An Introduction to Primate Conservation - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198703384 ISBN 13: 9780198703389

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

The number of primates on the brink of extinction continues to grow, and the need to respond with effective conservation measures has never been greater. This book provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art synthesis of research principles and applied management practices for primate conservation. It begins with a consideration of the biological, intellectual, economic, and ecological importance of primates and a summary of the threats that they face, before going on to consider these threats in more detail with chapters on habitat change, trade, hunting, infectious diseases, and climate change. Potential solutions in the form of management practice are examined in detail, including chapters on conservation genetics, protected areas, and translocation.

An Introduction to Primate Conservation brings together an international team of specialists with wide-ranging expertise across primate taxa. This is an essential textbook for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and established researchers in the fields of primate ecology and conservation biology. It will also be a valuable reference for conservation practitioners, land managers, and professional primatologists worldwide.

About this title

About the Author

Serge A. Wich, School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University,Andrew J. Marshall, Department of Anthropology, Program in the Environment, and School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan

Review

"This volume is an excellent compendium of the basis for primate conservation, and the issues, means, and diverse aspects involved. A good introduction it is, and clearly an essential, easy-to-read, very nicely produced textbook for university courses." -- Quarterly Review of Biology

"The book fills a gap and will do a great job in training the next generation of primatologists and conservationists in understanding the proximate causes and mechanisms of the primate extinction crisis." -- Primate Biology

"An Introduction to Primate Conservation is a welcome introduction for anyone interested in conservation topics on a broad scale. In this book, and with the exception of a few well-described examples, we rarely get to know the individuals we wish to protect. But after reading the book, we know how to do so. That is, we know what the issues are, what the threats are, and how to ideally tackle them." -- Thibaud Gruber, Conservation Biology

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0198703384
• ISBN 13: 9780198703389
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Wich Serge A., Marshall Andrew J.