The Atlantic Walrus (eBook, ePUB)

Multidisciplinary Insights into Human-Animal Interactions
Redaktion: Keighley, Xénia; Desjardins, Sean P. A.; Jordan, Peter; Olsen, Morten Tange

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Atlantic Walrus: Multidisciplinary insights into human-animal interactions addresses the key dimensions of long-term human walrus interactions across the Atlantic Arctic and subarctic regions, over the past millennia. This book brings together research from across the social and natural sciences to explore walrus biology, human culture, environmental conditions and their reciprocal effects. Together, 13 chapters of this book reconstruct the early evolution of walruses, walrus biology, the cultural significance and ecological impact of prehistoric and indigenous hunting practices, as well as the effects of commercial hunting and international trade. This book also examines historic and ongoing management strategies and, the importance of new research methodologies in revealing hitherto unknown details of the past, and concludes by discussing the future for Atlantic walruses in the face of climate change and increased human activities in the Arctic.

This volume is an ideal resource for those who are seeking to understand an iconic Arctic species and its long and complex relationship with humans. This includes individuals and researchers with a personal or professional connection to walruses or the Arctic, as well as marine biologists, zoologists, conservationists, paleontologists, archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, indigenous communities, natural resource managers and government agencies.

• Provides succinct overviews of the biology of the Atlantic Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) as well as human cultures within the North Atlantic Arctic and the surrounding region by consolidating research which until now has been scattered across fields and academic publications
• Editorial team of inter-disciplinary researchers ensuring the breadth, depth and integration of material covered throughout the volume
• Thirteen chapters, each authored by leading international researchers and experts on the Atlantic Walrus
• Considers the inter-relatedness and complexity of species biology, ecological change, human culture, and anthropogenic pressures onto the Atlantic Walrus, all while remaining accessible to readers from different disciplines or a more generalist audience
• Draws upon the latest methods in marine mammal and archaeological research
• Assesses historical management of the species, while also considering current and future conservation efforts in light of human activities and climate change
• Text supported by striking and insightful new maps and scientific illustrations, ideal for teaching and outreach

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780128174319
• Artikelnr.: 62145138

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction
Section I Atlantic walrus evolution, ecology, and behavior
2 The surprising evolutionary heritage of the Atlantic walrus as chronicled
by the fossil record
3 Ecology and behavior of Atlantic walruses
4 Stocks, distribution and abundance
Section II Walruses and Indigenous peoples
5 Pre-Inuit walrus use in Arctic Canada and Greenland, c.2500 BCE to 1250
CE
6 Subsistence walrus hunting in Inuit Nunangat (Arctic Canada) and
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) from the 13th century CE to present
Section III European walrus use from the Norse to present
7 Early European and Greenlandic walrus hunting: Motivations, techniques
and practices
8 The exploitation of walrus ivory in medieval Europe
9 Modern European commercial walrus exploitation, 1700 to 1960 CE
Section IV Future directions and innovations in Atlantic walrus research
10 Molecular advances in archaeological and biological research on Atlantic
walrus
11 Atlantic walrus management, regulation and conservation
12 Anthropogenic impacts on the Atlantic walrus
13 The future of Atlantic walrus in a rapidly warming Arctic