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Peter E. Busher
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Boston University, Boston, USA
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Ryszard M. Dzięciołowski
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Agricultural University SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-viii
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- Alexander P. Saveljev, Vladimir G. Safonov
Pages 17-24
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- Martins Balodis, Nikolai Laanetu, Alius Ulevicus
Pages 25-29
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- Ryszard Dzięciołowski, Jan Gozdziewski
Pages 31-35
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- Karol Pachinger, Tomas Hulik
Pages 43-51
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- Karol Pachinger, Tomas Hulik
Pages 53-60
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- Johanna Sieber, Franz Suchentrunk, Gunther B. Hartl
Pages 61-65
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- Yurii A. Gorshkov, Andrea L. Easter-Pilcher, Brian K. Pilcher, Dmitry Gorshkov
Pages 67-76
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- David W. Macdonald, Fran H. Tattersall
Pages 77-102
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- Bruce A. Schulte, Dietland Müller-Schwarzei
Pages 109-128
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- Peter E. Busher, Paul J. Lyons
Pages 147-160
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- Dietland Müller-Schwarze, Bruce A. Schulte
Pages 161-177
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Back Matter
Pages 179-182
About this book
By the end of the 19th century both beaver species had been extirpated from large portions of their native ranges. The global decline in beaver populations was the direct re sult of exploitation by humans. Now, at the end of the 20th century, protection, manage ment, and reintroduction programs, coupled with a decline in the demand for beaver fur and other products, have allowed beaver populations to increase dramatically. Since bea vers actively modify their local environment their activities can conflict with human land use. Because of this, the beaver, once considered a unique and exotic component of wet lands, is now often considered a nuisance species. The history, as well as the current status, of beaver populations in Europe and North America provide insight into how con servation programs work, and into how humans and wildlife interact. The initial plenary lecture of the Euro-American Mammal Congress (July, 1998) was presented by Dr. Michael L. Rosenzweig, a professor at the University of Arizona. Dr. Rosenzweig discussed how humans have used and continue to use natural resources, in cluding wildlife and wildland. He provided evidence indicating that the current model of reservation conservation could not provide a long-term solution to the human-wild life/wildland conflict. Dr. Rosenzweig emphasized that what is required is a move away from purely exploitive activities (I would call this exploitive ecology) and the develop ment of a reconciliation ecology with wildlife.
Editors and Affiliations
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Boston University, Boston, USA
Peter E. Busher
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Agricultural University SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
Ryszard M. Dzięciołowski
