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Wild Rangelands (eBook, PDF)

Conserving Wildlife While Maintaining Livestock in Semi-Arid Ecosystems

Redaktion: Du Toit, Johan T.; Deutsch, James; Kock, Richard

Beschreibung

Rangeland ecosystems which include unimproved grasslands, shrublands, savannas and semi-deserts, support half of the world's livestock, while also providing habitats for some of the most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines the pressures on rangeland ecosystems worldwide from human land use, over-hunting, and subsistence and commercial farming of livestock and crops. Leading experts have pooled their experiences from all continents to cover the ecological, sociological, political, veterinary, and economic aspects of rangeland management today. This book provides practitioners and students of rangeland management and wildland conservation with a diversity of perspectives on a central question: can rangelands be wildlands? * The first book to examine rangelands from a conservation perspective * Emphasizes the balance between the needs of people and livestock, and wildlife * Written by an international team of experts covering all geographical regions * Examines ecological, sociological, political, veterinary, and economic aspects of rangeland management and wildland conservation, providing a diversity of perspectives not seen before in a single volume

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Autor

Johan T. du Toit is a professor at Utah State University, where he is the Head of the Department of Wildland Resources. He is especially interested in the ecology of large mammals and the conservation of terrestrial ecosystems through the fusion of science and management. Richard Kock is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and specialist in wildlife medicine. He has worked with a focus on wildlife health and conservation, livestock and mixed wildlife/livestock communities and in rangelands throughout his career. He has worked for the Zoological Society of London for 26 years and now works in the African and South Asian region looking at wildlife health programmes in wild rangelands. James Deutsch directs the Africa Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society, with over a thousand staff working to save globally important landscapes and species in twelve African countries. James has lectured at the University of East Anglia and Imperial College, helped found the Tropical Biology Association and AIDS Treatment Project, ran Crusaid, and chairs Aidspan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444317107
• Artikelnr.: 38309053

Rezensionen

"That said, 'Wild rangelands' provides an extensive andup-to-date treatment of challenges and issues for rangelandconservation, and the plight of those who rely on livestock forlivelihoods is strongly drawn into both the case studies and themore conceptual chapters. Hence, 'Wild rangelands' willprovide an informative and useful volume from a variety ofperspectives." (Pastoralism: Research, Policy & Practice, 2011)

"In conclusion, Wild Rangelands is a must-read for researchers,conservationists and ranchers alike and should be included inuniversity wildlife biology teaching curricula to facilitate astronger grounding of biology graduates in the broader socialissues affecting conservation today." (African Journal of Range andForage Science, 2011)