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Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America

Editors:

  • The only volume on the rapid expansion of energy development throughout the West makes the book a must-have for the target audience
  • As reviewers note, linking of science to practical on-the-ground management and conservation makes the book relevant and valuable to people working in the field
  • Editor as well as contributors are well-known professionals, state and federal biologists, and research scientists, who represent well the people responsible for implementing the recommendations in the book

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Energy Development and the Human Footprint

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
    2. Introduction to Energy Development in the West

      • David E. Naugle, Holly E. Copeland
      Pages 3-6
  3. Biological Response of Wildlife and Invasive Plants to Energy Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-25
    2. Unifying Framework for Understanding Impacts of Human Developments on Wildlife

      • Chris J. Johnson, Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
      Pages 27-54
    3. Sage-Grouse and Cumulative Impacts of Energy Development

      • David E. Naugle, Kevin E. Doherty, Brett L. Walker, Holly E. Copeland, Matthew J. Holloran, Jason D. Tack
      Pages 55-70
    4. Effects of Energy Development on Ungulates

      • Mark Hebblewhite
      Pages 71-94
    5. Effects of Energy Development on Songbirds

      • Erin M. Bayne, Brenda C. Dale
      Pages 95-114
    6. Invasive Plants and Their Response to Energy Development

      • Paul H. Evangelista, Alycia W. Crall, Erin Bergquist
      Pages 115-129
    7. Wind Power and Biofuels: A Green Dilemma for Wildlife Conservation

      • Gregory D. Johnson, Scott E. Stephens
      Pages 131-155
  4. Conservation by Design: Planning and Implementing Solutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-158
    2. Energy by Design: Making Mitigation Work for Conservation and Development

      • Joseph M. Kiesecker, Holly E. Copeland, Bruce A. McKenney, Amy Pocewicz, Kevin E. Doherty
      Pages 159-181
    3. Forecasting Energy Development Scenarios to Aid in Conservation Design

      • Holly E. Copeland, Kevin E. Doherty, David E. Naugle, Amy Pocewicz, Joseph M. Kiesecker
      Pages 183-193
    4. Community-Based Landscape Conservation: A Roadmap for the Future

      • Gregory A. Neudecker, Alison L.L. Duvall, James W. Stutzman
      Pages 211-230
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 231-305

About this book

Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America offers a road map for securing our energy future while safeguarding our wildlife heritage. Contributors show how science can help craft solutions to conflicts between wildlife and energy development by delineating core areas, identifying landscapes that support viable populations, and forecasting future development scenarios to aid in conservation design.

The book calls for a shift away from site-level management that has failed to mitigate cumulative impacts on wildlife populations toward broad-scale planning and implementation of conservation in priority landscapes. It concludes by identifying ways that decision makers can remove roadblocks to conservation, and provides a blueprint for implementing conservation plans.

About the authors

David E. Naugle is an Associate Professor and Applied Landscape Ecologist in the Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, Missoula.

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