Extinct and Vanishing Animals A biology of extinction and survival /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ziswiler, Vinzenz. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1967.
Edición:1st ed. 1967.
Colección:Heidelberg Science Library,
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6991-6
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505 0 |a 1. Direct Extermination -- Meat and Eggs -- Hides, Furs and Feathers -- Souvenirs -- Superstitious Beliefs -- Live-Animal Trade -- Trophy Hunting and Morbid Pleasure in Killing -- Animals as Competitors -- 2. Indirect Extermination -- Destruction of the Natural Vegetation -- Drainage of Wetlands -- Ravaged Waters -- Air Pollution -- Radioactive Radiation -- Animal Traffic Victims -- Domestic Animal Diseases -- Animals as Indirect Victims of Biocides -- Denaturalized Fauna -- 3. Local Extermination -- 4. The Biology of Extinction -- “Killed Off and Dying Out” -- The Extermination Process -- The Dangers of Island Life -- The Balance of Nature -- Man and the Balance of Nature -- 5. Protecting Nature -- The Necessity of Research -- Nature Protection Through Conservation -- Maintaining and Breeding Threatened Animal Forms in Captivity -- Nature Protection Through Restoration -- Wildlife Management -- In Closing -- Appendix I. List of Bird and Mammal Forms Already Extinct -- Appendix II. List of the Most Gravely Threatened Animal Forms -- Literature. 
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