Table of Contents

Risks to biodiversity from hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the Marcellus and Utica Shales 1
Erik Kiviat

Translocation of imperiled species under changing climates 15
Mark W. Schwartz and Tara G. Martin

The Marine Mammal Protection Act at 40: status, recovery, and future of U.S. marine mammals 29
Joe Roman, Irit Altman, Meagan M. Dunphy-Daly, Caitlin Campbell, Michael Jasny, and Andrew J. Read

Species-area Relationships and extinction forecasts 50
John M. Halley, Vasiliki Sgardeli, and Nikolaos Monokrousos

Ecology and conservation of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) in a changing world 62
James B. McGraw, Anne E. Lubbers, Martha Van der Voort Emily H. Mooney, Mary Ann Furedi,
Sara Souther, Jessica B. Turner, and Jennifer Chandler

Bounded ranges of variation as a framework for a future conservation and fire management 92
Max A. Moritz, Matthew D. Hurteau, Katherine N. Suding, and Carla M. D’Antonio

About the Author

Richard S. Ostfeld, Senior Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.

William H. Schlesinger, President and Director, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.