Urban Wildlife Conservation: Theory and Practice
暫譯: 城市野生動物保育：理論與實踐
McCleery, Robert A., Moorman, Christopher E., Peterson, M. Nils
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2016-09-10
- 售價: $3,710
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $3,525
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 406
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 1489978283
- ISBN-13: 9781489978288
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相關分類:
生物資訊 Bioinformatics
海外代購書籍(需單獨結帳)
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商品描述
In the past, wildlife living in urban areas were ignored by wildlife professionals and urban planners because cities were perceived as places for people and not for wild animals. Paradoxically, though, many species of wildlife thrive in these built environments. Interactions between humans and wildlife are more frequent in urban areas than any other place on earth and these interactions impact human health, safety and welfare in both positive and negative ways. Although urban wildlife control pest species, pollinate plants and are fun to watch, they also damage property, spread disease and even attack people and pets. In urban areas, the combination of dense human populations, buildings, impermeable surfaces, introduced vegetation, and high concentrations of food, water and pollution alter wildlife populations and communities in ways unseen in more natural environments. For these ecological and practical reasons, researchers and mangers have shown a growing interest in urban wildlife ecology and management.
This growing interest in urban wildlife has inspired many studies on the subject that have yet to be synthesized in a cohesive narrative. Urban Wildlife: Theory and Practice fills this void by synthesizing the latest ecological and social knowledge in the subject area into an interdisciplinary and practical text. This volume provides a foundation for the future growth and understanding of urban wildlife ecology and management by:
- Clearly defining th
e concepts used to study and describe urban wildlife,- Offering a cohesive understanding of the coupled natural and social drivers that shape urban wildlife ecology,
- Presenting the patterns and processes of wildlife response to an urbanizing world and explaining the mechanisms behind them and
- Proposing means to create physical and social environments that are mutually beneficial for both humans and wildlife.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
在過去，生活在城市中的野生動物常常被野生動物專業人士和城市規劃者忽視，因為城市被視為人類的居住地，而非野生動物的棲息地。然而，矛盾的是，許多野生動物物種在這些建成的環境中繁榮生長。人類與野生動物之間的互動在城市地區比地球上任何其他地方都更為頻繁，這些互動對人類的健康、安全和福祉產生了正面和負面的影響。雖然城市野生動物能控制害蟲物種、授粉植物並且觀賞起來很有趣，但它們也會損壞財產、傳播疾病，甚至攻擊人類和寵物。在城市地區，密集的人口、建築物、不透水的表面、引入的植被以及高濃度的食物、水和污染的組合，改變了野生動物的種群和社區，這在更自然的環境中是看不見的。基於這些生態和實際原因，研究人員和管理者對城市野生動物生態學和管理表現出日益增長的興趣。
對城市野生動物的這種日益增長的興趣激發了許多尚未被綜合成為一致敘述的研究。《城市野生動物：理論與實踐》填補了這一空白，將該領域最新的生態和社會知識綜合成一部跨學科且實用的文本。本書為未來城市野生動物生態學和管理的增長和理解提供了基礎，具體包括：
- 清晰定義用於研究和描述城市野生動物的概念，
- 提供對塑造城市野生動物生態學的自然和社會驅動因素的整體理解，
- 呈現野生動物對城市化世界的反應模式和過程，並解釋其背後的機制，以及
- 提出創造對人類和野生動物雙方都有利的物理和社會環境的方法。
作者簡介
Robert (Bob) McCleery is an Assistant Professor in the department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology at the University of Florida. His research focuses include understanding how wildlife responds to anthropogenic changes to their environment and finding ways to maintain wildlife communities and populations that foster healthy ecosystems. Much of Bob's work has been centered on mammalian conservation in urbanizing and agricultural landscapes. Bob received his B.S. from Cornell University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Texas A&M University.
Nils Peterson is an Associate Professor of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology at North Carolina State University. His research focuses on unravelling the drivers of environmental behavior, using environmental education, conservation development, environmental conflict and environmental policy-making as natural experiments to test hypotheses. Much of this research is summarized in his recent book The Housing Bomb. Nils received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Texas A&M University and his Ph.D. from Michigan State University.
Chris Moorman is Professor and Coordinator of the Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Program at North Carolina State University (NCSU). His research focuses on global change and wildlife with emphasis on understanding the effects of human-induced landscape change on wildlife habitat. Chris developed the course Urban Wildlife Management at NCSU, published a four-
part extension publication series on backyard and urban wildlife management and led collaborative efforts to create the Going Native website, an interactive resource for those interested in landscaping for wildlife with native plants. Chris received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Georgia and his Ph.D. from Clemson University.作者簡介(中文翻譯)
羅伯特（Bob）麥克利里（McCleery）是佛羅里達大學野生動物生態學與保育生物學系的助理教授。他的研究重點包括了解野生動物如何對人為環境變化作出反應，以及尋找維持野生動物社群和族群的方法，以促進健康的生態系統。Bob的許多工作集中在城市化和農業景觀中的哺乳動物保育上。Bob在康奈爾大學獲得學士學位，並在德州農工大學獲得碩士和博士學位。
尼爾斯·彼得森（Nils Peterson）是北卡羅來納州立大學（North Carolina State University）漁業、野生動物與保育生物學的副教授。他的研究專注於揭示環境行為的驅動因素，利用環境教育、保育發展、環境衝突和環境政策制定作為自然實驗來測試假設。這項研究的許多內容在他最近的書籍《住房炸彈》（The Housing Bomb）中有所總結。尼爾斯在德州農工大學獲得學士和碩士學位，並在密西根州立大學獲得博士學位。
克里斯·穆爾曼（Chris Moorman）是北卡羅來納州立大學（NCSU）漁業、野生動物與保育生物學計畫的教授及協調員。他的研究專注於全球變化與野生動物，特別是理解人為引起的景觀變化對野生動物棲息地的影響。克里斯在NCSU開發了城市野生動物管理課程，出版了一系列四部分的延伸出版物，專注於後院和城市野生動物管理，並主導合作創建了「回歸自然」（Going Native）網站，這是一個針對有興趣使用本地植物進行野生動物景觀設計的互動資源。克里斯在喬治亞大學獲得學士和碩士學位，並在克萊姆森大學獲得博士學位。
