Table of Contents

General introduction.- Extinct species, species at risk of extinction, and declining species: some current and past case studies.  Land fragmentation and habitat degradation.- When wildlife create problems for the environment and human activities: general features and some case studies.- Managing  problematic species: case studies from protected areas and areas subject to other kinds of management (rural, forest, hunting and urban areas). Introductions, reintroductions and restocking.- Genetic contributions to the management of problematic species.- Species that are dangerous to humans, man-eating wildlife, etc.- Some special cases: wind farms and fauna, bird-strikes, electrocution, etc.- Bushmeat: a socio-ecological problem. The over-exploitation of wildlife for nutritional and traditional purposes. World animal trade, extinction risk and socio-economic issues.- Hidden species: an appropriate scientific approach to cryptozoology.

About the Author

Francesco M. Angelici, PhD, currently works in the areas of: Biology, behavioral ecology, fauna, zoogeography, and mammal systematic and conservation studies, particularly concerning carnivores, lagomorphs and ungulates. His other fields of research are: ornithology (the biology and ecology of Falconiformes, Passeriformes and Strigiformes) and herpetology (the ecology of snakes and their trophic relationship with mammals). He studies Italian and tropical fauna, with particular reference to the conservation of vertebrates. He also works in the areas of planning and environmental conservation. In particular, he has worked in the area of wildlife management at national parks, reserves and other protected areas in Italy and abroad. He currently works as a zoologist conservationist, with hunting management agencies. He is also a specialist in African savannah environments as well as desert and tropical rain forests.

Reviews

“It is devoted to a current and hot area in wildlife. … The book emerges as a keyhole for the greater door of wildlife management which can contribute to a better understanding. A book of this sort is recommended for wildlife and forestry students. It can also widen the perspective of policy makers on problematic species by paving a better way of sorting it.” (S. Suresh Ramanan and Anatoliy A. Khapugin, Nature Conservation Research, Vol. 2 (2), 2017)