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Author : David Whyte Macdonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781851120772
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Proposals for Future Monitoring of British Mammals written by David Whyte Macdonald and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Whyte Macdonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Proposals for Future Monitoring of British Mammals written by David Whyte Macdonald and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter E. Busher
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461547814
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)
Download or read book Beaver Protection, Management, and Utilization in Europe and North America written by Peter E. Busher and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the end of the 19th century both beaver species had been extirpated from large portions of their native ranges. The global decline in beaver populations was the direct re sult of exploitation by humans. Now, at the end of the 20th century, protection, manage ment, and reintroduction programs, coupled with a decline in the demand for beaver fur and other products, have allowed beaver populations to increase dramatically. Since bea vers actively modify their local environment their activities can conflict with human land use. Because of this, the beaver, once considered a unique and exotic component of wet lands, is now often considered a nuisance species. The history, as well as the current status, of beaver populations in Europe and North America provide insight into how con servation programs work, and into how humans and wildlife interact. The initial plenary lecture of the Euro-American Mammal Congress (July, 1998) was presented by Dr. Michael L. Rosenzweig, a professor at the University of Arizona. Dr. Rosenzweig discussed how humans have used and continue to use natural resources, in cluding wildlife and wildland. He provided evidence indicating that the current model of reservation conservation could not provide a long-term solution to the human-wild life/wildland conflict. Dr. Rosenzweig emphasized that what is required is a move away from purely exploitive activities (I would call this exploitive ecology) and the develop ment of a reconciliation ecology with wildlife.
Author : Abigail Entwistle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521775366
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (753 download)
Download or read book Priorities for the Conservation of Mammalian Diversity written by Abigail Entwistle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-07-20 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific yet accessible review of mammalian conservation as a model demonstrating wider issues in conservation.
Author : Derek Crawley
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784272051
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (842 download)
Download or read book Atlas of the Mammals of Great Britain and Northern Ireland written by Derek Crawley and published by Pelagic Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-03-28 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on more than 1.8 million records, this Atlas provides the most up-to-date information on the current distributions of both terrestrial and marine mammals in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Many changes over time, such as the rapid invasion of the grey squirrel, the recovery of the pine marten and the decline of the water vole, are readily apparent from the detailed maps. Fully illustrated with photographs, detailed information is provided for 84 species, including descriptions of their ecology and identification, together with graphs showing the seasonal distribution of records. Data are also presented for feral species, vagrants, and cetaceans that have only ever been found as strandings. The Atlas will be an invaluable source of information to mammal enthusiasts, professional ecologists, and policy makers.
Author : David L. Hawksworth
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402063202
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Vertebrate Conservation and Biodiversity written by David L. Hawksworth and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-09 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws together a wide range of papers from researchers around the world that address the conservation and biodiversity of vertebrates, particularly those in terrestrial habitats. Collectively, the papers provide a snap-shot of the types of studies and actions being taken in vertebrate conservation and provide topical examples that will make the volume especially valuable for use in conservation biology courses.
Author : David Arnold Hill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521823685
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (236 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Biodiversity Methods written by David Arnold Hill and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-04 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook, first published in 2005, provides standard procedures for planning and conducting a survey of any species or habitat and for evaluating the data.
Author : Jessamy Battersby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book UK Mammals written by Jessamy Battersby and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on UK mammals, this report summarises results from the Tracking Mammals Partnership, a collaborative initiative, involving 24 organisations with a variety of interests in mammals. It aims to improve the quality, quantity, and dissemination of information on the status of species in the UK.
Download or read book The State of Britain's Mammals written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Whyte Macdonald
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198745486
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)
Download or read book Wildlife Conservation on Farmland: Managing for nature on lowland farms written by David Whyte Macdonald and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reveals how agricultural systems and wildlife interact, presenting examples from scales varying from landscape to microcosm, from populations to individuals, covering plants, invertebrates, birds, and mammals.
Author : David W. Macdonald
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118520203
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)
Download or read book Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2 written by David W. Macdonald and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-02-06 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the much acclaimed success of the first volume of Key Topics in Conservation Biology, this entirely new second volume addresses an innovative array of key topics in contemporary conservation biology. Written by an internationally renowned team of authors, Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2 adds to the still topical foundations laid in the first volume (published in 2007) by exploring a further 25 cutting-edge issues in modern biodiversity conservation, including controversial subjects such as setting conservation priorities, balancing the focus on species and ecosystems, and financial mechanisms to value biodiversity and pay for its conservation. Other chapters, setting the framework for conservation, address the sociology and philosophy of peoples’ relation with Nature and its impact on health, and such challenging practical issues as wildlife trade and conflict between people and carnivores. As a new development, this second volume of Key Topics includes chapters on major ecosystems, such as forests, islands and both fresh and marine waters, along with case studies of the conservation of major taxa: plants, butterflies, birds and mammals. A further selection of topics consider how to safeguard the future through monitoring, reserve planning, corridors and connectivity, together with approaches to reintroduction and re-wilding, along with managing wildlife disease. A final chapter, by the editors, synthesises thinking on the relationship between biodiversity conservation and human development. Each topic is explored by a team of top international experts, assembled to bring their own cross-cutting knowledge to a penetrating synthesis of the issues from both theoretical and practical perspectives. The interdisciplinary nature of biodiversity conservation is reflected throughout the book. Each essay examines the fundamental principles of the topic, the methodologies involved and, crucially, the human dimension. In this way, Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2, like its sister volume, Key Topics in Conservation Biology, embraces issues from cutting-edge ecological science to policy, environmental economics, governance, ethics, and the practical issues of implementation. Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2 will, like its sister volume, be a valuable resource in universities and colleges, government departments, and conservation agencies. It is aimed particularly at senior undergraduate and graduate students in conservation biology and wildlife management and wider ecological and environmental subjects, and those taking Masters degrees in any field relevant to conservation and the environment. Conservation practitioners, policy-makers, and the wider general public eager to understand more about important environmental issues will also find this book invaluable.
Author : John L. Gittleman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521665377
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (653 download)
Download or read book Carnivore Conservation written by John L. Gittleman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-06-28 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carnivores are the focus of intense attention and resources in conservation biology. It is often argued that, because carnivores are at the top of the food chain, if they are protected, then other taxa will also be afforded adequate protection. Carnivores are also charismatic and compete with humans for dwindling space and environmental resources. In the past 10 years, theoretical and empirical studies on carnivores have developed very quickly. This volume reviews and summarises the current state of the field, describes limitations and opportunities for carnivore conservation, and offers a conceptual framework for future research and applied management. As such it will be of interest to students and researchers of conservation biology, mammalogy, animal behaviour, ecology and evolution.
Author : Daniel J. Harrison
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387226915
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)
Download or read book Martens and Fishers (Martes) in Human-Altered Environments written by Daniel J. Harrison and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martens and Fishers (Martes) in Human-Altered Environments: An International Perspective examines the conditions where humans and martens are compatible and incompatible, and promotes land use practices that allow Martes to be representatively distributed and viable. All Martes have been documented to use forested habitats and 6 species (excluding the stone marten) are generally considered to require complex mid- to late-successional forests throughout much of their geographic ranges. All species in the genus require complex horizontal and vertical structure to provide escape cover protection from predators, habitat for their prey, access to food resources, and protection from the elements. Martens and the fisher have high metabolic rates, have large spatial requirements, have high surface area to volume ratios for animals that often inhabit high latitudes, and often require among the largest home range areas per unit body weight of any group of mammals. Resulting from these unique life history characteristics, this genus is particularly sensitive to human influences on their habitats, including habitat loss, stand-scale simplification of forest structure via some forms of logging, and landscape-scale effects of habitat fragmentation. Given their strong associations with structural complexity in forests, martens and the fisher are often considered as useful barometers of forest health and have been used as ecological indicators, flagship, and umbrella species in different parts of the world. Thus, efforts to successfully conserve and manage martens and fishers are associated with the ecological fates of other forest dependent species and can greatly influence ecosystem integrity within forests that are increasingly shared among wildlife and humans. We have made great strides in our fundamental understanding of how animals with these unique life history traits perceive and utilize habitats, respond to habitat change, and how their populations function and perform under different forms of human management and mismanagement. This knowledge enhances our basic understanding of all species of Martes and will help us to achieve the goal of conserving viable populations and representative distributions of the world’s Martes, their habitats, and associated ecological communities in our new millennium.
Author : Peter A. Henderson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019886227X
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)
Download or read book Southwood's Ecological Methods written by Peter A. Henderson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecological Methods by the late T.R. E. Southwood and revised over the years by P. A. Henderson has developed into a classic reference work for the field biologist. It provides a handbook of ecological methods and analytical techniques pertinent to the study of animals, with an emphasis on non-microscopic animals in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. It remains unique in the breadth of the methods presented and in the depth of the literature cited, stretching right back to the earliest days of ecological research. The universal availability of R as an open source package has radically changed the way ecologists analyse their data. In response, Southwood's classic text has been thoroughly revised to be more relevant and useful to a new generation of ecologists, making the vast resource of R packages more readily available to the wider ecological community. By focusing on the use of R for data analysis, supported by worked examples, the book is now more accessible than previous editions to students requiring support and ideas for their projects. Southwood's Ecological Methods provides a crucial resource for both graduate students and research scientists in applied ecology, wildlife ecology, fisheries, agriculture, conservation biology, and habitat ecology. It will also be useful to the many professional ecologists, wildlife biologists, conservation biologists and practitioners requiring an authoritative overview of ecological methodology.
Author : Luigi Boitani
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191625345
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)
Download or read book Carnivore Ecology and Conservation written by Luigi Boitani and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals that must hunt and kill for at least part of their living are inherently interesting to many people and the role that carnivores play in biological communities attract interest from ecologists and conservation biologists. Conflicts with human activities stimulate continual debates about the management of carnivore populations, and throughout the world people seek workable solutions for human/carnivore coexistence. This concise yet authoritative handbook describes research methods and techniques for the study and conservation of all terrestrial carnivore species. Particular attention is paid to techniques for managing the human/carnivore interface. Descriptions of the latest methodologies are supported by references to case studies, whilst dedicated boxes are used to illustrate how a technique is applied to a specific land cover type, species, or particular socio-economic context. The book describes the most recent advances in modelling the patterns of animal distributions, movements, and use of land cover types, as well as including the most efficient methods to trap, handle, and mark carnivores. Carnivores are biogeographically diverse and whilst extensive scientific research has investigated many aspects of carnivore biology, not all species have been equally covered. This book is unique in its intention to provide practical guidance for carrying out research and conservation of carnivores across all species and areas of the world.
Author : Peter A. Henderson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118895266
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)
Download or read book Ecological Methods written by Peter A. Henderson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 4th edition of this classic Ecology text Computational methods have largely been replaced by descriptions of the available software Includes procedure information for R software and other freely available software systems Now includes web references for equipment, software and detailed methodologies
Author : Peter Savill
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199605181
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book Wytham Woods written by Peter Savill and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This iconic location has been the subject of a series of continuous ecological research programmes dating back to the 1920s, which has provided a level of continuity that is extremely rare. For the first time, this book tells the Wytham story in a way that is accessible to both scientist and general reader alike.
