rdf-syntax-grammar
mods:
  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    non sort: An
    title: introduction to primate conservation
  name:
    name part: Wich, Serge A.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Marshall, A. J. (Andrew J.)
    role:
      role term: editor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2016
    edition: First edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 302 pages) : illustrations
  abstract: This book provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art synthesis of research principles and applied management practices for primate conservation.
  table of contents: List of contributors; 1. An introduction to primate conservation; Serge A. Wich and Andrew J. Marshall; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The primate order; 1.3 Threats to primates; 1.3.1 Habitat loss; 1.3.2 Habitat degradation; 1.3.3 Habitat fragmentation; 1.3.4 Drivers of habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation; 1.3.5 Hunting; 1.3.6 Disease; 1.3.7 Climate change; 1.3.8 Roads; 1.4 Approaches to primate conservation; 1.4.1 Protected areas; 1.4.2 Law enforcement; 1.4.3 Payments for ecosystem services; 1.5 Overview of the book; References; 2. Why conserve primates?
  table of contents: Andrew J. Marshall and Serge A. Wich2.1 A basic question; 2.2 Primates promote human health; 2.3 Primates provide benefits to local communities; 2.4 Primates serve key ecological functions; 2.5 Primates provide unique insights into human evolution; 2.6 Primates are of immense biological interest and importance; 2.7 Primates may promote conservation of other taxa; 2.8 Some primates are particularly susceptible to extinction; 2.9 Ethical arguments; 2.10 Complications; 2.10.1 Are primates special?; 2.10.2 Contradictions, complexities, and limitations; 2.10.3 Risky justifications
  table of contents: 2.10.4 Opportunity costsReferences; 3. IUCN Red List of Threatened Primate Species; Alison Cotton, Fay Clark, Jean P. Boubli, and Christopher Schwitzer; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species; 3.2.1 Categories and criteria; 3.3 IUCN Species Survival Commission and Primate Specialist Group; 3.4 The dynamism of Red List assessments; 3.5 Trends in primate diversity; 3.6 Trends in primate conservation status; 3.6.1 Trends by region and taxonomic group; 3.7 How Red List data can be utilized in primate conservation; 3.7.1 Case study: lemur conservation; 3.8 Summary; References
  table of contents: 4. Species concepts and conservationColin Groves; 4.1 Introduction: what exactly are species?; 4.2 Taxonomic inflation: what does it mean?; 4.3 The newly recognized species: what is their significance? The lemur case; 4.4 Case study: the red colobus; 4.5 The case of the orang-utan; 4.6 Species and the biodiversity crisis; 4.7 Summary; References; 5. Primate conservation genetics at the dawn of conservation genomics; Milena Salgado Lynn, Pierfrancesco Sechi, Lounès Chikhi, and Benoit Goossens; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Conservation/population genetics
  table of contents: 5.3 To invade or not to invade ... that is the question5.3.1 Hair; 5.3.2 Faeces; 5.3.3 Non-invasive samples and genomics; 5.4 Molecular markers: what can they tell us and how can we use them?; 5.5 Conservation genomics and the future; 5.6 Conclusion; References; 6 Primate abundance and distribution: background concepts and methods; Genevieve Campbell, Josephine Head, Jessica Junker, and K.A.I. Nekaris; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Sampling objectives, survey methods, and design; 6.2.1 Sampling considerations; 6.3 Why survey?; 6.3.1 Distribution; 6.3.2 Abundance; 6.3.3 Population trends
  note: edited by Serge A. Wich, Andrew J. Marshall.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Primates
    topic: Conservation
  subject:
    topic: Wildlife conservation
  subject:
    topic: Primates
    topic: Conservation
  subject:
    topic: Faune
    topic: Protection
  subject:
    topic: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
    topic: Agriculture
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Wildlife conservation
  classification: QL737.P9 I58 2016
  classification: 639.97/98
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Introduction to primate conservation
    origin info:
      publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2016]
      edition: First edition.
    identifier: (OCoLC)953575490
  identifier: 9780191824067
  identifier: 0191824062
  identifier: 9780191008504
  identifier: 0191008508
  identifier: 9780198703389
  identifier: 9780198703396
  identifier: 0198703384
  identifier: 0198703392
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 160830
    record change date: 20260319162527.7
    record identifier: in00005713517
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng