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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789612303321

Titolo

Cumulative effects in wildlife management : impact mitigation / / edited by Paul R. Krausman, Lisa K. Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2011

ISBN

0-429-13142-9

1-4398-0917-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KrausmanPaul R. <1946->

HarrisLisa K

Disciplina

333.95/416

Soggetti

Wildlife conservation

Wildlife management

Animals - Effect of human beings on

Environmental impact analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Understanding cumulative effects -- section 2. Case studies.

Sommario/riassunto

As humans continue to encroach on wildlands, quality and quantity of wildlife habitat decreases before our eyes. A housing development here, a shopping mall there, a few more trees cut here, another road put in there, each of these diminishes available habitat. Unless the cumulative effects of multiple simultaneous development projects are recognized and incorporated at the beginning of project development, we will continue to see wildlife habitat disappear at unprecedented rates.Divided into two parts, Cumulative Effects in Wildlife Management emphasizes the