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Audubon Wildlife Report, 1989/1990 /
Audubon Wildlife Report 1989/1990 covers important challenges to the continued health of different species and ecosystems, furthering the debate on issues such as old-growth forests, the relationship between water and wildlife, and the need to preserve and restore wetlands and grassland range territ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego, CA ; London :
Academic Press,
1989.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Audubon Wildlife Report 1989/1990; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents of Previous Volumes; Part One: The Featured Agency; Chapter 1. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; INTRODUCTION; HISTORY AND LEGISLATIVE MANDATE; ORGANIZATION, ACTIVITIES, AND BUDGET; CORPS PROJECT PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION; CURRENT LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY ISSUES; MITIGATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT LOSSES; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; REFERENCES; Part Two: Conservation Challenges; Chapter 2. Western Water and Wildlife: The New Frontier; INTRODUCTION.
- A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN WATER LAWINTERSTATE ALLOCATION; PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE; FEDERAL WATER RIGHTS; FEDERAL REGULATION OF WATER USE; CONCLUSION; ADDENDUM 1: The Basic Rules of Western Water Law; ADDENDUM 2: Water Law Doublespeak; ADDENDUM 3: How a Water Right Is Obtained; Chapter 3. The Pacific Northwest's Ancient Forests: Ecosystems under Siege; INTRODUCTION; THE ECOLOGY OF ANCIENT FORESTS; OTHER NONTIMBER VALUES OF ANCIENT FORESTS; ARE ANCIENT FORESTS BEING LIQUIDATED?; THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST FORESTS; THE COMMUNITY STABILITY DEBATE.
- THE LEGAL BASIS FOR PRESERVING ANCIENT FOREST ECOSYSTEMSNATIONAL AND LOCAL CAMPAIGNS FOR OLD GROWTH PRESERVATION; ADDENDUM 1:The Bases for Different Predictions of Westside Timber Cutting Levels; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Recent Court Decisions Affecting Wildlife; INTRODUCTION; NEW DIRECTIONS IN REGULATING THE ""TAKING"" OF WILDLIFE; WETLANDS AND OTHER LAND USE CASES; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT CASES; MIGRATORY BIRD CASES; MARINE MAMMALS; CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES AND WILDLIFE LAW; Chapter 5. Global Warming, Climate Disruption, and Biological Diversity; INTRODUCTION; THE CLIMATE SYSTEM.
- PREDICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE DISRUPTIONIMPACTS ON THE BIOSPHERE; POLICY RESPONSES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Conserving Southeastern Coastal Wetlands; INTRODUCTION; STATUS OF SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL WETLANDS; FEDERAL REGULATORY PROGRAMS; STATE REGULATORY PROGRAMS; NONREGULATORY PROGRAMS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Discarded Catch in U.S. Commercial Marine Fisheries; INTRODUCTION; THE DISCARD PROBLEM; DISCARDED BYCATCH IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COMMERCIAL SHRIMP FISHERY: A CASE STUDY; ADDENDUM 1:Discard: A Landlubber's Primer; REFERENCES.
- Chapter 8. Conserving Nongame Migratory Birds: A Strategy for Monitoring and ResearchINTRODUCTION; WHY PROTECT COMMON SPECIES?; THE CHALLENGE OF CONSERVING NONGAME MIGRATORY BIRDS; PROBLEMS FACING THE ADMINISTRATION OF NONGAME PROGRAMS IN THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE; EXISTING FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NONGAME BIRD PROGRAMS; BASIC ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH; RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR SONGBIRDS AND SHOREBIRDS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Restoring the Ravaged Range; INTRODUCTION; THE CONSEQUENCES OF INDIFFERENCE; OUTLOOK FOR MAJOR NEW INITIATIVES; MAJOR RANGELAND REFORMS ARE STILL NEEDED.