Cambridge Studies in Applied Ecology and Resource Management – serie
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Scaling Fisheries
The Science of Measuring the Effects of Fishing, 1855-1955
Av Tim D. Smith
Häftad, 2007
1211 kr
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Since the industrialization of fishing, fisheries scientists have been subject to intense economic and political pressures, which have affected the way the science has developed. The origins and effects of these pressures are traced in this 1994 book to concerns about determining the causes of …
Analysis of Vertebrate Pest Control
Av Jim Hone
Häftad, 2007
683 kr
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How do we decide whether a particular vertebrate species can be classified as a pest? What is achieved by control of such pests? This 1994 book describes the application of statistics, economics and mathematical modelling to the control of bird and mammal pests. The emphasis is on the science …
World Soil Erosion and Conservation
Häftad, 2009
911 kr
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Land degradation from soil erosion has been considered by many to be a problem of significant proportion, affecting some 30-50% of the earth's land surface. At the time of the first publication of this book in 1993, estimates indicated that 10-15 million hectares of land were being lost each year …
The Jonglei Canal
Impact and Opportunity
Av Paul Howell, Michael Lock m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
944 kr
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The vast area of swamp and wetlands of the Southern Sudan, the Sudd, absorbs and dissipates by evaporation about half the inflow from the upper catchment of the White Nile. Ways and means of reducing these losses by canalisation have been under engineering investigation since the beginning of the …
The Jackson Elk Herd
Intensive Wildlife Management in North America
Häftad, 2009
781 kr
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The management of the elk population at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, has been the subject of a long-standing controversy among wildlife biologists, with critics of the winter feeding program predicting that such intervention would result in overpopulation, habitat destruction, disease and chaos. After …
Kangaroos
Their Ecology and Management in the Sheep Rangelands of Australia
Av Graeme Caughley, Neil Shepherd m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
637 kr
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The management of kangaroos is one of the most controversial issues in Australian wildlife management today - kangaroos are 'in plague proportions' or 'on the verge of extinction' depending on whom you spoke to last. This book examines the ecology and management of kangaroos and shows how they …
Animal Reintroductions
The Arabian Oryx in Oman
Häftad, 2010
684 kr
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When this book was first published in 1989, attempts to reintroduce plants or animals into their native habitat were still relatively rare, and those that were adequately planned, designed, funded and monitored over the course of years are even scarcer. The oryx story is an exception to this, and …
Wildlife Production Systems
Economic Utilisation of Wild Ungulates
Av R. J. Hudson, Robert J. Hudson m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
846 kr
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This book, first published in 1989, examines the controversial position of commercial utilisation in relation to wildlife conservation. Production of large mammals has earned respectability as an agricultural strategy and its evaluation has been listed as a priority requirement in the World …
Scaling Fisheries
The Science of Measuring the Effects of Fishing, 1855-1955
Av Tim D. Smith
Inbunden, 1994
2557 kr
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Since the industrialization of fishing, fisheries scientists have been subject to intense economic and political pressures, which have affected the way the science has developed. The origins and effects of these pressures are traced in this 1994 book to concerns about determining the causes of …
Analysis of Vertebrate Pest Control
Av Jim Hone
Inbunden, 1994
1807 kr
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How do we decide whether a particular vertebrate species can be classified as a pest? What is achieved by control of such pests? This 1994 book describes the application of statistics, economics and mathematical modelling to the control of bird and mammal pests. The emphasis is on the science …
The Asian Elephant
Ecology and Management
Häftad, 1993
927 kr
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The Asian elephant has had a unique cultural association with people. Unfortunately, elephants and people have also been in conflict, resulting in the decline in elephants throughout their former range in Southern Asia. This book provides an ecological analysis of elephant-human interaction and its …
Maasailand Ecology
Pastoralist Development and Wildlife Conservation in Ngorongoro, Tanzania
Av K. M. Homewood, W. A. Rodgers
Häftad, 2004
955 kr
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the heart of Maasailand is one of the world's most important conservation heritage areas. This book centres on a field study of the Ngorongoro Maasai and their herds, around which present knowledge of African rangeland, wildlife, livestock and pastoralist ecology is …
Timber Production and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Rain Forests
Av Andrew Grieser Johns, S. K. Eltringham m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
716 kr
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Timber production is often the most economic form of land use in areas of tropical forest: forest preservation is rarely so. The area of tropical forest reserved for timber production exceeds that of National Parks and other preserved areas by a ratio of at least 8:1. Although often poorly managed …
An African Savanna
Synthesis of the Nylsvley Study
Av R. J. Scholes, B. H. Walker m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
911 kr
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Savannas cover approximately half of the African land surface and one fifth of the land surface of the world. They are one of the most important, but least understood terrestrial ecosystems. They are the basis of the African livestock industry and the wildlife they support is of key importance in …
