Rewilding North America : a vision for conservation in the 21st century /

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"In Rewilding North America, Foreman takes on arguably the biggest ecological threat of our time: the global extinction crisis. He not only explains the problem in clear terms, but also offers a scientifically-credible, and practically achievable solutions."--Jacket

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foreman, Dave, 1946-2022
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : Island Press, ©2004.
Temas:
Wilderness areas > North America.
Biodiversity conservation > North America.
Extinction (Biology) > North America.
Réserves de la vie sauvage > Amérique du Nord.
Biodiversité > Conservation > Amérique du Nord.
Extinction (Biologie) > Amérique du Nord.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
Biodiversity conservation
Extinction (Biology)
Wilderness areas
Biodiversität
Renaturierung > Ökologie
North America
Nordamerika
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Bad news
  • The extinction crisis
  • The pleistocene-holocene event: forty thousand years of extinction
  • The first wave
  • The second and third waves
  • Ecological wounds of North America : direct killing and habitat loss
  • Ecological wounds of North America : fragmentation, loss of ecological processes, exotic species, pollution, and climate change
  • Good news
  • Conservation biology
  • Rewilding North America
  • Selecting and designing protected areas: the early days
  • Selecting and designing protected areas: the past two decades
  • The importance of wilderness areas
  • Taking action
  • Putting the pieces together: building a North American Wildlands network
  • An ecological approach to wilderness area selection and design
  • Land management reforms for implementing the North American Wildlands network
  • Hope for the future.

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