Animal Behavior and Wildlife Conservation - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1559639598 ISBN 13 : 9781559639590

Editeur : Island Press, 2003

Synopsis

Efforts to conserve wildlife populations and preserve biological diversity are often hampered by an inadequate understanding of animal behavior. How do animals react to gaps in forested lands, or to sport hunters? Do individual differences--in age, sex, size, past experience--affect how an animal reacts to a given situation? Differences in individual behavior may determine the success or failure of a conservation initiative, yet they are rarely considered when strategies and policies are developed.

Animal Behavior and Wildlife Conservation explores how knowledge of animal behavior may help increase the effectiveness of conservation programs. The book brings together conservation biologists, wildlife managers, and academics from around the world to examine the importance of general principles, the role played by specific characteristics of different species, and the importance of considering the behavior of individuals and the strategies they adopt to maximize fitness.

Each chapter begins by looking at the theoretical foundations of a topic, and follows with an exploration of its practical implications. A concluding chapter considers possible future contributions of research in animal behavior to wildlife conservation.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Marco Festa-Bianchet has studied mountain ungulates (mountain goats, bighorn sheep, and Alpine ibex) for 25 years. He chairs the IUCN (World Conservation Union) Specialist Group on mountain ungulates and the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. He has been a university professor for 16 years and supervised 30 graduate students (including 9 current students). He is Professor of Ecology at Universite de Sherbrooke in Sherbrooke, Quebec. His research links individual reproductive strategies with population dynamics and conservation. Festa-Bianchet won the Cesar Kleiber Medal for Wildlife Management in 2006.

Marco Apollonio is Professor of Zoology at the University of Sassari in Italy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Island Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1559639598
• ISBN 13: 9781559639590
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 394
• Éditeur: Apollonio Marco, Festa-Bianchet Marco
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