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This list of books and edited volumes is a source of review and conceptually-based publications on the interface of conservation and behavioral biology. The references below provide an overview on how conservation efforts have been aided through a better understanding of behavior, but these references are not an exhaustive list.

  • Berger-Tal, O. & Saltz, D. 2016. Conservation Behavior: Applying Behavioral Ecology to Wildlife Conservation and Management. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
  • Blumstein, D.T. & Fernandez-Juricic, E. 2010. A Primer of Conservation Behavior. Sinauer Associates, Inc. Sunderland, MA.
  • Candolin, U. & Wong, B.B.M. 2012. Behavioural Responses to a Changing World. Mechanisms and Consequences. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
  • Caro , T. (ed.). 1998. Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.
  • Clemmons, J.R., and R. Buchholz (eds.). 1997. Behavioral Approaches to Conservation in the Wild. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
  • Festa-Bianchet , M. and M. Apollonio (eds.) 2003. Animal Behavior and Wildlife Conservation. Island Press, Washington, DC.
  • Gosling, L.M., and W.J. Sutherland (eds.). 2000. Behaviour and Conservation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
  • Sutherland, W.J. 1996. From Individual Behaviour to Population Ecology. Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.