مؤلف: Jeffery L. Larkin

David S. Maehr is assistant professor of conservation biology in the Department of Forestry at the University of Kentucky and author of The Florida Panther (Island Press, 1997). Reed F. Noss is a consultant in conservation biology, past editor of the journal Conservation Biology, and president of the Society for Conservation Biology (1999 – 2001). He is the author of The Redwood Forest (Island Press, 2000), The Science of Conservation Planning (Island Press, 1997) and Saving Nature”s Legacy (Island Press, 1994). He also wrote the foreword for Restoring Diversity (Island Press, 1996). Jeffery L. Larkin is a post-doctoral scholar at the University of Kentucky.