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Description: |
xlvii, 569 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Wildlife management: past and present -- Principal components of urban wildlife management -- Ecological principles in an urban context -- Urban soils -- Urban aquatic systems -- Population dynamics -- Urban green spaces -- Urban gray spaces -- Urban herpetofauna (amphibians and reptiles) -- Urban birds -- Urban mammals -- Urban threatened, endangered, and extirpated species -- Urban introduced and invasive species -- Resident Canada geese and urban white-tailed deer -- Human dimensions of urban wildlife management -- Legal aspects of urban wildlife management -- Zoonoses and management considerations. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Urban development is one of the leading worldwide threats to conserving biodiversity. In the near future, wildlife management in urban landscapes will be a prominent issue for wildlife professionals. This new edition of Urban Wildlife Management continues the work of its predecessors by providing a comprehensive examination of the issues that increase the need for urban wildlife management, exploring the changing dynamics of the field while giving historical perspectives and looking at current trends and future directions. The book examines a range of topics on human interactions with wildlife in urbanized environments. It focuses not only on ecological matters but also on political, economic, and societal issues that must be addressed for successful management planning. This edition features an entirely new section on urban wildlife species, including chapters on urban communities, herpetofauna, birds, ungulates, mammals, carnivores, and feral and introduced species. |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
Table of contents application/pdf http://digitale-objekte.hbz-nrw.de/storage2/2017/04/29/file_3/7196480.pdf |