Overview
- The first comprehensive work ever published on all deer species worldwide
- Provides a comprehensive overview on deer systematics, ecology, management and conservation
- Summarizes the work of more than 130 leading international experts from nearly 30 countries
Part of the book series: Fascinating Life Sciences (FLS)
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Keywords
- Axis
- Aien Deer
- Cervidae
- Cervus
- Conservation Biology
- Dama
- Deer
- Evolution
- Ecology
- Forest Impact
- Farming
- Hunting
- Mazama
- Muntiacus
- Rusa
- Wildlife Management
About this book
This book is the first comprehensive reference work ever published on the systematics, ecology, conservation status and management of all the world's deer species.
Covering all 54 deer species worldwide, this volume brings together the contributions of 130 international deer experts and provides:
- A comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge on deer evolution, phylogeny and systematics
- A comprehensive understanding of the ecology and conservation status of each species, with detailed accounts
- A series of case studies on conservation, management, hunting, farming, and the impact of deer on forest ecosystems
This beautifully illustrated book is an invaluable resource for researchers, wildlife managers and students in conservation biology, ecology and management, as well as interested laypeople. It reveals the fascinating story of deer evolution, the long history of interactions between humans and deer, and the main threats to this charismatic species group.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Mario Melletti is an Italian freelance wildlife biologist and a member of the African Buffalo Initiative Group and Wild Pig Specialist Group, both part of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. During his PhD studies, he was affiliated with the Department of Animal and Human Biology at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy, and with the Department of Conservation Biology of the Estación Biólogica de Doñana (CSIC-EBD) Seville, Spain. For the past 10 years he has been researching the ecology and behaviour of the forest buffalo in Central Africa. Mario has also studied several other large mammals and has been involved in several projects and surveys on mammals and birds in Africa and Europe, working in several African countries including Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. He is the editor of several books on large mammal conservation and management and has authored about 60 scientific publications.
Stefano Focardi is senior researcher at the Institute for Complex Systems of the CNR in Florence, Italy, where he leads the large mammal research team. Furthermore, he is professor of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of Florence, and Invited Professor at the University of Lyon, France. Moreover, he will also lead a collaboration with INRA in Toulouse, France. He authored 110 scientific articles and 26 documents on environmental management. He is also scientific coordinator of EUROBOAR, a European organization for research on the biology of wild boar, and an active member of the EURODEER INITIATIVE. He is a specialist in the biology of roe deer and fallow deer and has organized several international meetings on these two cervid species. His current research interests include ungulate demography, avian and mammalian movement ecology and population assessment.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Deer of the World
Book Subtitle: Ecology, Conservation and Management
Editors: Mario Melletti, Stefano Focardi
Series Title: Fascinating Life Sciences
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17755-2Due: 11 November 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-17756-9Due: 11 November 2024
Series ISSN: 2509-6745
Series E-ISSN: 2509-6753
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 590
Number of Illustrations: 200 b/w illustrations, 80 illustrations in colour