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Behaviour and ecology of the Eurasian lynx
This scientific book gives the results of the long-term studies on the Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx in Belarus, mainly in Naliboki Forest and Paazierre Forest. Population structure, breeding, diet and prey supply as well as the variety of behavioural traits were considered. Among behavioural questions there were investigated sociality, hunting modes, mating and denning behaviour, territorial marking, sheltering and interspecific interference. The monograph presents not only the regional aspects of lynx biology, but also includes many new findings for the Eurasian lynx overall.
The Badgers of Wytham Woods
The badgers of Wytham Woods (Oxford, UK) have been studied continuously and intensively by David Macdonald for almost 50 years (25 of them with his former student and co-author Chris Newman), generating a wealth of data pertaining to every facet of their ecology and evolution. Through a mix ofaccessible, highly readable prose and cutting-edge science, the authors weave a riveting scientific story of the lives of these intriguing creatures, highlighting the insights offered to science more broadly through badgers as a model system. They provide a paradigm - from population down tomolecule - for a deeper understanding of mammalian behaviour, ecology, epidemiology, evolutionary biology, and con...
Reproduction biology in grey wolves Canis lupus in Belarus: Common beliefs versus reality
This scientific monograph gives a detailed information about reproduction biology in the grey wolf Canis lupus in Belarus. This topic includes the wolf breeding (mating and denning) behavior, fertility of the species and mortality of its pups. The initial material was not collected occasionally from wolf hunters and wolf pup searchers, but mainly gained by authors first-hand according to a well-set research design and long-term. By analyzing the gathered data, we became convinced that in the wolf reproduction biology there are more exceptions than rules. Therefore, the standard patterns of reproduction biology in wolves that are wide-spread in the published literature about the species we ca...
Naliboki Forest: Land, Wildlife and Human. 2nd edition
This scientific-popular book gives a detailed information about the terrain of Naliboki Forest, which include the relief forming, climate, geobotanic data, analysis of flora and description of the plant communities, maps and geographical names, invertebrate animal species list and the gained knowledges on population ecology of vertebrate animal species as well as historical outline and ethnographical sketch. It is a second edition of the Naliboki Forest book that was firstly published in 2016. In the new edition of the book some new text and a lot of new photo information about the forest massif have been added as well some improvements of its first edition have been done.
Cornerstones
BY THE WAINWRIGHT-CONSERVATION-PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF REBIRDING Transform your understanding of the natural world forever and discover the wild forces that once supported Britain's extraordinary natural riches, and could again. Delve into the world of the invaluable wild forces that once shaped Britain's wild places and could again in the future. Our precious archipelago is ravaged by climate change, bereft of natural ecosystems and now lies at the mercy of global warming, flooding, drought and catastrophic biodiversity loss. But could restoring the species that once helped protect our islands help turn this crisis around? The British Isles - bereft of natural ecosystems, and with the onset...
La nature férale ou le retour du sauvage
À l’image d’un animal domestique qui redevient sauvage et que l’on qualifie de « féral », des terres dont l’homme n’a plus l’usage et qui sont laissées à elles-mêmes deviennent de la nature férale. Ces espaces en libre évolution sont trop souvent rejetés par notre civilisation avide de valoriser le moindre espace. Ce livre présente les multiples trajectoires de cette nature ensauvagée qui, en libre évolution, peut mener à des forêts âgées naturelles. À l’heure d’un mouvement européen en faveur du réensauvagement, voici un éclairage original sur les mécanismes écologiques en jeu dans les phénomènes de dynamique végétale, de succession et dans les multiples interactions dans le monde du vivant.
Predation in Vertebrate Communities
Predation, one of the most dramatic interactions in animals' lives, has long fascinated ecologists. This volume presents carnivores, raptors and their prey in the complicated net of interrelationships, and shows them against the background of their biotic and abiotic settings. It is based on long-term research conducted in the best preserved woodland of Europe's temperate zone. The role of predation, whether limiting or regulating prey (ungulate, rodent, shrew, bird, and amphibian) populations, is quantified and compared to parts played by other factors: climate, food resources for prey, and availability of other potential resources for predators.
Analysis of vertebrate predator-prey community
This monograph is about predation in vertebrate animal community. The studies were done in the seminatural terrains with transitional mixed forest within the European forest zone in Belarus. The result part was organised as a top-down flow: First, the community characteristics related to predators were estimated. I presented data on predator species richness, population density and biomass with special attention paid to the changes in predator species diversity occurred during the last two centuries and particularly in connection with the American mink and raccoon dog naturalization. Then, the main features of predator food niches were given, and the structure of various predator guilds and size structure in predators were analysed. The next part of the monograph was devoted to examining of community-important factors acting in semi-natural terrains. Such factors affected either the whole community or its marked fragment. The last quite a large part of the monograph consisted of many chapters which present more or less essential results on different predator species, and stresses hot questions of their population ecology.
