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Jason I. Ransom - Wild Equids: Ecology, Management, and Conservation - 9781421419091 - V9781421419091
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Wild Equids: Ecology, Management, and Conservation

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Description for Wild Equids: Ecology, Management, and Conservation Hardback. Editor(s): Ransom, Jason I.; Kaczensky, Petra. Num Pages: 288 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: PS; PSAF; RNKH; WNGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. .
Wild horses, zebras, asses, and feral equines exhibit intriguing and complex social structures that captivate the human imagination and elicit a wide range of emotions that influence conservation and management efforts. This book, spearheaded by Jason I. Ransom and Petra Kaczensky, brings together the world's leading experts on equid ecology, management, and conservation to provide a synthesis of what is known about these iconic species and what needs to be done to prevent losing some of them altogether. The most comprehensive conservation book on wild equids in decades, this title will enlighten not only equid researchers, but also mammalogists, conservationists, and equine professionals. Readers will find new insight into the lives of the world's horses, zebras, and asses, understand the basis of our relationships with these animals, and develop a greater understanding of where equids come from and why they are worth conserving. Included in this book are detailed, state-of-the-science syntheses on Social structure, behavior, and cognition Habitat and diet Ecological niches Population dynamics Roles of humans in horse distribution through time Human dimensions and the meaning of wild Management of free-roaming horses Captive breeding of wild equids Conservation of wild equids Conservation of migrations Reintroductions Genetics and paleogenetics

Product Details

Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421419091
SKU
V9781421419091
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About Jason I. Ransom
Jason I. Ransom is a senior wildlife biologist with the US National Park Service and an affiliate faculty member at Colorado State University. Petra Kaczensky is a senior researcher at the University of Veterinary Medicine's Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology in Vienna.

Reviews for Wild Equids: Ecology, Management, and Conservation
[Kaczensky and Ransom] will not only stimulate interest in this often forgotten but important group of ungulates, but also provide a basis for new ideas and protection concepts.
Vetmeduni Vienna
The depth and breadth of analysis of established knowledge in the field is unrivalled elsewhere, and this publication is recommended highly as a starting point for wildlife biologists, policy makers, behavioral ecologists, and anyone involved in equid management.
Conservation Biology

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