Editors:
- Can serve as a “conservation handbook” for a variety of species, as well as providing specific information on current conservation issues faced by gorillas in the wild
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects (DIPR)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Current Status of Gorillas
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Approaches—On the Ground
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Approaches—Tools
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Approaches—Building Regional and International Alliances
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Back Matter
About this book
Like other fields of science, wildlife conservation is a changing field. Threats facing wild populations of apes and other species, say 20 years ago, are likely not the same ones most pressing today, and even where threats have remained unchanged, more effective means of addressing them may be available now. Conservation scientists have learned from many years of experience, and both theoretical and technological advances today provide conservation tools not available in the past. This volume identifies the primary problems faced in conserving wild populations of gorillas throughout Africa, pinpointing new approaches to solving these problems and outlining the increased role that zoos can play in gorilla conservation. It includes expertise of field scientists in a variety of disciplines to discuss current conservation threats, novel approaches to conservation, and potential solutions.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"Conservation in the 21st Century is a collection of papers wherein authors summarize the threats faced by wild gorillas and describe the diverse conservation efforts in place to try and save them. The 17 chapters address a wide array of topics, ranging from census methods to international policy. … the volume provides a wide-angle snapshot of the gorilla conservation landscape. It will be useful to anyone interested in what’s going on out there." (Kelly Stewart, International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 29, 2008)
Editors and Affiliations
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The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Atlanta, Georgia, USA
T. S. Stoinski, H. D. Steklis, P. T. Mehlman
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Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, USA
T. S. Stoinski
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Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
H. D. Steklis
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Conservation in the 21st Century: Gorillas as a Case Study
Editors: T. S. Stoinski, H. D. Steklis, P. T. Mehlman
Series Title: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70721-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-70720-4Published: 15 October 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4356-9Published: 23 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-70721-1Published: 09 July 2009
Series ISSN: 1574-3489
Series E-ISSN: 1574-3497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 362
Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Zoology