Scottish Red Deer And Their Conservation
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| Author | : V. P. W. Lowe |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 267 |
| Release | : 2014-01-01 |
| Genre | : Red deer |
| ISBN | : 9781904524939 |
Covering every aspect of life and management of red deer in Scotland, with comparative studies across the world, this is an erudite and well written account of a scientific study of red deer on the Island of Rum. It is illustrated with photographs and many graphs and tables to compare various aspects of the climate, nutrition, breeding and management of these wonderful animals.
| Author | : Melvin Bolton |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 287 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9400914458 |
Not everybody cares about the fate of wild animals or the state of the natural environment. I met a lady who said it wouldn't worry her if all the wild animals in the world disappeared overnight. She was a city person~ she said. There are also people who would prefer to let animals become extinct than to have them kept in captivity - no matter how progressive the zoo. There are those who, on principle, will not eat meat, let alone do the killing, and there are those who enjoy nothing so much as shooting birds. People in the last two camps may oppose each other in claiming to be con servationists. Extremists are unlikely to find their opinions being reversed by this book but, because of the scope of the subject, I believe there is a good chance that anybody with an interest in wildlife will find in it something new to think about. It may not be too much to hope that a few disagreements might also be settled because I suspect there is more common ground than is generally realized among those with opposing views.
| Author | : Peter Taylor |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2013-06-17 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1136571345 |
After decades of operating off-the-backfoot and protecting and conserving nature perceived as under threat, conservationists are becoming proactive and creative in the face of habitat loss, agricultural intensification and climate change. Beyond Conservation offers a revolutionary agenda for both managing existing wildlands in Britain and for expanding and connecting such lands. Central to this strategy is the imperative to 'rewild' or restore and repair damaged habitat and ecosystems, promote existing biodiversity and reintroduce vanished plant and animal species, while working to reconcile human needs and livelihoods and the needs of nature.
| Author | : Dale R. McCullough |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 665 |
| Release | : 2008-12-05 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 4431094296 |
Sika deer, the graceful spotted deer of Japanese and Chinese art, originally were native to Asia from far-east Russia to Vietnam to the islands of Japan and Taiwan. They are widely raised in captivity to supply velvet antler for traditional medicine. They also were introduced to Europe, North America, and New Zealand, where they compete or interbreed with native deer. Sika deer typically occupy lowland hardwood forests with low winter snow depths, where they thrive in sites disturbed by fire, storm, or logging. In high numbers they can severely impact vegetation though overgrazing, stripping bark from trees and damaging crop fields and forest plantations. Their numbers are high in many parts of Japan, moderate in Russia, and reduced or extinct in the wild in China, Korea, Vietnam, and Taiwan. This book explores their basic biology, behavior, and ecology, including management for sport hunting, conservation or recovery of threatened populations, and resolution of conflict with humans in native and introduced lands.
| Author | : Andrew Painting |
| Publisher | : Birlinn |
| Total Pages | : 325 |
| Release | : 2021-05-26 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1788853822 |
In 1995 the National Trust for Scotland acquired Mar Lodge Estate in the heart of the Cairngorms. Home to over 5,000 species, this vast expanse of Caledonian woodlands, subarctic mountains, bogs, moors, roaring burns and frozen lochs could be a place where environmental conservation and Highland field sports would exist in harmony. The only problem was that due to centuries of abuse by human hands, the ancient Caledonian pinewoods were dying, and it would take radical measures to save them. After 25 years of extremely hard work, the pinewoods, bogs, moors and mountains are returning to their former glory. Regeneration is the story of this success, featuring not only the people who are protecting the land and quietly working to undo the wrongs of the past, but also the myriad creatures which inspire them to do so. In addition, it also tackles current controversies such as raptor persecution, deer management and rewilding and asks bigger questions about the nature of conservation itself: what do we see when we look at our wild places? What should we see?
| Author | : William Scrope |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 498 |
| Release | : 1839 |
| Genre | : Deer |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Derek Ratcliffe |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 454 |
| Release | : 2012-01-26 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0521203295 |
This 1977 book analyses and describes the wild flora and fauna of Britain and identifies important sites that exemplify this rich heritage.
| Author | : Marco Apollonio |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 619 |
| Release | : 2010-02-04 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0521760615 |
The first book to summarise management objectives for ungulates across Europe.
| Author | : Gill Aitken |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 2018-01-18 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 135116354X |
Conservationists assume a set of underlying values which guide their decision-making and action. The safeguarding or promotion of biodiversity, it is believed, is the means by which nature is best protected. This book examines - and challenges - these general conservation assumptions. While reinforcing the need to halt extinction and value biodiversity, it shows that biodiversity needs to be more clearly understood, perhaps being replaced by the notion of 'wildness'. It examines how biodiversity is a holistic term, and how individual species need to be assessed and their own contribution to 'wildness' has to be recognized. The book proposes a new way of conservation - one which makes more room for neglected, rather than endangered or rare species. It also asserts that 'wildness' is not incompatible with certain kinds of human intervention.
| Author | : Jeff Watson |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 466 |
| Release | : 2010-08-23 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1408114208 |
This comprehensive monograph is a second edition of one of the most popular Poyser monographs; it covers all aspects of this spectacular eagle's biology and ecology, including a full review of the literature and incorporating the considerable body of research on the species since the publication of the first edition in 1997. The late Jeff Watson was one of Scotland's foremost eagle experts, with more than 20 years of research on the birds; following Jeff's untimely death, the book is being completed by his colleagues Des Thompson and Helen Riley. Scottish studies provide the foundation for a treatment that also includes up-to-date information from work in North America, continental Europe and elsewhere. This global view allows fascinating insights into the species' relationships with a variety of different habitats and leads to many new and important conclusions regarding its ecology. This highly readable and authoritative account is destined to become the standard reference on the species, both in Scotland and elsewhere in the world. The text is enriched with many superb pictures of this majestic bird and additional wash landscapes capture the very special atmosphere of Scotland's Golden Eagle country.
