Bird Conservation
Pelagic Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-907807-19-0 (ISBN)
For each intervention, the book summarises studies captured by the Conservation Evidence project, where that intervention has been tested and its effects on birds quantified. The result is a thorough guide to what is known, or not known, about the effectiveness of bird conservation actions throughout the world.
The preparation of this synopsis was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and Arcadia.
David Williams is a Research Assistant in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. Robert G. Pople is a former Research Assistant in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. David Showler is a Research Associate in the School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia and the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. Matthew F. Child is a Research Assistant in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. Lynn Dicks is a Research Associate in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. Erasmus K.H.J. zu Ermgassen is a student in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. William J. Sutherland is the Miriam Rothschild Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Cambridge.
1. About this book
2. Habitat protection
3. Education and awareness raising
4. Threat: Residential and commercial development
5. Threat: Agriculture
6. Threat: Energy production and mining
7. Threat: Transportation and service corridors
8. Threat: Biological resource use
9. Threat: Human intrusions and disturbance
10. Threat: Natural system modifi cations
11. Habitat restoration and creation
12. Threat: Invasive alien and other problematic species
13. Threat: Pollution
14. Threat: Climate change, extreme weather and geological events
15. General responses to small/declining populations
16. Captive breeding, rearing and releases (ex situ conservation)
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.3.2013 |
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Reihe/Serie | Synopses of Conservation Evidence |
Verlagsort | Exeter |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 852 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-907807-19-5 / 1907807195 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-907807-19-0 / 9781907807190 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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