Critical Research Techniques in Animal and Habitat Ecology: International Examples

407 Pages·2021·11.385 MB·English

by  Michael O'Neal Campbell, Kaushalendra Kumar Jha

ANIMAL SCIENCE, ISSUES AND RESEARCH

C R T
RITICAL ESEARCH ECHNIQUES IN
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NIMAL AND ABITAT COLOGY

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C R T
RITICAL ESEARCH ECHNIQUES IN
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NIMAL AND ABITAT COLOGY

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NTERNATIONAL XAMPLES

MICHAEL O’NEAL CAMPBELL
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KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR JHA
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CONTENTS

Introduction vii
Preface ix
Chapter 1 Urban Vulture Ecology, Tracking
Technologies and Human Quality of Life 1
Michael O’Neal Campbell
Chapter 2 Facts Around Vultures: An Attempt to Join the Puzzle Pieces 35
Kaushalendra Kumar Jha and Radhika Jha
Chapter 3 Brown World of Vultures: A Case of Vulture Restaurant 63
Kaushalendra Kumar Jha and Radhika Jha
Chapter 4 Environmental Chemistry and the Conservation
Biology of Raptors and Waterbirds 103
Michael Campbell
Chapter 5 Vulture Foraging and the Chemistry of Putrefaction 153
Michael O’Neal Campbell
Chapter 6 South and Northeast Brazil: Does a Shared Species Arise
Shared Human Dimensions of Conflicts with Wildlife? 173
Francine Schulz and Cláudia Sofia Guerreiro Martins
Chapter 7 Conflicts with Pumas in Southern Brazil: The Farmers’ View 201
Francine Schulz, Rodrigo Cambará Printes and
Larissa Rosa de Oliveira
Chapter 8 Reformation of African Elephant Ecology and Human Quality
of Life through GIS and Remote Sensing Technologies:
A Case of African Elephant Ecology in Botswana 225
Ida Dutt
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Chapter 9 Bio-Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
of Species Using eDNA: An International Approach
to Research and Future Possibilities 255
Philipa Shauna Dutt
Chapter 10 Wilding or Worrying? Place Meaning
in a Rewilding Landscape 277
Rachel Orchard and Carijn Beumer
Chapter 11 Environment Effect on Milky Stork Habitat Selection
in Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Perak 311
Azimah Abd Rahman and Aimi Shahirah Mohd Nazri
Chapter 12 The Landscape Ecology of Urban Avian Scavengers:
An International Perspective 333
Michael O’Neal Campbell
Editors' Contact Information 375
Index 377
INTRODUCTION

This is edited by two environmental scientists with interests in GIS and remote
sensing applications, forest and habitat change and large animal ecology. It examines
the cutting-edge issues related to animal and habitat ecology research and
management, with cases studies across Asia, the Americas, Africa and Europe. The
topics are based on research and reviews of specific and general topics covering the
habitats as well as the species of importance in selected case studies, and the overall
general scenarios. The chapters of the book are written by leading academic and field
experts, who discuss their skills and research findings. The field covered are vast, so
selectivity enters, based on concurrent and relevant subjects, such as field research
techniques, nature society relations and chemistry in conservation biology and policy.
The chapters focus on cases as varied as vultures, storks, waterbirds, pumas or
cougars, and elephants, and research techniques such as genetics and GIS.
Technological developments, such as GIS and remote sensing, and some genetic
methods have altered the nature of ecological research. These include the utility of
GIS, and the related techniques of remote sensing, which allow more precise and
accurate measurements and consequently more informed and reliable results.
Species distribution modelling enables evaluations habitat suitability and the impacts
of habitat alteration and the requirements for the improvement of animal conservation.
Integrated research, including the interfacial studies of social and natural sciences are
increasing important in ecological research, as disciplinary boundaries beak down and
hybrid disciplines emerge. Simultaneously, chemical and genetic studies are
increasing in importance, with applications in the interfaces of the ecological, social
and medical sciences.
The topics covered in this book may contribute the scientific understanding of
different, relevant topics on research methods on ecology and conservation biology.
This is especially the case, considering the wide selection of research topics in widely
varying contexts. Strands may emerge from these selected topics that may inform
further research and development in varied areas. These research findings may be
replicable in the different contexts to contribute to the objectives of ecological
sustainability. The results and conclusions presented, and the strategies
recommended in different chapters will help the policymakers and decision
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implementers, scientists, resource managers, research scholars and other
stakeholders to attain effective and sustainable animal conservation and habitat
management.

Michael O’Neal Campbell