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Terrestrial Cetartiodactyla
This volume provides comprehensive overviews of each terrestrial cetartiodactyl species’ biology including palaeontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat and diet. Their economic significance and management, as well as future challenges for research and conservation are also addressed. Each chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal and key literature. This authoritative volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of Europe is a timely and detailed compilation of all European terrestrial cetartiodactyls and will appeal to academics and students in mammal research, as well as to professionals dealing with mammal management, including control, use and conservation.
Embodiment and the Cosmic Perspective in Twentieth-Century Fiction
In dialogue with groundbreaking technologies and scientific models, twentieth century fiction presents readers with a vast mosaic of perspectives on the cosmos. The literary imagination of the world beyond the human scale, however, faces a fundamental difficulty: if, as researchers in both cognitive science and narrative theory argue, fiction is a practice geared toward the human embodied mind, how can it cope with scientific theories and concepts— the Big Bang, quantum physics, evolutionary biology, and so on—that resist our common-sense intuitions and appear discontinuous, in spatial as well as temporal terms, with our bodies? This book sets out to answer this question by showing how t...
L’uomo e l’orso possono convivere?
Dall'orso bruno all'ermellino, dal tasso al lupo, lo sciacallo e la lontra: nove specie alpine sono lo spunto per riflettere sul rapporto che possiamo avere con gli animali selvatici intorno a noi.
The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook
The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook gathers the best sustainability practices and latest research from the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, planning, development, ecology, and environmental engineering and presents them in a graphically rich and accessible format that can help guide urban design decisions in cities of all sizes. The book presents a comprehensive framework that organizes more than 50 elements of sustainable urban design under five main topics–Energy Use & Greenhouse Gas, Water, Ecology & Habitat, Energy Use & Production, and Equity & Health–and relative to four project scales: Region & City, District & Neighborhood, Block & Street, and Project & Parcel. E...
Die Altersansprache des Schalenwilds
Die Alterseinschätzung beim Schalenwild ist untrennbar mit wildbiologisch sinnvoller Jagd verbunden. Ein Jäger, der hier falsch liegt und dennoch schießt, schadet dem Wild und nicht zuletzt dem eigenen Ansehen. Dieser Ratgeber verdeutlicht alle typischen Merkmale zur Alterseinschätzung für alle heimischen Schalenwildarten. Anschauliche Fotos, Illustrationen und kompetente Texte sorgen dafür, dass peinliche Ausrutscher vermieden werden. Ein Muss für waidgerechtes Jagen.
Zootiere als Zeitzeugen
Die Geschichte eines Zoos kann man auf unterschiedliche Weise erzählen. Roger Sidler stellt die Tiere ins Zentrum: Fischotter Peterli, Tiger Igor und Wildkatze Céline lebten zu unterschiedlichen Zeiten im Berner Tierpark Dählhölzli. Sie und vier weitere Bewohner sind nicht zufällig die Protagonisten dieses Buches: Die sieben Tiere waren Publikumslieblinge und stehen für Wegmarken in der Geschichte des Tierparks, aber auch für gesellschaftliche Veränderungen. Der originelle Zugang betrachtet die Zootiere als Zeitzeugen. Im Dählhölzli lebten sie nicht abgeschieden von der Welt in einer grünen Oase, sondern waren Botschafter des Natur- und Artenschutzes, Musen des Publikums. Sie standen für Vielfalt und waren Aufklärer für Klimawandel und Biodiversität. Unter Einsatz ihres Daseins warfen sie auf der Bühne des Tierparks existenzielle Fragen auf. Das Buch zeichnet jene Zeit nach, die das Leben der sieben Zootiere bestimmte.
Ungulate Management in Europe
This book considers a number of problems posed by ungulates and their management in Europe. Through a synthesis of the underlying biology and a comparison of the management techniques adopted in different countries, the book explores which management approaches seem effective - and in which circumstances. Experts in a number of different areas of applied wildlife biology review various management problems and alternative solutions, including the impact of large ungulates on agriculture, forestry and conservation habitats, the impact of disease and predation on ungulate populations and the involvement of ungulates in road traffic accidents and possible measures for mitigation. This book is directed at practising wildlife managers, those involved in research to improve methods of wildlife management, and policy-makers in local, regional and national administrations.
Population Ecology in Practice
A synthesis of contemporary analytical and modeling approaches in population ecology The book provides an overview of the key analytical approaches that are currently used in demographic, genetic, and spatial analyses in population ecology. The chapters present current problems, introduce advances in analytical methods and models, and demonstrate the applications of quantitative methods to ecological data. The book covers new tools for designing robust field studies; estimation of abundance and demographic rates; matrix population models and analyses of population dynamics; and current approaches for genetic and spatial analysis. Each chapter is illustrated by empirical examples based on rea...
National Parks
One of the major problems concerning National Parks is how to preserve their landscapes and biodiversity.
