Conservation of Faunal Diversity in Forested Landscapes

1996
ISBN: 978-0-412-61890-1
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 634 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1278 g

Reihe: Conservation Biology

Forest wildlife conservation is critically required in many parts of the world today. This book presents a merger between the elements of wildlife conservation and habitat conservation, and explains how these disciplines can be used to promote the conservation of vertebrates in forests around the world.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller, R. I.

DeGraaf, R.M.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstwirtschaft, Forstwissenschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

One Prevailing Contrasts in the Status of Forested Biodiversity.- 1 The importance of disturbance and land-use history in New England: implications for forested landscapes and wildlife conservation.- 2 Changes in global forest distribution.- 3 The status of forested wetlands and waterbird conservation in North and Central America.- 4 Modern forestry and the capercaillie.- 5 Conservation of large forest carnivores.- Two Habitat Change and Wildlife Responses.- 6 Forest raptor population trends in North America.- 7 Bird community dynamics in boreal forests.- 8 The impact of forestry on ungulates in Japan.- 9 Effects of hurricanes on wildlife: implications and strategies for management.- 10 Trends in moose-forest system in Fennoscandia, with special reference to Sweden.- Three Effective Conservation Tools and Strategies.- 11 The ghost of forest past — natural disturbance regimes as a basis for reconstruction of biologically diverse forests in Europe.- 12 Conservation and management of eucalypt forest vertebrates.- 13 The importance of forest for the world’s migratory bird species.- 14 Wildlife habitat evaluation in forested ecosystems: some examples from Canada and the United States.- 15 The ‘spatial solution’ to conserving biodiversity in landscapes and regions.- 16 Ecosearch: a new paradigm for evaluating the utility of wildlife habitat.- 17 Modern approaches to monitoring changes in forests using maps.- Some conclusions.- Species index.

Über Autor(innen)

was Senior Officer in the Species Mapping Section of the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, UK, and is now New England Gap Analysis Research Consultant, Amherst Massachusetts, having also worked for the World Bank and the Nature Conservancy.