Land Use and Wildlife Resources.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : Boulder : National Academies Press NetLibrary, Incorporated [distributor] 1970
Colección:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Temas:
Land use.
Wildlife management.
Utilisation du sol.
Land use
Wildlife management
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Table of Contents
  • CHAPTER 1 Historical Perspective
  • PRIMITIVE CONDITIONS IN NORTH AMERICA
  • Aftermath of Glaciation
  • Disturbance Communities
  • Animal Influences
  • Fire
  • Influences of Indian Agriculture
  • EXPLORATION AND SETTLEMENT
  • The Fur Trade
  • Westward Expansion
  • LAND-USE PLANNING
  • BIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 2 Wildlife Values in a Changing World
  • HUMAN SUBSISTENCE BY GATHERING AND HUNTING
  • MAN IN THE FOOD CHAIN
  • COMMERCE AND ATTITUDES
  • Ways to Extinction
  • Jeopardy of the Migrants
  • Wild Commodities Today
  • RECREATION: THE NEW PERSPECTIVE
  • The Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission and Its Consequences
  • Difficulties in Acquiring Land
  • FISHING AND HUNTING SURVEYS
  • Markets for Gear and Services
  • Incentives and Realities
  • MEASURING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL VALUES
  • Traditional Assumptions
  • Quantity versus Quality
  • Living Standard and Environment
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 3 New Patterns on Land and Water
  • MODERNIZATION OF AGRICULTURE
  • Trend toward Large Cropping Units
  • Impacts of Change
  • Gains and Losses in the Agricultural Base
  • CHANGES IN WATERS AND WETLANDS
  • Inland Lakes and Marshes
  • Coastal Lowlands and Estuaries
  • Rivers and Floodplains
  • Man-made waters
  • PROBLEMS OF REMNANT ECOSYSTEMS
  • The Disappearing Grasslands
  • Tall Brush of the Rio Grande
  • Florida Everglades
  • Preservation of Natural Areas
  • PUBLIC LANDS FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 4 Influence of Land Management on Wildlife
  • MULTIPLE USE
  • Policies on Public Lands
  • Applications on Private Lands
  • FOREST AND WOODLAND MANAGEMENT
  • Wildlife Habitat Objectives
  • Timber Management Practices
  • RANGE AND PASTURE LANDS
  • Effects of Livestock on Wildlife Habitat
  • Management of Livestock Grazing
  • Brush Country Problems
  • Range Seeding
  • WILDLIFE ON CROPLANDS
  • Intensively Managed Farms
  • Diversified Farms
  • Sponsored Government Programs
  • WILDLIFE OF URBAN AREAS
  • PROSPECT
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 5 Special Problems of Waters and Watersheds
  • WETLANDS OF THE NORTHERN PRAIRIES
  • Pothole Losses, Past and Present
  • Regulation and Mitigation of Drainage
  • Public Acquisition and Easements
  • The Changing View
  • NEW WATERS IN THE BREEDING RANGE
  • SMALL WATERSHEDS AND PUBLIC LAW 83-566
  • Problems of Direction and Emphasis
  • Needed Coordination
  • WATERSHED OVERVIEW
  • Siltation
  • Product of Disturbance
  • Mining the Watershed
  • WILDLIFE IN WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 6 Pesticides and Wildlife
  • THE NEED FOR PESTICIDES
  • The Biological Struggle
  • The Need for More Food
  • Public Health
  • Economic Stress
  • Standards of Quality
  • ASSESSMENT OF THE PESTICIDE PROBLEM
  • REGULATING THE USE OF PESTICIDES
  • PRODUCTION AND USE OF PESTICIDES
  • OUTLOOK FOR IMPROVED PEST-CONTROL PRACTICES
  • PESTICIDES AS POLLUTANTS.

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