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Zusatztext [This book] definitely can provide ideas to scientists and conservationists in tropical and subtropical areas, where intensive agriculture practices are rapidly destroying natural areas, who wish to convince farmers of the long-term advantages of sustainable farming and biodiversity-friendly practices. Klappentext This volume investigates the sources of conflicts between farming and wildlife, and ultimately of the threats to conservation, discussing a variety of remedies and mitigations, and demonstrating the benefits of evidence-based, inter-disciplinary policy. Zusammenfassung This volume investigates the sources of conflicts between farming and wildlife, and ultimately of the threats to conservation, discussing a variety of remedies and mitigations, and demonstrating the benefits of evidence-based, inter-disciplinary policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: David W. Macdonald, Eva M. Raebel, Chris Newman and Ruth E. Feber: War or peace: farming and wildlife 2: David W. Macdonald, Patrick Doncaster, Malcolm Newdick, Heribert Hofer, Fiona Mathews,and Paul J. Johnson: Foxes in the landscape: ecology and sociality 3: David W. Macdonald and Paul J. Johnson: Foxes in the landscape: hunting, control, and economics 4: David W. Macdonald, Chris Newman and Christina D. Buesching: Badgers in the rural landscape-- conservation paragon or farmland pariah? Lessons from the Wytham Badger Project 5: David W. Macdonald, Rosie Woodroffe and Philip Riordan: Badgers and bovine tuberculosis: beyond perturbation to life cycle analysis 6: David W. Macdonald, Lauren A. Harrington, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Michael D.F. Thom and Joanna Bagniewska: Biology, ecology and reproduction of American mink Neovison vison on lowland farmland 7: Lauren A. Harrington and David W. Macdonald: Riparian mustelids in the Upper Thames: a case of alien invasives versus native competitors 8: Tom P. Moorhouse and David W. Macdonald: Crayfish management in the Upper Thames 9: Alan Larkman, Ian Newton, Ruth E. Feber and David W. Macdonald: Small farmland bird declines, gamebird releases, and changes in seed sources 10: Eduardo M. Arraut, David W. Macdonald and Robert E. Kenward: In the wake of buzzards: from modelling to conservation and management in a changing landscape 11: David W. Macdonald, Manuel Berdoy and Joanne P. Webster: Brown rats on farmland: ecological citizens or subsidised carpet-baggers? 12: Sandra E. Baker and David W. Macdonald: Moles on farmland: making mountains out of molehills? 13: Sandra E. Baker and David W. Macdonald: Managing wildlife humanely with learned food aversions 14: Philip Riordan, Ruth E. Feber, Eva M Raebel, Paul J Johnson and David W. Macdonad: From science to practice: delivering conservation across the landscape 15: Christina D. Buesching, Eleanor M. Slade, Chris Newman, Terhi Riutta, Philip Riordan and David W. Macdonald: Many hands make light work - but do they? A critical evaluation of citizen science ...
