Antelope conservation : from diagnosis to action /: from diagnosis to action. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jakob Bro-Jørgensen, David Mallon.
• Editors: Bro-Jørgensen, Jakob; Mallon, David
• Contents: Preface Foreword (Richard D. Estes) 1. Introduction: Our Antelope Heritage – Why the Fuss?; Jakob Bro-Jørgensen 2. Conservation Challenges facing African Savanna Ecosystems; Ford, A.T., Fryxell, J.M. and A.R.E Sinclair 3. Population Regulation and Climate Change: The Future of Africa’s Antelope; J. Grant C. Hopcraft 4. Interspecific Resource Competition in Antelopes: Search for Evidence; Herbert H.T. Prins 5. Importance of Antelope Bushmeat Consumption in African Wet and Moist Tropical Forests; John E. Fa 6. Opportunities and Pitfalls in Realising the Potential Contribution of Trophy Hunting to Antelope Conservation; Nils Bunnefeld and E.J. Milner-Gulland 7. Antelope Diseases – the “Good, the Bad and the Ugly”; Richard Kock, Philippe Chardonnet and Claire Risley 8. Hands-on Approaches to Managing Antelopes and their Ecosystems: a South African Perspective; M. H. Knight, P. Novellie, S. Holness, J. du Toit, S. Ferreira, M. Hofmeyr, R. Grant, M. Herbst & A. Gaylard 9. DNA in the Conservation and Management of African Antelope; Eline D. Lorenzen 10. Biological Conservation Founded on Landscape Genetics: the Case of the Endangered Mountain Nyala in the Southern Highlands of Ethiopia; Anagaw Atickem, Eli K. Rueness, Leif E. Loe & Nils Chr. Stenseth 11. The Use of Camera-traps to Monitor Forest Antelope Species; Rajan Amin, Andrew E. Bowkett & Tim Wacher 12. Reintroduction as an Antelope Conservation Solution; Mark R Stanley Price 13. Desert Antelopes on the Brink: How Resilient is the Sahelo-Saharan Ecosystem?; John Newby, Tim Wacher, Sarah M Durant, Nathalie Pettorelli & Tania Gilbert 14. The Fall and Rise of the Scimitar-horned Oryx: a Case Study of Ex-Situ Conservation and Reintroduction in Practice; Tim Woodfine & Tania Gilbert 15. Two Decades of Saiga Antelope Research: What Have We Learnt?; E.J. Milner-Gulland & Navinder J. Singh 16. Synthesis: Antelope Conservation – Realising the Potential; Jakob Bro-Jørgensen Appendix Index
• Publisher Details: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, Blackwell, ZSL Living Conservation
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 599.64; Antelopes -- Conservation; NATURE / Animals / Mammals; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781118409596; 1118409590; 9781118409626; 1118409620; 9781118409572; 1118409574; 9781118409633; 1118409639; 1118409647; 9781118409640
• Related ISBNs: 9781118409640
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
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