Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and Techniques for Zoo Management - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0226440095 ISBN 13: 9780226440095

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 2010

Riassunto

 

Zoos, aquaria, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. For nearly fifteen years, these institutions have relied on Wild Mammals in Captivity as the essential reference for their work. Now the book reemerges in a completely updated second edition. Wild Mammals in Captivity presents the most current thinking and practice in the care and management of wild mammals in zoos and other institutions. In one comprehensive volume, the editors have gathered the most current information from studies of animal behavior; advances in captive breeding; research in physiology, genetics, and nutrition; and new thinking in animal management and welfare.

            In this edition, more than three-quarters of the text is new, and information from more than seventy-five contributors is thoroughly updated. The standard text for all courses in zoo biology, Wild Mammals in Captivity will, in its new incarnation, continue to be used by zoo managers, animal caretakers, researchers, and anyone with an interest in how to manage animals in captive conditions. 

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L'autore:

Devra G. Kleiman (1942–2010) was principal of Zoo-Logic, LLC, Chevy Chase, Maryland; senior scientist emeritus at Smithsonian National Zoological Park; and adjunct professor at the University of Maryland. Katerina V. Thompson is director of Undergraduate Research & Internship Programs in the College of Chemical and Life Sciences at the University of Maryland. Charlotte Kirk Baer is principal of Baer and Associates, LLC, Silver Spring, Maryland.  

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• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0226440095
• ISBN 13: 9780226440095
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 569
• Redattore: Kleiman Devra G., Thompson Katerina V., Baer Charlotte Kirk