Antelope Conservation E-Book

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Serie: Conservation Science and Practice
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 710

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

Antelopes constitute a fundamental part of ecosystems throughout Africa and Asia where they act as habitat architects, dispersers of seeds, and prey for large carnivores. The fascication they hold in the human mind is evident from prehistoric rock paintings and ancient Egyptian art to today's wildlife documentaries and popularity in zoos. In recent years, however, the spectacular herds of the past have been decimated or extripated over wide areas in the wilds, and urgent conservation action is needed to preserve this world heritage for generations to come.

As the first book dedicated to antelope conservation, this volume sets out to diagnose the causes of the drastic declines in antelope biodiversity and on this basis identify the most effective points of action. In doing so, the book covers central issues in the current conservation debate, especially related to the management of overexploitation, habitat fragmentation, disease transmission, climate change, populations genetics, and reintroductions. The contributions are authored by world-leading experts in the field, and the book is a useful resource to conservation scientists and practitioners, researchers, and students in related disciplines as well as interested lay people.

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Wiley‐Blackwell and the Zoological Society of London are proud to present our Conservation Science and Practice series. Each book in the series reviews a key issue in conservation today from a multidisciplinary viewpoint.

Each book proposal will be assessed by independent academic referees, as well as our Series Editorial Panel. Members of the Panel include:

Richard Cowling, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South AfricaJohn Gittleman, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, USAAndrew Knight, University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaNigel Leader‐Williams, University of Cambridge, UKGeorgina Mace, University College London, UKDaniel Pauly, University of British Columbia, CanadaStuart Pimm, Duke University, USAHugh Possingham, University of Queensland, AustraliaPeter Raven, Missouri Botanical Gardens, USAHelen Regan, University of California, Riverside, USAAlex Rogers, University of Oxford, UKMichael Samways, University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaNigel Stork, Griffith University, Australia

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Conservation Science and Practice Series

Antelope Conservation: From Diagnosis to Action

Edited by

Jakob Bro‐JørgensenDavid P. Mallon

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