Case Studies in Ecohealth
Examining the Interaction between Animals and their Environment
Erschienen am 12. April 2024
400 Seiten
978-1-78918-329-0 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Case Studies in Ecohealth is primarily intended to be a student textbook, using a series of case studies to illustrate key concepts applicable to EcoHealth, with a focus on taking an interdisciplinary approach to solving complex problems at the interface between animals and their environment. Using case studies, the book will illustrate key concepts in EcoHealth allowing readers to better understand the strengths and challenges of taking an Eco Health approachWithin the key themes addressed in the book, the reader will gain insight into how to approach complex problems at the animal-environment interface using a transdisciplinary approachAccess to the case studies presented in the book, along with supplementary material on line, will provide the reader with good examples of current and emerging issues for discussion in the class room or for field experience programs
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Essex
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Für die Erwachsenenbildung
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120 Figures
Dateigröße
23,02 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78918-329-0 (9781789183290)
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Inhalt
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Introduction to EcoHealth, One Health and ecosystem health
- Part I Conservation Medicine
- 2 EcoHealth, conservation medicine, and the role of the modern zoo
- 3 Sustaining primate conservation through ecotourism in Uganda
- 4 Wood bison management in northern Canada: The importance of considering people in managing wildlife disease
- 5 Reptiles as sentinels of ecosystem health: Case example in eastern box turtles
- 6 River turtle conservation, Australia: Conservation management planning for a critically endangered species
- Part II Climate Change and Land Use
- 7 Ecotoxicology: The burgeoning spectre of pharmaceuticals in the environment
- 8 Impacts of land use and climate change on natural populations: The butterfly perspective
- 9 The Asian longhorned tick in North America: An interdisciplinary EcoHealth study
- 10 Avian influenza and migratory wild birds: An EcoHealth perspective
- 11 Elk, forest and fire management: Balancing wildlife and human needs in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
- 12 Challenges and opportunities for yak herders in Bhutan
- 13 Human-wildlife conflict: An EcoHealth approach to addressing primate interactions with the public in Asia
- Part III Oceans, Wetlands and Aquaculture
- 14 Aquaculture and aquatic biosecurity in a changing world: An insight from New Zealand
- 15 Aquaculture - the interdependency of food security and the natural environment
- 16 Amphibian health as an indicator of wetland health
- 17 Marine mammals and plastics in the ocean
- 18 Beaver reintroductions in Scotland: Disease risk assessment, welfare and population growth
- Part IV Research, Outreach and Education
- 19 Ticks and tick-borne diseases in Eastern Bhutan
- 20 Citizen science and conserving pollinators in Utah
- 21 Participatory research and community engagement in the Arctic
- 22 Striving for success with community engagement in African conservation practice and research
- 23 Citizen science photography in scientific literature: An efficient tool for assessing EcoHealth
- Index
