Biology and Conservation of Musteloids (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Macdonald, David W.; Harrington, Lauren A.; Newman, Chris

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The musteloids are the most diverse super-family among carnivores, ranging from little known, exotic, and highly-endangered species to the popular and familiar, and include a large number of introduced invasives. They feature terrestrial, fossorial, arboreal, and aquatic members, ranging from tenacious predators to frugivorous omnivores, span weights from a 100g weasel to 30kg giant otters, and express a range of social behaviours from the highly gregarious to the fiercely solitary. Musteloids are the subjects of extensive cutting-edge research from phylogenetics to the evolution of sociality and through to the practical implications of disease epidemiology, introduced species management, and climate change. Their diversity and extensive biogeography inform a wide spectrum of ecological theory and conservation practice. The editors of this book have used their combined 90 years of experience working on the behaviour and ecology of wild musteloids to draw together a unique network of the world's most successful and knowledgeable experts. The book begins with nine review chapters covering hot topics in musteloid biology including evolution, disease, social communication, and management. These are followed by twenty extensive case studies providing a range of comprehensive geographic and taxonomic coverage. The final chapter synthesises what has been discussed in the book, and reflects on the different and diverse conservation needs of musteloids and the wealth of conservation lessons they offer. Biology and Conservation of Musteloids provides a conceptual framework for future research and applied conservation management that is suitable for graduate level students as well as professional researchers in musteloid and carnivore ecology and conservation biology. It will also be of relevance and use to conservationists and wildlife managers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780191077944
• Artikelnr.: 54591832

Autorenporträt

David Macdonald is the founder and Director of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at Oxford University, Senior Research Fellow in Wildlife Conservation at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and Professor of Wildlife Conservation at the University of Oxford. A recent survey by BBC Wildlife magazine listed him amongst the ten most influential living conservationists. He won the 2005 Dawkins Prize for Conservation and has published over 600 refereed papers on aspects of mammalian behaviour, ecology, and conservation. In 2006 he was awarded the American Society of Mammalogists Merriam Award for scientific contributions to mammalogy and, in 2007, the equivalent gold medal from the British Mammal Society. In 2007 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. David is also known for his books and television documentaries, and has twice been awarded the Natural History Author of the Year. Chris Newman joined the WildCRU in 1991. He is the co-ordinator for the WildCRUs Badger Project, specialising in life-history evolution and the effects of climate change and disease on population dynamics. His work is highly inter-disciplinary, drawing together insights from demography, animal behaviour, physiology, genetics and parasitology to synthesise new ideas and comprehensive approaches to understand wildlife biology. He collaborates extensively with other researchers internationally, particularly in Asia, and is an author of over 100 peer reviewed papers and book chapters. As a former Earthwatch Principal Investigator, he is also an advocate of public and corporate participation in conservation initiatives. Chris is the Mammals Officer for the Zoology Departments Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Board. Outside of academia, he manages 350 acres of Forest Stewardship Council certified woodland in Nova Scotia, Canada, including 16 acres growing Haskap berries. Lauren Harrington has worked with a number of mustelid species that include the most endangered mustelid, once extinct in the wild the black-footed ferret, and the most widespread invasive mustelid the American mink. She developed a passion for mustelids during long nights spent on the prairies of Wyoming and Montana radio-tracking some of the first captive-bred black-footed ferrets to be released into the wild. Lauren has been a member of the WildCRU since 1996, and has published a number of refereed papers on diverse topics, including diving behaviour of mink, interactions and coexistence between small carnivores, wildlife management, and reintroduction, focusing predominantly on UK species. Lauren formerly served as an Independent Monitoring Partner for the trial release of beavers in Scotland, and is currently a member of the IUCN Otter Specialist Group.

Inhaltsangabe

* Part I: Reviews
* 1: David W. Macdonald, Chris Newman, and Lauren A. Harrington:
Dramatis personae: an introduction to the wild musteloids
* 2: Klaus-Peter Koepfli, Jerry W. Dragoo, and Xiaoming Wang: The
evolutionary history and molecular systematics of the Musteloidea
* 3: Andrew C. Kitchener, Carlo Meloro, and Terrie M. Williams: Form
and function of the musteloids
* 4: Xavier Lambin: The population dynamics of bite-sized predators:
prey dependence, territoriality and mobility
* 5: Christina Buesching and Theodore Stankowich: Communication amongst
the musteloids: Signs, signals, and cues
* 6: David W. Macdonald and Chris Newman: Musteloid sociology: the
grass-roots of society
* 7: Lauren A. Harrington, Jorgelina Marino, and Carolyn M. King:
People and wild native musteloids
* 8: Roger A. Powell, Stephen Ellwood, Roland Kays, and Tiit Maran:
Stink or swim - techniques to meet the challenges for the study and
conservation of small critters that hide, swim or climb and may
otherwise make themselves unpleasant
* 9: Chris Newman and Andrew Bryne: Musteloid Diseases - Implications
for conservation and species management
* Part II: Case studies
* 10: Carolyn M. King, Grant Norbury, and Andrew J.Veale: Small
mustelids in New Zealand: invasion ecology in a different world
* 11: Roger A Powell, Aaron N Facka, Mourad W Gabriel, Jonathan H
Gilbert, J Mark Higley, Scott LaPoint, Nicholas P McCann, Wayne
Spencer, and Craig M Thompson: The fisher as a model organism
* 12: Samuel A. Cushman and Tzeidle N. Wasserman: Quantifying loss and
degradation of former American Marten habitat due to the impacts of
forestry operations and associated road networks in northern Idaho,
USA
* 13: Youbing Zhou, Chris Newman, Yayoi Kaneko, Christina D. Buesching,
Wenwen Chen, Zhao-Min Zhou, Zongqiang Xie, and David W. Macdonald:
Asian badgers - the same, only different: How diversity among badger
societies informs socio-ecological theory and challenges conservation
* 14: Joanna Ross, Andrew J. Hearn, and David W. Macdonald: The Bornean
carnivore community: Lessons from a little-known guild
* 15: Dean E. Biggins and David A. Eads: Evolution, natural history,
and conservation of black-footed ferrets
* 16: Elaine J. Fraser, Lauren A. Harrington, David W. Macdonald, and
Xavier Lambin: Control of an invasive species: the American mink in
Great Britain
* 17: Tiit Maran, Madis Podra, Lauren A. Harrington, and David W.
Macdonald: European mink - restoration attempts for a species on the
brink of extinction
* 18: Jeffrey P. Copeland, Arild Landa, Kimberly Heinemeyer, Keith B.
Aubry, Jiska van Dijk, Roel May, Jens Persson, John Squires, and
Richard Yates: Social ethology of the wolverine
* 19: Rich D. Weir, Trevor A. Kinley, Richard W. Klafki, and Clayton D.
Apps: Ecotypic variation affects the conservation of American badgers
endangered along their northern range extent
* 20: Rosie Woodroffe and Christl A. Donnelly: European badgers and the
control of bovine tuberculosis in the United Kingdom
* 21: Chris Newman, Christina D. Buesching, and David W. Macdonald:
Meline mastery of meteorological mayhem: The effects of climate
changeability on European badger population dynamics
* 22: Jessica Groenendijk, Frank Hajek, Paul J. Johnson, David W.
Macdonald: Giant otters: using knowledge of life history for
conservation
* 23: James A. Estes, M. Tim Tinker, and Terrie M. Williams: Advances
in the physiology, behaviour and ecology of sea otters
* 24: Christine C. Hass and Jerry W. Dragoo: Competition and
coexistence in sympatric skunks
* 25: Matthew E. Gompper: Range decline and landscape ecology of the
eastern spotted skunk
* 26: Melody Brooks and Roland Kays: Kinkajou - the tree top specialist
* 27: Samuel I. Zeveloff: On the mortality and management of a
ubiquitous musteloid: the common racoon
* 28: Ben T. Hirsch and Matthew E. Gompper: Causes and consequences of
coati sociality
* 29: Yibo Hu, Dunwu Qi, and Fuwen Wei: Conservation genetics of red
pandas in the wild
* Part III: Synthesis
* 30: David W. Macdonald, Chris Newman, and Lauren A. Harrington:
Beneath the umbrella: Conservation out of the limelight