Behavioral ecology and conservation biology / edited by Tim Caro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Caro, T. M. (Timothy M.), editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior.

Animal ecology.

Conservation biology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (599 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Behavioural ecologists study how animals maximize their genetic representation, whilst conservation biologists study small populations & attempt to prevent species extinctions. This volume attempts to link these disciplines formally.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; 1 The Significance of Behavioral Ecology for Conservation Biology; 2 The Role of Individual Identification in Conservation Biology; 3 Ecological Indicators of Risk for Primates, as Judged by Species' Susceptibility to Logging; 4 Future Prey: Some Consequences of the Loss and Restoration of Large Carnivores; 5 A Minimum Intervention Approach to Conservation: The Influence of Social Structure; 6 Contributions of Behavioral Studies to Captive Management and Breeding of Rare and Endangered Mammals; 7 Behavior as a Tool for Management Intervention in Birds

8 Conspeciflc Aggregation and Conservation Biology9 Reproductive Ecology in the Conservation and Management of Fishes; 10 Social Organization and Effective Population Size in Carnivores; 11 Animal Breeding Systems, Hunter Selectivity, and Consumptive Use in Wildlife Conservation; 12 Conspecific Brood Parasitism, Population Dynamics, and the Conservation of Cavity-Nesting Birds; 13 The Importance of Mate Choice in Improving Viability in Captive Populations; 14 Mammalian Dispersal and Reserve Design; 15 Behavioral Ecology, Genetic Diversity, and Declining Amphibian Populations

16 The Management of Subsistence Harvesting: Behavioral Ecology of Hunters and Their Mammalian Prey17 Indigenous Hunting in the Neotropics: Conservation or Optimal Foraging?; 18 The Evolved Psychological Apparatus of Decision-Making Is One Source of Environmental Problems; Afterword; Epilogue; Indexes

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770033-0

1-280-45266-8

9786610452668

1-4237-4124-2

0-19-535572-5

1-60256-123-0

OCLC:

475957866