The carnivore way : coexisting with and conserving North America's predators /

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What would it be like to live in a world with no predators roaming our landscapes? Would their elimination, which humans have sought with ever greater urgency in recent times, bring about a pastoral, peaceful human civilization? Or in fact is their existence critical to our own, and do we need to be...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eisenberg, Cristina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington [DC] : Island Press, [2014]
Temas:
Carnivorous animals > North America.
Predatory animals > North America.
Wildlife conservation > North America.
Animaux carnivores > Amérique du Nord.
Prédateurs > Amérique du Nord.
Faune > Protection > Amérique du Nord.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Sciences de la terre.
Environnement.
Carnivorous animals
Predatory animals
Wildlife conservation
North America
dierecologie
animal ecology
biodiversiteit
biodiversity
natuurbescherming
nature conservation
ecosystemen
ecosystems
milieu
environment
Nature Management (General)
Natuurbeheer (algemeen)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Journey into Wildness
  • Part One: Wildways. Chapter One: Corridor Ecology and Large Carnivores
  • Chapter Two: The Ecological Role of Large Carnivores
  • Chapter Three: Crossings
  • Part Two: Where the Carnivores Roam. Chapter Four: Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos)
  • Chapter Five: Wolf (Canis lupus)
  • Chapter Six: Wolverine (Gulo gulo luscus)
  • Chapter Seven: Lynx (Lynx canadensis)
  • Chapter Eight: Cougar (Puma concolor)
  • Chapter Nine: Jaguar (Panthera onca)
  • Conclusion: Earth Household
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • About the Author
  • Index.

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