This new edition provides an updated and expanded analysis 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. It focuses on ecological matters as well as political, economic, and societal issues that must be addressed for successful management planning. It also features an entirely new section on urban wildlife species, covering urban communities, herpetofauna, birds, ungulates, mammals, carnivores, and feral and introduced species.
This new edition provides an updated and expanded analysis 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. It focuses on ecological matters as well as political, economic, and societal issues that must be addressed for successful management planning. It also features an entirely new section on urban wildlife species, covering urban communities, herpetofauna, birds, ungulates, mammals, carnivores, and feral and introduced species.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Clark E. Adams is an emeritus professor in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences (WFSC) at Texas A&M University in College Station. He earned his PhD in zoology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and completed a 51-year teaching and research career on August 31, 2015. He chaired the Conservation Education Committee for The Wildlife Society (TWS), edited the newsletter for the Human Dimensions of Wildlife Study Group, was a member of the Urban Wildlife Management Working Group, and has chaired many committees for the Texas Chapter of TWS. He is a former president of the Texas Chapter of TWS and as well as the Southwest Section of TWS. Since 1981, he and his students have conducted and published many national, regional, and statewide studies on the public's activities, attitudes, expectations, and knowledge concerning wildlife. He developed the degree option in urban wildlife and fisheries management for the WFSC and developed and taught the senior-level urban wildlife management course. He received the 2015 Outstanding Achievement in Urban Wildlife Conservation award from the TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group. He is also the coauthor of Texas Rattlesnake Roundups.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: A New Wildlife Management Paradigm. HUMAN-WILDLIFE INTERFACE . Wildlife Management: Past and Present. Principal Components of Urban Wildlife Management. URBAN ECOSYSTEMS. Ecological Principles in an Urban Context. Urban Soils. Urban Aquatic Systems. Population Dynamics. URBAN HABITATS AND HAZARDS. Urban Green Spaces. Urban Gray Spaces. URBAN WILDLIFE SPECIES. 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. URBAN SOCIOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE. Human Dimensions of Urban Wildlife Management. Legal Aspects of Urban Wildlife Management. Zoonoses and Management Considerations. Appendix: Lists of Terrestrial Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals by State Those Observed in Urbanized Communities in the United States.
Introduction: A New Wildlife Management Paradigm. HUMAN-WILDLIFE INTERFACE . Wildlife Management: Past and Present. Principal Components of Urban Wildlife Management. URBAN ECOSYSTEMS. Ecological Principles in an Urban Context. Urban Soils. Urban Aquatic Systems. Population Dynamics. URBAN HABITATS AND HAZARDS. Urban Green Spaces. Urban Gray Spaces. URBAN WILDLIFE SPECIES. 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. URBAN SOCIOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE. Human Dimensions of Urban Wildlife Management. Legal Aspects of Urban Wildlife Management. Zoonoses and Management Considerations. Appendix: Lists of Terrestrial Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals by State Those Observed in Urbanized Communities in the United States.
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