Wild Mammals in Captivity

Principles and Techniques for Zoo Management, Second Edition

Devra G. Kleiman, Katerina V. Thompson, Charlotte Kirk Baer (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

592 Seiten

2012 | Second Edition
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-44010-1 (ISBN)

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Zoos, aquariums, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. This book presents the thinking and practice in the care and management of wild mammals in zoos and other institutions. It offers information from studies of animal behavior; advances in captive breeding; and new thinking in animal management and welfare.

Zoos, aquariums, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. For nearly fifteen years, these institutions have relied on "Wild Mammals in Captivity" as the essential reference for their work. Now the book reemerges in a completely updated second edition. "Wild Mammals in Captivity" presents the most current thinking and practice in the care and management of wild mammals in zoos and other institutions. In one comprehensive volume, the editors have gathered the most current information from studies of animal behavior; advances in captive breeding; research in physiology, genetics, and nutrition; and new thinking in animal management and welfare. In this edition, more than three-quarters of the text is new, and information from more than seventy-five contributors is thoroughly updated. The standard text for all courses in zoo biology, "Wild Mammals in Captivity" will, in its new incarnation, continue to be used by zoo managers, animal caretakers, researchers, and anyone with an interest in how to manage animals in captive conditions.

Devra G. Kleiman (1942-2010) was principal of Zoo-Logic, LLC in Chevy Chase, Maryland; senior scientist emeritus at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park; and adjunct professor at the University of Maryland. Katerina V. Thompson is director of the Undergraduate Research and Internship Programs in the College of Chemical and Life Sciences at the University of Maryland. Charlotte Kirk Baer is principal of Baer and Associates, LLC in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.1.2013
Sprache	englisch
Maße	22 x 28 mm
Gewicht	1559 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Veterinärmedizin ► Großtier ► Zoo- / Wildtier
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-226-44010-9 / 0226440109
ISBN-13	978-0-226-44010-1 / 9780226440101
Zustand	Neuware