Carnivores of Australia

Past, Present and Future

Alistair S. Glen, Christopher R. Dickman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

448 Seiten

2014
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-643-10310-8 (ISBN)

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The Australian continent provides a unique perspective on the evolution and ecology of carnivorous animals. Since European settlement, Australia has seen the extinction of one large marsupial predator (the thylacine), another (the Tasmanian devil) is in danger of imminent extinction, and still others have suffered dramatic declines. By contrast, two recently-introduced predators, the fox and cat, have been spectacularly successful, with devastating impacts on the Australian fauna.

Carnivores of Australia: Past, Present and Future explores Australia’s unique predator communities from pre-historic, historic and current perspectives. It covers mammalian, reptilian and avian carnivores, both native and introduced to Australia. It also examines the debate surrounding how best to manage predators to protect livestock and native biodiversity.

By emphasising Australian carnivores as exemplars of flesh-eaters in other parts of the world, this book will be an important reference for researchers, wildlife managers and students worldwide.

Dr Alistair S. Glen has been researching carnivores for 15 years, has advised various Australian and international governments on management and conservation of carnivores, and received numerous awards including the Invasive Animals CRC Chairman’s Award for Scientific Excellence in 2007. Professor Christopher R. Dickman has produced over 300 publications, and has won numerous awards for his research, including the New South Wales Scientist of the Year in the Plant and Animal Sciences category in 2010.

Chapter 1. The importance of predators

Chapter 2. The rise and fall of large marsupial carnivores

Chapter 3. Giant terrestrial reptilian carnivores of Cenozoic Australia

Chapter 4. The arrival and impacts of the dingo

Chapter 5. The new guard: the arrival and impacts of cats and foxes

Chapter 6. Management of wild canids in Australia: free-ranging dogs and red foxes

Chapter 7. When is a dingo not a dingo? Hybridisation with domestic dogs

Chapter 8. Measuring and managing the impacts of cats

Chapter 9. Australia’s surviving marsupial carnivores: threats and conservation.

Chapter 10: Micro-carnivores: the ecological role of small dasyurid predators in Australia

Chapter 11. Reptilian predators: the forgotten majority?

Chapter 12. Fur, feathers and scales: interactions between mammalian, reptilian and avian predators

Chapter 13. Strongly interactive carnivore species: maintaining and restoring ecosystem function

Chapter 14. Protecting livestock while conserving ecosystem function: non-lethal management of wild predators

Chapter 15. The role of predator exclosures in the conservation of Australian fauna

Chapter 16. Concerns over management intensity: a framework for threatened species and predator management.

Chapter 17. Olfaction and predator-prey interactions amongst mammals in Australia

Chapter 18. Carnivore communities: challenges and opportunities for conservation.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.11.2014
Verlagsort	Melbourne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 270 mm
Gewicht	1591 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-643-10310-4 / 0643103104
ISBN-13	978-0-643-10310-8 / 9780643103108
Zustand	Neuware