To see accurate pricing, please choose your delivery country.
 
 
United States
£ GBP
All Shops

British Wildlife

8 issues per year 84 pages per issue Subscription only

British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Published eight times a year, British Wildlife bridges the gap between popular writing and scientific literature through a combination of long-form articles, regular columns and reports, book reviews and letters.

Subscriptions from £33 per year

Conservation Land Management

4 issues per year 44 pages per issue Subscription only

Conservation Land Management (CLM) is a quarterly magazine that is widely regarded as essential reading for all who are involved in land management for nature conservation, across the British Isles. CLM includes long-form articles, events listings, publication reviews, new product information and updates, reports of conferences and letters.

Subscriptions from £26 per year
Academic & Professional Books  Conservation & Biodiversity  Conservation & Biodiversity: General

Biodiversity Conservation Using Umbrella Species Blakiston's Fish Owl and the Red-Crowned Crane

Monograph
By: Futoshi Nakamura(Editor)
210 pages, 70 colour & 45 b/w illustrations
Publisher: Springer Nature
Biodiversity Conservation Using Umbrella Species
Click to have a closer look
  • Biodiversity Conservation Using Umbrella Species ISBN: 9789811072024 Hardback Mar 2018 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 1-2 weeks
    £139.99
    #238659
Price: £139.99
About this book Contents Customer reviews Related titles

About this book

Biodiversity Conservation Using Umbrella Species focuses on Blakiston's fish owl and the red-crowned crane as umbrella species. Healthy river, riparian and wetland ecosystems are necessary to maintain the populations of the two species. Both species have been revered by people since ancient times, but both are currently listed as endangered because of their small population sizes. The population decline of the two species can be mainly attributed to the degradation of the natural riparian and wetland habitats, which is associated with land use development.

The populations of the two species are now recovering in Japan due to recent conservation and reproduction efforts, but the genetic diversity of the two species are still low due to previous bottleneck effects. To develop conservation and dispersal plans to establish the species over the East Asian mainland and on the island of Hokkaido, basic information, such as their regional distribution, genetic diversity, food availability, reproductive traits, and nesting, breeding, rearing, and commuting habitat, is essential. The intensive, collaborative studies conducted in Japan and Russia has clarified the status quo and the ecology of the two species.

This is the first book that comprehensively compiles the above information for the mainland and island populations. In addition, it verifies their suitability as umbrella species of an ecosystem and the possibility of their future population expansion, taking into account changes in land use in Hokkaido, which is about to experience a dramatic decline in human population.

As such, Biodiversity Conservation Using Umbrella Species provides valuable information for students who wish to learn about these beautiful symbolic creatures, for NGOs engaged in conservation activities, and for managers who are involved in creating conservation plans and implementing restoration projects.

Contents

- INTRODUCTION

Part 1. Ecology of Blakiston's fish owl
- Distribution of Blakiston's fish owl in the world
- Ecology and conservation of Blakiston's fish owl in Japan
- Ecology and conservation of Blakiston's fish owl in Russia and Northern Territories

Part 2. Ecology of red-crowned crane
- Distribution of red-crowned crane in the world
- Ecology of red-crowned crane and conservation activities in Japan
- Ecology of red-crowned crane and conservation activities in Russia

Part 3. Status and perspective of the population, based on genetic diversity
- Status and Perspective of the Population, Based on Genetic Diversity:Introduction
- Status and perspective of the Blakiston`s fish owl population, based on genetic diversity
- Status and perspective of the red-crowned crane, based on genetic diversity

Part 4. Red-crowned crane
- Can charismatic megafauna be surrogate species for biodiversity conservation? Pattern, process, and approach using citizen data and hierarchical community models

Part 5. Future perspectives for restoring habitats and spreading the distributions of the two species in Hokkaido
- Future perspectives for restoring habitats and spreading the distributions of the two species in Hokkaido: Introduction
- The possibility of using abandoned farmlands for habitat restoration in societies with decreasing populations
- Vegetation succession on fallow land
- Changes of ground beetle and bird species after farmland abandonment
- Predicting future range expansions of Blakiston's fish owl subject to conservation efforts
- Abandoned farmlands as a potential new habitat for red-crowned crane

Part 6. Policy issues on habitat conservation
- Policy issues on habitat conservation
- Forest and Agricultural management policies to conserve the two species
- References

Customer Reviews

Monograph
By: Futoshi Nakamura(Editor)
210 pages, 70 colour & 45 b/w illustrations
Publisher: Springer Nature
Current promotions
New and Forthcoming BooksNHBS Moth TrapBritish Wildlife MagazineBuyers Guides