Synopses & Reviews
As it becomes ever more expensive to purchase land for conservation purposes, it is becoming increasingly important both to manage existing sites properly and to create new habitats. This comprehensive volume provides a pragmatic, habitat-by-habitat guide to conservation management, in which the prescriptions and methods are based on sound science coupled with practical experience. For each habitat, the book guides the reader through the options and solutions, highlights potential problems, and gives good and bad examples of habitat management in the past. This will be required reading for all practicing ecologists, land managers, wardens, landscape architects and conservationists, and will provide a valuable reference for students of ecology, conservation and environmental science.
Synopsis
As it becomes ever more expensive to buy land for conservation, it is increasingly important that we manage existing sites properly, and create new ones wherever possible. This book is a comprehensive habitat by habitat guide to conservation management, in which the prescriptions and methods are based on a combination of good science and practical experience. Managing Habitats for Conservation indicates basic principles, shows the problems to look out for and gives examples of how and how not to manage land for conservation.
Synopsis
To maximise our conservation and wildlife resources, we must ensure that existing sites are managed in the best possible way. This book provides a habitat by habitat guide to conservation management combining good science with practical experience. It is a must for students and practitioners of ecology and land management.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction and principles of ecological management W. Sutherland; 2. Site management planning G. Hirons, G. Thomas and B. Goldsmith; 3. Access J. Vickery; 4. Coasts and estuaries C. Frid and P. Evans; 5. Rivers, canals and dykes N. Holmes and R. Hanbury; 6. Waterbodies J. Andrew; 7. Reedbeds, bogs and fens N. Burgess, D. Ward, R. Hobbs and D. Bellamy; 8. Grasslands M. Ausden and J. Treweek; 9. Farmland D. Hill, J. Andrews, N. Sotherton and J. Hawkins; 10. Lowland heaths P. Dolman and R. Land; 11. Upland moors and heaths D.Thompson, A. Macdonald and P. Hudson; 12. Woodlands G. Peterken and R. Fuller; 13. Urban areas C. Baines; Appendix; Index.