Extinct and Vanishing Animals A biology of extinction and survival /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
1967.
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| 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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.