The Conservation of Terrestrial Habitat and Landscape
Habitats are sites having appropriate levels of biotic and abiotic features required for a species’ survival and reproduction, and so are vital elements of species conservation. Habitat loss, fragmentation, isolation (increasing distance between similar h
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Conservation Biology Foundations, Concepts, Applications Third Edition
Conservation Biology
Fred Van Dyke • Rachel L. Lamb
Conservation Biology Foundations, Concepts, Applications Third Edition
Fred Van Dyke Au Sable Institute Mancelona, MI, USA
Rachel L. Lamb University of Maryland College Park, MD, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-39532-2 ISBN 978-3-030-39534-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39534-6
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African elephants are among the world’s most charismatic megafauna and beloved by many in the world of conservation. As the world’s largest land mammal, they transform their surroundings, altering ecosystems, creating habitats like water holes, and influencing plant species composition. Once dominating the African savannah with populations close to 10 million, elephants have dwindled to less than 500,000 individuals across the entire continent. Poaching for ivory, habitat loss, and human-wildlife conflict have intensified, leaving conservationists with a growing conservation problem. This photo is drawn from the efforts of conservation scientists studying elephants in Southern Africa. Researchers in the Okavango Delta of Botswana have been working to better understand elephant biology and the capacity of these animals to cope with the ongoing impacts of climate change, a new threat multipli
