Trevor J. C. Beebee (University of Sussex)

Impacts of Human Population on Wildlife

A British Perspective

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written primarily for ecologists, naturalists and conservation biologists, this book identifies high human population as a root cause of species decline and environmental degradation across the UK. It discusses the implications for conservation and policies developed in response to wildlife and species decline.

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Produktdetails

• Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 151mm x 229mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781108984782
• ISBN-10: 1108984789
• Artikelnr.: 63622101

Autorenporträt

Trevor J. C. Beebee is Emeritus Professor of evolution, behaviour and environment at the University of Sussex, UK, where he taught from 1976 to 2012. He has published over 200 papers, articles and books, including Climate Change and British Wildlife (Bloomsbury, 2018) which received the Marsh Award from the British Ecological Society for the most influential ecology book of 2019. He is also a trustee of Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, and a Fellow of the British Herpetological Society and the British Naturalists Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1. Population matters
2. The state of British wildlife
3. Human Activities directly killing wildlife
4. Impacts of development on wildlife declines
5. Impacts of farming and forestry on wildlife declines
6. Climate change, disease and disturbance
7. The human population and wildlife in Britain and western Europe
8. Public perceptions of wildlife and population issues
9. International aspects of population growth
10. Conservation in a crowded country
References
Index.