Wildlife Protection and Habitat Management Practice and Perspectives

• Other Authors: Beltrán, Juan F. (Editor), Abellán, Pedro (Editor), Litvaitis, John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Geography; road safety; roadkill; clustering; growth rate; traffic intensity; mitigation measures; roadkill analysis; movement patterns; habitat characterisation; multiple criteria; multi-objective ranking; environmental awareness; machine learning; random forest model; structural equation modelling; latent class analysis; visitor mapping; social-ecological systems; cultural rural landscape; protected areas; rewilding; rural socioeconomics; forest expansion; rural to urban land conversion; biocultural heritage; biodiversity; naturalness; land-cover change; habitat quality; InVEST; ecosystem-based approach and assessment; nature-based solution; decision-making support; national park management; wildlife protection; biodiversity conservation; policy framework; policy formulation; China; agricultural management; amphibians; beta diversity; community ecology; metacommunities; constructed wetlands; bats; urban ecology; long-term monitoring; acoustics; city parks; community dynamics; conservation evaluation; at-risk species; golden-winged warbler; landowner incentives; New England cottontail; Natural Resources Conservation Service; U.S. Department of Agriculture; Working Lands for Wildlife; camera-trapping; conservation puma; relative integrated anthropization index; INRA; South American grey fox; habitat adaptability; habitat model; habitat selection; habitat suitability; use versus availability; Maxent; presence points; GPS radio-collars; anthropogenic variables; species distribution models; Spermophilus citellus; maximum entropy modeling; species distribution modeling; climate change refugia; urodela; salamandridae; caudata; biosphere reserve; habitat restoration; species management; life project; activity patterns; Lepus granatensis; population decline; niche; Oryctolagus cuniculus; roadside census; predator-prey relationships; spatio-temporal behavior; abundance; distance sampling; population density; R package; wildlife survey; uncertainty; occupancy modeling; road ecology; n/a
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The management of wildlife populations and their habitats are interdisciplinary fields that encompass many scientific disciplines that also impact the lives of people. Therefore, these are truly applied sciences where human dimensions play an important role.This book highlights the importance of con...