Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Naugle, David E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2011.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Renewable energy resources.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Electric power production.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Nature conservation.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Energy Technology.; Nature Conservation.; Renewable and Green Energy.

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, id...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• PART I: ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND THE HUMAN FOOTPRINT. 1. Introduction to Energy Development in the West; D.E. Naugle, H.E. Copeland
• 2. Geography of Energy Development in Western North America: Potential Impacts on Terrestrial Ecosystems; H.E. Copeland et al
• PART II: BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF WILDLIFE AND INVASIVE PLANTS TO ENERGY DEVELOPMENT. 3. Unifying Framework for Understanding Impacts of Human Developments on Wildlife; C.J. Johnson, Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
• 4. Sage-Grouse and Cumulative Impacts of Energy Development; D.E. Naugle et al
• 5. Effects of Energy Development on Ungulates; M. Hebblewhite
• 6. Effects of Energy Development on Songbirds; E.M. Bayne, B.C. Dale
• 7. Invasive Plants and Their Response to Energy Development; P.H. Evangelista et al
• 8. Wind Power and Biofuels: A Green Dilemma for Wildlife Conservation; G.D. Johnson, S.E. Stephens
• PART III: CONSERVATION BY DESIGN: PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING SOLUTIONS. 9. Energy by Design: Making Mitigation Work for Conservation and Development; J.M. Kiesecker et al
• 10. Forecasting Energy Development Scenarios to Aid in Conservation Design; H.E. Copeland et al
• 11. Resource Policy, AdaptiveManagement, and Energy Development on Public Lands; M. Harm Benson
• 12. Community-Based Landscape Conservation: A Roadmap for the Future; G A. Neudecker et al
• Literature Cited
• Contributors
• About the Editor
• Index.