Sustainable Squirrel Conservation : A Modern Reassessment of Family Sciuridae
This book attempts to move the family of squirrels (Sciuridae) out of the shadow of large charismatic mammals and to highlight management failures with the goal of moving towards an improved conservation approach. Particular attention is paid to the influence of taxonomic science on squirrel conserv...
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ftunivwagenin:oai:library.wur.nl:wurpubs/619807 2024-04-28T08:02:44+00:00 Sustainable Squirrel Conservation : A Modern Reassessment of Family Sciuridae Steiner, Moriz Huettmann, Falk 2023 application/pdf https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/sustainable-squirrel-conservation-a-modern-reassessment-of-family https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23547-4 en eng Springer https://edepot.wur.nl/639677 https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/sustainable-squirrel-conservation-a-modern-reassessment-of-family doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23547-4 (c) publisher Wageningen University & Research Climate change policy Environmental governance Global conservation Squirrels Taxonomy Wildlife ecology Wildlife economy Book (monograph) 2023 ftunivwagenin https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23547-4 2024-04-03T14:26:15Z This book attempts to move the family of squirrels (Sciuridae) out of the shadow of large charismatic mammals and to highlight management failures with the goal of moving towards an improved conservation approach. Particular attention is paid to the influence of taxonomic science on squirrel conservation. In addition, the authors show how human-driven climate change, global change and modern politics are shaping global squirrel populations as well as their surrounding environments and ecosystems. Squirrels are widespread around the globe, naturally occurring on every continent except Antarctica and Oceania, and they are certainly among the animals most commonly encountered in everyday life. Despite this, the authors of this volume identify worrying gaps in squirrel conservation. Squirrels are often hunted, trapped, poached, and stressed, and management strategies and legislation are often devised in the absence of proper knowledge of issues such as population sizes, taxonomies, and trends. Together, this can result in severe population declines and even species extinction. By assessing their taxonomic situation, ecology, the evolution and divergence of Sciuridae around the globe, and squirrels’ well-being across habitats, the authors set a baseline from which to launch future investigations into the conservation of squirrels and other species. Additionally, the authors highlight the influences of climate change, unsustainable growth, and various man-made threats to the future of this family. Book Antarc* Antarctica Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre): Digital Library Cham |
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This book attempts to move the family of squirrels (Sciuridae) out of the shadow of large charismatic mammals and to highlight management failures with the goal of moving towards an improved conservation approach. Particular attention is paid to the influence of taxonomic science on squirrel conservation. In addition, the authors show how human-driven climate change, global change and modern politics are shaping global squirrel populations as well as their surrounding environments and ecosystems. Squirrels are widespread around the globe, naturally occurring on every continent except Antarctica and Oceania, and they are certainly among the animals most commonly encountered in everyday life. Despite this, the authors of this volume identify worrying gaps in squirrel conservation. Squirrels are often hunted, trapped, poached, and stressed, and management strategies and legislation are often devised in the absence of proper knowledge of issues such as population sizes, taxonomies, and trends. Together, this can result in severe population declines and even species extinction. By assessing their taxonomic situation, ecology, the evolution and divergence of Sciuridae around the globe, and squirrels’ well-being across habitats, the authors set a baseline from which to launch future investigations into the conservation of squirrels and other species. Additionally, the authors highlight the influences of climate change, unsustainable growth, and various man-made threats to the future of this family. |
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