TheYearinEcologyandConservationBiology2010

Asanticipatedfortheseries,thisyear’svolumecontainsadiversecollectionoftimelyreviewsoncurrentproblemsinconservationbiologyandtheirscientific,policy,andmanagementimplications.Thecollectionrangesfromacarefulreviewofthehumanimpactsonnativebeepopulationstoexaminationsofexcessnitrogendepositioninnativeplantcommunities,andofmercuryinstreamecosystems.Otherpaperslookprospectivelyatfuturehumaneffectsontheenvironment,includingexaminingthepotentialadvantagesofbiofuelproductionanddescribingaprognosisfortropicalforests.Othersexaminethehealthandeconomicimplicationsofenvironmentalchange,includingreviewsofinvasivespeciesandinternationaltrade,ofemergingviruses,andofchangingimmunefunctions.Theaimoftheseriesistoputscholarly,authoritativereviewsinthehandsofabroadrangeofscientists,aswellasthosewhomanagetheenvironment.NOTE:Annalsvolumesareavailableforsaleasindividualbooksorasajournal.Forinformationoninstitutionaljournalsubscriptions,pleasevisitwww.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas.ACADEMYMEMBERS:PleasecontacttheNewYorkAcademyofSciencesdirectlytoplaceyourorder(www.nyas.org).MembersoftheNewYorkAcademyofSciencereceivefull-textaccesstotheAnnalsonlineanddiscountsonprintvolumes.Pleasevisithttp://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspxformoreinformationaboutbecomingamember.