2nd Edition

Wildlife Issues in a Changing World

By James Sanderson, Michael Moulton Copyright 1999
520 Pages
by CRC Press

520 Pages
by CRC Press

Students of conservation encounter some of the most complex issues on our planet. The resolution of existing problems become more complex when humans create further stresses on the natural balance. Moulton and Sanderson brought the challenging issues in wildlife conservation into greater clarity in Wildlife Issues in a Changing World. The Second Edition of this definitive reference focuses more... Read more
Introduction
Wildlife Laws
Examples of Wildlife Issues
What is Wildlife?
Genetic Diversity
Origin and Distribution of Biodiversity
The Evil Quartet
Evil Quartet 1: Overexploitation
Evil Quartet 2: Habitat Fragmentation and Destruction
Evil Quartet 3: Introduced Species
Evil Quartet 4: Chains of Extinctions
Harvesting of Wildlife
Remembering History: The Eastern U.S. Experience-
A History of Wildlife Issues in Florida, New Jersey, Maine and Pennsylvania
From Exploitation to Reintroduction: Wildlife in the Western U.S.-California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico
Global Perspectives of Wildlife Issues
Oceanic International Issues
An In-Depth Study of Irian Jaya
An In-Depth Case Study of Gorillas
Can Humans Manage Wildlife?
Novel Solutions
Epilogue

Biography

James Sanderson, Michael Moulton