Problematic Wildlife A Cross-Disciplinary Approach
This book provides insight into the instances in which wildlife species can create problems. Some species trigger problems for human activities, but many others need humans to save them and to continue to exist. The text addresses issues faced by economis
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Problematic Wildlife A Cross-Disciplinary Approach
Problematic Wildlife
Francesco M. Angelici Editor
Problematic Wildlife A Cross-Disciplinary Approach
Editor Francesco M. Angelici FIZV, Rome Italy
ISBN 978-3-319-22245-5 ISBN 978-3-319-22246-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-22246-2
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Preface
Arbore deiecta, quivis ligna colligit (Latin proverb) Go there, where nature leads (Francis Bacon)
It is with great trepidation and honour that I write this introduction after a long work concluded in close cooperation with all authors of this book. I am very happy to have finally finished this work! The theme is very composite, very intriguing and, at the same time, extremely hot and current. The ‘Problematic Wildlife’ is certainly an argument really great and varied. I fought a lot for this to come true, we have worked hard with all the authors, and I hope that the common effort had generated a useful product. It all began with the organisation of two international conferences held in Italy; in 2007 and in 2011, they succeeded very well. But although some authors of this book have participated in these events, specifically now this book is not a collection of conference proceedings, at all! Most of the contributions were born in a total independence; those congresses have only increased my interest for these issues of wildlife management, which already existed for a long time. Problematic species? What does it mean? In fact there is no single definition. In this volume, in which many experts of various fields of ecology, zoology and animal biology and conservation biology have worked actively, with cross-cutting and interdisciplinary approaches, we will
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