Tigers of the World

The Science, Politics, and Conservation of Panthera Tigris
2. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8155-1570-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 500 Seiten, Format (B × H): 201 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 1415 g

Tigers of the World, Second Edition explores tiger biology, ecology, conservation, management, and the science and technology that make this possible. In 1988, when the first edition was published, tiger conservation was still in its infancy, and two decades later there has been a revolution not only in what is known, but how information about tigers is obtained and disseminated. In the fast changing world of conservation, there is a great need to summarize the vast and current state-of-the-art, to put this into historical perspective, and to speculate in what yet remains to be done.

Tigers of the World, Second Edition fulfills this need by bringing together in a unique way the world's leading tiger experts into one volume. Despite the challenges ahead, there are bright spots in this story and lessons aplenty not only for tiger specialists but large carnivore specialists, conservation biologists, wildlife managers, natural resource policymakers, and most importantly the caring public.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tilson, Ronald

Nyhus, Philip J

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia) Beuteltiere (Monotremen)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia) Meeres- und Süßwassersäuger
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia) Primaten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Current Knowledge of Wild Tigers
2. The Evolution of Tiger Extinction
3. What is a Tiger?
4. The Evolution and Taxonomy of Tigers
5. The Conservation and Management of Tigers
6. Tigers and Landscapes
7. Tigers and Conflict
8. Tigers and Trade
9. Tigers and the Future: Reintroducing Tigers and Restoring Tiger Habitat
10. Tools for Tiger Research and Conservation
11. Research and Monitoring: Field Methods for Tiger Conservation Biology
12. Recruiting, Training, and Inserting Anti-Poaching Teams
13. Linking People, Tigers, and Livelihoods
14. Techniques for Identifying and Managing the Trade in Tiger Parts
15. Regional Reviews: Science, Conservation, and Politics
16. Amur Tigers and the Russian Far East
17. Bengal Tigers and the Indian Subcontinent
18. Indochinese Tigers and Indochina
19. South China Tiger
20. Sumatran Tigers and Indonesia
21. Captive Tigers
22. Caring for Tigers in Captivity
23. Understanding Genetic and Demographic Management of Captive Tigers
24. Tigers in the Backyard

Über Autor(innen)

Nyhus, Philip J
Philip Nyhus is the Director of the Environmental Studies Program at Colby College in Maine, Maine, US. His interdisciplinary research bridges the natural and social sciences to address human interactions with the environment, including endangered species conservation and recovery, human-wildlife conflict, large landscape conservation, and spatial modelling. He is co-editor of Tigers of the World: The Science, Politics and Conservation of Panthera tigris (2010).