Fundamentals of Conservation Biology. Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr.
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12.5 The grazing effects of cattle may be analogous to those of wild ...Figure 12.6 Prescribed fire is a common technique for controlling the invasi...Figure 12.7 In some European nature reserves domestic livestock grazing is c...Figure 12.8 Regulating fishing is the primary way that fisheries managers co...Figure 12.9 Sustainable lobster fishing in Maine requires measuring the lobs...Figure 12.10 The current allocation of Maine’s forests from a triad perspect...Figure 12.11 (a) Many Mediterranean landscapes are characterized by bare gro...Figure 12.12 A conceptual representation of ecosystem degradation, restorati...Figure 12.13 Restoring oyster reef ecosystems often begins with creating an ...Figure 12.14 The lowest dam on the Penobscot River in Maine, before and afte...
13 Chapter 13Figure 13.1 A bald eagle scavenges an elk carcass on the National Elk Refuge...Figure 13.2 Burning grasslands (top) is a common practice to promote populat...Figure 13.3 American burying beetles being reintroduced in Ohio, USA. This i...Figure 13.4 Populations of arid‐land animals can be limited by the availabil...Figure 13.5 In streams of eastern North America, large concrete nest boxes (Figure 13.6 Caspian tern decoys are used to provide a social stimulus for te...Figure 13.7 In some countries conservation officials are dehorning rhinos to...Figure 13.8 Setting appropriate harvest levels requires understanding the nu...Figure 13.9 Fencing can prevent this California tiger salamander (Ambystoma ...Figure 13.10 Gates can be placed to exclude humans intruding into the hibern...Figure 13.11 Fences around western snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus)...Figure 13.12 “Hands‐on” research and management also carries risk. Researche...Figure 13.13 Trapping brown‐headed cowbirds (bottom) from endangered Kirtlan...Figure 13.14 Translocations can be particularly useful to reintroduce specie...Figure 13.15 An isolated adder (viper) population in Sweden, known to be lim...Figure 13.16 Gathering turtle eggs and raising them in captivity can reduce ...Figure 13.17 Efforts to replace the eastern peregrine falcon sought to maxim...Figure 13.18 A diverse array of techniques was used to bring the black robin...Figure 13.19 Lord Howe Island (top left), the Lord Howe Island phasmid or st...
14 Chapter 14Figure 14.1 Traditional wood pastures in Transylvania, Central Romania, are ...Figure 14.2 Whether it is a stone‐wall‐lined pasture in Cumbria, United King...Figure 14.3 Farmers who maintain natural vegetation may benefit from increas...Figure 14.4 In urban landscapes oases for quite a few species of wild life c...Figure 14.5 Urban residents prefer higher species richness in urban green sp...Figure 14.6 The gray squirrel is a good example of a native, urban‐adapting ...Figure 14.7 Although urbanization is generally “bad for biodiversity,” citie...Figure 14.8 Public zoos, aquariums, and gardens have long emphasized educati...Figure 14.9 Many species would be extinct today without ex situ conservation...Figure 14.10 For some species the last‐known individual died in captivity, i...Figure 14.11 Small section of the studbook for red pandas (top part), and be...Figure 14.12 Many domestic plant species come in a startling variety because...Figure 14.13 Several efforts are currently under way to reconstruct extinct ...Figure 14.14 The Sumatran rhinoceros is highly endangered, and this led to a...Figure 14.15 A “production landscape” in Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdo...
15 Chapter 15Figure 15.1 Snakes epitomize widely divergent attitudes held by humans towar...Figure 15.2 Theological distinction between religions that emphasize “samene...Figure 15.3 His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the ecumeni...Figure 15.4 Urban versus rural residents differ in their attitudes toward na...Figure 15.5 Do you like tigers? The caption to this photo is “The first tige...Figure 15.6 Cultural and social norms around gender shape the way women and ...Figure 15.7 Women and men may differ in how they value particular species be...Figure 15.8 How do you feel about crocodiles? Values held about such creatur...Figure 15.9 “Plant blindness” refers to a widespread inability of humans to ...Figure 15.10 Wolves have different niches in the human psyche. Wolves may em...Figure 15.11 Mounting literature demonstrates that contact with nature gener...Figure 15.12 This figure conceptualizes an ethical sequence as a nested hier...Figure 15.13 Public relations campaigns have been essential to promote suppo...
16 Chapter 16Figure 16.1 Strong tensions arise when those asked to bear the costs of prot...Figure 16.2 Harvesting trees from natural forests for fuel, fiber, and const...Figure 16.3 In many parts of the world, wild meat is an important source of ...Figure 16.4 Coastal wetlands, such as this salt marsh at the Edwin B. Forsyt...Figure 16.5 Quantifying the economic value of timber or fish is straightforw...Figure 16.6 Gorillas are an excellent example of a species with significant ...Figure 16.7 The Chittenango ovate amber snail (inset, upper left) exists in ...Figure 16.8 Fisheries are recurring examples of the “tragedy of commons” dil...Figure 16.9 Habitat renting sees these otherwise dry rice fields in Californ...Figure 16.10 If carefully structured, ecotourism is one mechanism for allowi...Figure 16.11 Coastal development in Caye Caulker. ([a] Dronepicr/Wikimedia C...Figure 16.12 Many coastal and marine uses co‐occur in Belize’s coastal zone....Figure 16.13 Zones of human use for three alternative future management scen...
17 Chapter 17Figure 17.1 These Atlantic puffins – colorful‐billed birds that look like mi...Figure 17.2 A consortium of conservation groups called the Alliance for Zero...Figure 17.3 An example of a scheme that integrates status and threats within...Figure 17.4 Although our ability to restore ecosystems and species that have...Figure 17.5 Ex situ conservation in zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, hatc...Figure 17.6 A useful analog for the general approach we need to take to cons...Figure 17.7 In an ideal world the distribution of rights and responsibilitie...Figure 17.8 Why is debate over overpopulation, the ultimate driver of biolog...Figure 17.9 International entities via treaty arrangements help regulate glo...Figure 17.10 Governments, NGOs, and local communities collaborate to advance...Figure 17.11 Many of the poorest nations have a vast array of biota and it i...Figure 17.12 NGOs play diverse roles in the conservation movement. Some repr...Figure 17.13 Green‐labeling involves an independent agency certifying that a...Figure 17.14 Groups of people who live in the same area, who share common re...Figure 17.15 Remaining a life‐long learner is one of the most important trai...Figure 17.16 There are many things you can to as an individual to “think glo...Figure 17.17 Supporting conservation groups is an important way to make a di...Figure 17.18 Become a professional conservationist. Around the world million...
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