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The ark and beyond : the evolution of zoo and aquarium conservation /
Scores of wild species and ecosystems around the world face a variety of human-caused threats, from habitat destruction and fragmentation to rapid climate change. But there is hope, and it, too, comes in a most human form: zoos and aquariums. Gathering a diverse, multi-institutional collection of le...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | Convening science.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Protoconservation in early European zoos. Animals in circulation : the "prehistory" of modern zoos / Anita Guerrini and Michael A. Osborne
- The world as zoo : acclimatization in the nineteenth century / Harriet Ritvo
- The rise of US zoo and aquarium conservation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Historic and cultural foundations of zoo conservation : a narrative timeline / Vernon N. Kisling Jr.
- Teetering on the brink of extinction : the passenger pigeon, the bison, and American zoo culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / Mark V. Barrow Jr.
- American zoos : a shifting balance between recreation and conservation / Pamela M. Henson
- (Re)introducing the Przewalski's horse / Nigel Rothfels
- Conservation constellations : aquariums in aquatic conservation networks / Samantha Muka
- Zoo and aquarium conservation today : visions and programs. Committing to conservation : can zoos and aquariums deliver on their promise? / Rick Barongi
- Saving Animals from Extinction (SAFE) : unifying the conservation approach of AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums / Shelly Grow, Debborah Luke, and Jackie Ogden
- Integrating ex situ management options as part of a one plan approach to species conservation / Kathy Traylor-Holzer, Kristin Leus, and Onnie Byers
- Zoos and gorilla conservation : have we moved beyond a piecemeal approach? / Kristen E. Lukas and Tara S. Stoinski
- Lessons from thirty-one years at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and reflections on aquariums' expanding role in conservation action / Margaret Spring
- The Phoenix Zoo story : building a legacy of conservation / Ruth A. Allard and Stuart A. Wells
- Caring for nature : welfare, wellness, and natural connections. Bears or butterflies? : how should zoos make value-driven decisions about their collections? / Clare Palmer, T.J. Kasperbauer, and Peter Sandøe
- Why zoos have animals : exploring the complex pathway from experiencing animals to pro-environmental behaviors / Alejandro Grajal, Jerry F. Luebke, and Lisa-Anne DeGregoria Kelly
- People in the zoo : a social context for conservation / Susan Clayton and Khoa D. Le Nguyen
- From sad zoo to happy zoo : the changing animal welfare and conservation priorities of the Seoul Zoo in South Korea / Anne S. Clay
- Wildlife wellness : a new ethical frontier for zoos and aquariums / Terry L. Maple and Valerie D. Segura
- Zoos and sustainability : can zoos go beyond ethical individualism to protect resilient systems? / Bryan G. Norton
- Opportunities and challenges for conserving small populations : an emerging role for zoos in genetic rescue / Oliver A. Ryder
- Cloning in the zoo : when zoos become parents / Carrie Friese
- Advancing laboratory-based zoo research to enhance captive breeding of southern white rhinoceros / Christopher W. Tubbs
- dt Beyond the walls : applied field research for the twenty-first-century public aquarium and zoo / Charles R. Knapp
- Frogs in glass boxes : responses of zoos to global amphibian extinctions / Joseph R. Mendelson III
- Alternative models and futures. Sustaining wildlife populations in human care : an existential value proposition for zoos / Steven L. Monfort and Catherine A. Christen
- Reflections on zoos and aquariums and the role of the regional biopark / Craig Ivanyi and Debra Colodner
- Today's awe-inspiring design, tomorrow's Plexiglas dinosaur : how public aquariums contradict their conservation mandate in pursuit of immersive underwater displays / Stefan Linquist
- Zoo conservation disembarks : stepping off the ark and into global sustainable development / Adrián Cerezo and Kelly E. Kapsar
- Rewilding the lifeboats / Harry W. Greene
- The parallax zoo / Ben A. Minteer.