Reducing the impacts of development on wildlife /

The rapidly increasing number of threatened flora and fauna species worldwide is one of the chief problems confronting environmental professionals today. This problem is largely due to the impact humans have had on land use through development (e.g. agricultural, residential, industrial, infrastruct...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gleeson, James
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Other Authors:	Gleeson, Deborah
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., 2012.
Subjects:	Sustainable development. Wildlife conservation. Habitat (Ecology) Environmental policy. Natural resources > Management. Habitat conservation. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover; Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the authors; Contributors; 1Introduction: contested country
regional natural resource management in Australia; 2 Potential impacts of development on flora and fauna; Types of impacts; Assessing impacts; 3 Selecting measures to reduce impacts of development on wildlife
why an understanding of ecology is fundamental; Ecosystem processes, function and resilience; Species present and absent, and their habitat; Population ecology; Animal behaviour; Movement and dispersal; 4 Avoiding impacts on flora and fauna; Conservation planning.