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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kunz, Werner,
• Reichholf, Josef,

Titel

Species conservation in managed habitats : the myth of a pristine nature

Ist Teil von

• THEi Wiley ebooks.

Auflage

1st ed

Ort / Verlag

Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH,

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Link zum Volltext

• Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Books

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Opening Remarks: Preservation of Rare Species - Breaking Grounds for a New Approach -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Rare Species and Near-Natural Habitats in Central Europe -- 1.1 Preliminary Remarks -- 1.2 A Plea for Open Landscapes -- 1.3 Central Europe Is Not Brazil: A Plea for Technical Biotope Engineering and Management -- References -- Chapter 2: Looking Back to the Lost Landscape Structures of the Past -- 2.1 The Species Richness of Former Habitats -- 2.2 The Decline of the 'Biomass' in Central Europe -- 2.3 Lost Landscape Structures - Where Can They Be Found Today? -- References -- Chapter 3: What Does Nature Conservation Want: Clean Air, Untouched Habitats, to Make Rare Species More Numerous? -- 3.1 What Is Nature? What Is Nature Conservation? -- 3.2 Which Species Should Be Protected? -- 3.3 Separation of the Terms Environmental Protection, Nature Conservation, Species Protection and Animal Protection -- 3.4 Nature Conservation Misunderstood - Fighting the Wrong Enemy -- 3.5 What Are Nature Reserves? -- 3.6 The Protection of One Species Means Death for Another -- 3.7 Who Kills More Birds - The Fowlers of Western Europe and the Mediterranean or Our House Cats? -- References -- Chapter 4: Objectives, Content and Limits of the Red Lists of Endangered Species -- 4.1 The Objectives and the Origin of the Red Lists of Endangered Species -- 4.2 The Classification of Threatened Species in Endangerment Categories -- 4.3 The National Responsibility for Certain Species -- 4.4 Species or Genetically Isolated Populations - What Should Be Protected? -- References -- Chapter 5: Changes in the Population Sizes of Birds and Butterflies in Central Europe and Germany -- 5.1 Changes in the Population Sizes of Birds in Germany -- 5.2 Changes in the Butterfly Populations in Central Europe.
• References -- Chapter 6: The Special Situation of Species in Central Europe -- 6.1 Central Europe's Landscape Is Not 'Nature' -- 6.2 Can Endangered Species in Central Europe Be Saved through Forest National Parks? -- 6.3 Nitrogen Is Suffocating Species Richness in Central Europe -- 6.4 The Rescue of Many Red List Species in Central Europe Requires Technical Interventions in Nature -- 6.5 The Golden Plover, the Godwit and the Great Bustard - hemerophiles in Central Europe -- References -- Chapter 7: The Forest as a Myth in Germany -- 7.1 Why Do Germans Love the Forest So Much? Man Did Originate in the Savannahs -- 7.2 Human Encroachment upon the Central European Forests during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages -- 7.3 The Forest in Central Europe from Roman Times to the Modern Era -- References -- Chapter 8: The Apocalypse of Global Extinction of Species -- 8.1 How Many Species Live in the World? -- 8.2 Does a Global Extinction of Species Exist Today? -- References -- Animal Index -- Subject Index -- Colour Plates -- End User License Agreement.
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