Dependence in Deer Populations: Relevance for Management in Variable Environments / chapter 13 From the Management of Single Species to Ecosystem Management -- chapter 14 Applying Ecological Theory to Habitat Management: The Altering Effects of Climate / chapter 15 The Introduction and Emergence of Wildlife Diseases in North America -- chapter 16 Wildlife Disease Management: An Insurmountable Challenge? / chapter 17 Conservation Genetics of Marine Turtles 10 Years Later / chapter 18 Genetics and Applied Management: Using Genetic Methods to Solve Emerging Wildlife Management Problems / chapter 19 Society, Science, and the Economy: Exploring the Emerging New Order in Wildlife Conservation / chapter 20 Wildlife and Ranching: From Externality to Profit Center