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Animal Behavior and Wildlife Conservation by Marco Festa-Bianchet and Marco Apollonio is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Animal Behavior and Wildlife Conservation about?

<p>Efforts to conserve wildlife populations and preserve biological diversity are often hampered by an inadequate understanding of animal behavior. How do animals react to gaps in forested lands, or to sport hunters? Do individual differences-in age, sex, size, past experience-affect how an animal reacts to a given situation? Differences in individual behavior may determine the success or failure of a conservation initiative, yet they are rarely considered when strategies and policies are developed.<p> Animal Behavior and Wildlife Conservation explores how knowledge of animal behavior may help increase the effectiveness of conservation programs. The book brings together conservation biologists, wildlife managers, and academics from around the world to examine the importance of general principles, the role played by specific characteristics of different species, and the importance of considering the behavior of individuals and the strategies they adopt to maximize fitness.<br> Each chapter begins by looking at the theoretical foundations of a topic, and follows with an exploration of its practical implications. A concluding chapter considers possible future contrib

Who reads Animal Behavior and Wildlife Conservation?

Author

Marco Festa-Bianchet and Marco Apollonio

Publisher

Island Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781559639590

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Nature, Biology

Updated

2026-03-24