Wildlife Conservation on Farmland Volume 2: Conflict in the countryside

by David W. Macdonald (Editor), Ruth E. Feber (Editor)

Overview

Many of the encounters between farming and wildlife, especially vertebrates, involve some level of conflict which can cause disadvantage to both the wildlife and the people involved. Through a series of WildCRU case-studies, this volume investigates the sources of the problems, and ultimately of the threats to conservation, discussing a variety of remedies and mitigations, and demonstrating the benefits of evidence-based, inter-disciplinary policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191066276
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	07/30/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

David W. Macdonald, Professor of Wildlife Conservation and Director of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford,Ruth E. Feber, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford

Table of Contents

1. War or Peace: farming and wildlife, David W. Macdonald, Eva M. Raebel, Chris Newman and Ruth E. Feber
2. Foxes in the landscape: ecology and sociology, David W. Macdonald, Patrick Doncaster, Malcolm Newdick, Heribert Hofer, Fiona Mathews, Paul J. Johnson
3. Foxes in the landscape: hunting, control and economics, David W. Macdonald and Paul J. Johnson
4. Badgers in the rural landscape: conservation paragon or farmland pariah: lessons from the Wytham Badger Project, David W. Macdonald, Chris Newman and Christina D. Buesching
5. Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis: beyond perturbation to life cycle analysis, David W. Macdonald, Rosie Woodroffe and Philip Riordan
6. Biology, ecology and reproduction of American mink Neovison vison on lowland farmland, David W. Macdonald, Lauren A. Harrington, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Mike D. Thom, Joanna Bagniewska
7. Riparian mustelids in the Upper Thames: a case of alien invasives versus native competitors, Lauren A. Harrington and David W. Macdonald
8. Crayfish management in the Upper Thames, Tom P. Moorhouse and David W. Macdonald
9. Population trends in large and small resident, seed-eating farmland bird species in Britain since 1966, Alan Larkman, Ruth E. Feber, Ian Newton and David W. Macdonald
10. In the wake of buzzards: from modelling to conservation and management in a changing landscape, Eduardo Arraut, David W. Macdonald and Robert E. Kenward
11. Brown rats on farmland: ecological citizens or subsidised carpet-baggers?, David W. Macdonald, Manuel Berdoy and Joanne P. Webster
12. Moles on farmland: making mountains out of molehills?, Sandra E. Baker and David W. Macdonald
13. Managing wildlife humanely with learned food aversions, Sandra E. Baker and David W. Macdonald
14. From science to practice: delivering conservation across the landscape, Philip Riordan, Paul Johnson, Eva Raebel, Ruth E. Feber and David W. Macdonald
15. Many Hands Make Light Work - But Do They? A Critical Evaluation of Citizen Science, Christina D. Buesching, Eleanor M. Slade, Chris Newman, Terhi Riutta, Philip Riordan and David W. Macdonald

Editorial Reviews

"Happily, most chapters are built on very solid foundations and, whether they concentrate on presenting new findings or reviewing past work, are authoritative and clear. Highlights include the opening chapters on foxes and badgers, which are engagingly written and present the reader with a wealth of useful information, and the chapter on the effects of gamebird releases, which draws fascinating parallels between farmland bird trends, body size, and pheasant management. Overall, this book should be of interest and value to anyone interested in wildlife conflict, particularly in the context of lowland farmland in Britain." —BTO Book Reviews

"Wildlife Conservation on Farmland is a must read for anyone interested in wildlife conservation, farming systems, and with balancing food production and conserving biodiversity." —Biological Conservation

"[This book] definitely can provide ideas to scientists and conservationists in tropical and subtropical areas, where intensive agriculture practices are rapidly destroying natural areas, who wish to convince farmers of the long-term advantages of sustainable farming and biodiversity-friendly practices." — Gabor Pozsgai, Conservation Biology

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