
Wildlife Conservation on Farmland Two volume set
by Macdonald, David W.; Feber, Ruth E.Rent Book
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Author Biography
David W. Macdonald, Professor of Wildlife Conservation and Director of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford,Ruth E. Feber, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Managing for nature on lowland farms
1. Farming and wildlife: a perspective on a shared future, David W. Macdonald, Eva M. Raebel and Ruth E. Feber
2. From weed reservoir to wildlife resource: redefining arable field margins, Helen Smith, Ruth E. Feber and David W. Macdonald
3. How can field margin management contribute to invertebrate biodiversity?, Ruth E. Feber, Paul J. Johnson, Fran H. Tattersall, Will Manley, Barbara Hart, Helen Smith and David W. Macdonald
4. Small mammals on lowland farmland, David W. Macdonald, Lauren A. Harrington, Merryl Gelling, Fran H. Tattersall and Tom Tew
5. Agri-environment schemes and the future of farmland bird conservation, Jeremy D. Wilson and Richard B. Bradbury
6. Does organic farming affect biodiversity?, Ruth E. Feber, Paul J. Johnson, Dan E. Chamberlain, Leslie G. Firbank, Robert J. Fuller, Barbara Hart, Will Manley, Fiona Mathews, Lisa R. Norton, Martin Townsend and David W. Macdonald
7. Farming for the future: optimising farming systems for society and the environment, Hanna L. Tuomisto, Ian D. Hodge, Philip Riordan and David W. Macdonald
8. Landscape-scale conservation of farmland moths, Thomas Merckx and David W. Macdonald
9. Habitat use by vesper bats: disentangling local and landscape scale effects within lowland farmland, Danielle Linton, Lauren A. Harrington and David W. Macdonald
10. Local and landscape scale management of Odonata, Eva M. Raebel, David J. Thompson and David W. Macdonald
11. Freshwaters and farming: impacts of land use and management on the biodiversity of rivers and ditches, Rosalind F. Shaw, Alison E. Poole, Ruth E. Feber, Eva M. Raebel and David W. Macdonald
12. Local and landscape-scale impacts of wooded habitats and their management on wildlife, Christina D. Buesching, Eleanor M. Slade, Thomas Merckx and David W. Macdonald
13. Improving reintroduction success of the Grey Partridge using behavioural studies, Elina Rantanen, David W. Macdonald, Nick Sotherton and Francis Buner
14. Water vole restoration in the Upper Thames, Tom P. Moorhouse, Merryl Gelling and David W. Macdonald
15. What does conservation research do, when should it stop, and what do we do then? Questions answered with water voles., Tom Moorhouse, David W. Macdonald, Rob Strachan and Xavier Lambin
16. What next? Rewilding as a radical future for the British countryside, Christopher J. Sandom and David W. Macdonald
Volume 2: Conflict in the countryside
1. War or Peace: farming and wildlife, David W. Macdonald, Eva M. Raebel, Chris Newman and Ruth E. Feber
2. Foxes in the landscape: ecology and sociology, David W. Macdonald, Patrick Doncaster, Malcolm Newdick, Heribert Hofer, Fiona Mathews, Paul J. Johnson
3. Foxes in the landscape: hunting, control and economics, David W. Macdonald and Paul J. Johnson
4. Badgers in the rural landscape: conservation paragon or farmland pariah: lessons from the Wytham Badger Project, David W. Macdonald, Chris Newman and Christina D. Buesching
5. Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis: beyond perturbation to life cycle analysis, David W. Macdonald, Rosie Woodroffe and Philip Riordan
6. Biology, ecology and reproduction of American mink Neovison vison on lowland farmland, David W. Macdonald, Lauren A. Harrington, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Mike D. Thom, Joanna Bagniewska
7. Riparian mustelids in the Upper Thames: a case of alien invasives versus native competitors, Lauren A. Harrington and David W. Macdonald
8. Crayfish management in the Upper Thames, Tom P. Moorhouse and David W. Macdonald
9. Population trends in large and small resident, seed-eating farmland bird species in Britain since 1966, Alan Larkman, Ruth E. Feber, Ian Newton and David W. Macdonald
10. In the wake of buzzards: from modelling to conservation and management in a changing landscape, Eduardo Arraut, David W. Macdonald and Robert E. Kenward
11. Brown rats on farmland: ecological citizens or subsidised carpet-baggers?, David W. Macdonald, Manuel Berdoy and Joanne P. Webster
12. Moles on farmland: making mountains out of molehills?, Sandra E. Baker and David W. Macdonald
13. Managing wildlife humanely with learned food aversions, Sandra E. Baker and David W. Macdonald
14. From science to practice: delivering conservation across the landscape, Philip Riordan, Paul Johnson, Eva Raebel, Ruth E. Feber and David W. Macdonald
15. Many Hands Make Light Work - But Do They? A Critical Evaluation of Citizen Science, Christina D. Buesching, Eleanor M. Slade, Chris Newman, Terhi Riutta, Philip Riordan and David W. Macdonald
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