Urban Wildlife Management, Second Edition
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.24 (768 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1439804605 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Texas A&M University, College Station, USA Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Hundreds of peer-reviewed articlesthoughtful … concise … ."Jennifer Lynch, wildlife biologist, writing in Human-Wildlife Conflicts. Praise for the first edition: "… this volume expertly summarizes the primary issues in urban wildlife management … I recommend this book to natural resource agencies … and to university instructors … ."W. David Walter, Oklahoma State University, in The Journal of Wildlife Management" the first comprehensive book on urban wildlife management
Instead of focusing on ways to evict or eradicate wildlife encroached on by urban development, this unique work took a holistic, ecosystems approach. The author maintains a blog exploring wildlife in our own backyard.. And wildlife are viewed as adaptive inhabitants of an evolving ecosystem rather than as interlopers in a humans only world. When the first edition of Urban Wildlife Management was published two years ago, it provided conservationists, ecologists, and wildlife professionals with a welcome shift in the way that interactions between humans and wildlife were viewed and managed. Gathering information from more than five hundred academic sources and the popular media, this book educated us on the complete nature of the problem. Urban habitats and hazards are defined in terms of green and gray spaces. See what's new in the Second Edition:New information garnered from secondary data setsAdded contributions from an extended list of leading wildlife specialistsOriginal research conducted by the authors and their studentsNew c
R S Cobblestone said It's about time!. I just received this book. I've taught an urban wildlife management course in the past, and have recognized the need for a text such as this one. Clark Adams, Kieran Lindsey, and Sara Ash are to be commended for pulling this topic together in an attractive book.The references look extensive, and the many photos are of high quality. There are It's about time! R S Cobblestone I just received this book. I've taught an urban wildlife management course in the past, and have recognized the need for a text such as this one. Clark Adams, Kieran Lindsey, and Sara Ash are to be commended for pulling this topic together in an attractive book.The references look extensive, and the many photos are of high quality. There are 4 pages of color photographs inserted between pages 276-277, repeating some black and white figures from chapters 5-11. This seems redundant; I hope the color plates did not a. pages of color photographs inserted between pages "It's about time!" according to R S Cobblestone. I just received this book. I've taught an urban wildlife management course in the past, and have recognized the need for a text such as this one. Clark Adams, Kieran Lindsey, and Sara Ash are to be commended for pulling this topic together in an attractive book.The references look extensive, and the many photos are of high quality. There are It's about time! R S Cobblestone I just received this book. I've taught an urban wildlife management course in the past, and have recognized the need for a text such as this one. Clark Adams, Kieran Lindsey, and Sara Ash are to be commended for pulling this topic together in an attractive book.The references look extensive, and the many photos are of high quality. There are 4 pages of color photographs inserted between pages 276-277, repeating some black and white figures from chapters 5-11. This seems redundant; I hope the color plates did not a. pages of color photographs inserted between pages 276-277, repeating some black and white figures from chapters 5-11. This seems redundant; I hope the color plates did not a. 76-"It's about time!" according to R S Cobblestone. I just received this book. I've taught an urban wildlife management course in the past, and have recognized the need for a text such as this one. Clark Adams, Kieran Lindsey, and Sara Ash are to be commended for pulling this topic together in an attractive book.The references look extensive, and the many photos are of high quality. There are It's about time! R S Cobblestone I just received this book. I've taught an urban wildlife management course in the past, and have recognized the need for a text such as this one. Clark Adams, Kieran Lindsey, and Sara Ash are to be commended for pulling this topic together in an attractive book.The references look extensive, and the many photos are of high quality. There are 4 pages of color photographs inserted between pages 276-277, repeating some black and white figures from chapters 5-11. This seems redundant; I hope the color plates did not a. pages of color photographs inserted between pages 276-277, repeating some black and white figures from chapters 5-11. This seems redundant; I hope the color plates did not a. 77, repeating some black and white figures from chapters 5-11. This seems redundant; I hope the color plates did not a