عنوان

The Exploitation of Mammal Populations

(Number (ISBN

940091525X

(Number (ISBN

9789400915251

Number

b592655

Title Proper

The Exploitation of Mammal Populations

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Victoria J. Taylor, Nigel Dunstone.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1996

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(XX, 415 pages)

Text of Note

One Exploitation of Mammal Populations: Past, Present and Future --; 1 The exploitation, sustainable use and welfare of wild mammals --; 2 Historical dichotomies in the exploitation of mammals --; 3 The wild fur trade: historical and ecological perspectives --; 4 Assessing the impacts of uses of mammals: the good, the bad and the neutral --; Two Harvesting Wild Mammal Populations --; 5 Game ranching --; 6 Status and exploitation of the saiga antelope in Kalmykia --; 7 Capybara use and conservation in South America --; 8 Sustainable use of whales: whaling or whale watching? --; Three Hunting and Its Impact on Wildlife --; 9 The impact of game meat hunting on target and non-target species in the Serengeti --; 10 Subsistence hunting and mammal conservation in a Kenyan coastal forest: resolving a conflict --; 11 The impact of sport hunting: a case study --; 12 Studies of English red deer populations subject to hunting-to-hounds --; Four Wildlife Trade and Conservation --; 13 Zimbabwe: a model for the sustainable use of wildlife and the development of innovative wildlife management practices --; 14 Sustainable utilization: the lessons of history --; 15 Wildlife trade --; a conserver or exploiter? --; 16 The tiger --; road to extinction --; 17 The exploitation of Asian elephants --; Five Ecotourism: Making Mammal Populations Pay --; 18 The impact of ecotourism development on rainforest mammals --; 19 Ecotourism and mountain gorillas in the Virunga Volcanoes --; 20 Use, misuse and abuse of the orang utan --; exploitation as a threat or the only real salvation? --; 21 Elephant family values --; 22 Human disturbance of cetaceans.

Text of Note

Human exploitation of other mammals has passed through three histori­ cal phases, distinct in their ecological significance though overlapping in time. Initially, Homo sapiens was a predator, particularly of herbivores but also of fur-bearing predators. From about 11 000 years ago, goats and sheep were domesticated in the Middle East, rapidly replacing gazelles and other game as the principal source of meat. The principal crops, including wheat and barley, were taken into agriculture at about the same time, and the resulting Neolithic farming culture spread slowly from there over the subsequent 10 500 years. In a few places such as Mexico, Peru and China, this Middle Eastern culture met and merged with agricultural traditions that had made a similar but independent transition. These agricultural traditions provided the essential support for the industrial revolution, and for a third phase of industrial exploita­ tion of mammals. In this chapter, these themes are drawn out and their ecological signifi­ cance is investigated. Some of the impacts of humans on other mammals require consideration on a world-wide basis, but the chapter concen­ trates, parochially, on Great Britain. What have been the ecological consequences of our exploitation of other mammals? 2. 2 HISTORICAL PHASES OF EXPLOITATION 2. 2. 1 Predatory man Our nearest relatives - chimpanzees, orang utans and gorillas - are essentially forest species, deriving most of their diet from the fruits of forest trees and the shoots and leaves of plants.

Animal ecology.

Environmental sciences.

Zoology.

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edited by Victoria J. Taylor, Nigel Dunstone.

Nigel Dunstone

Victoria J Taylor

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