Conserving Migratory Species
An Interdisciplinary Synthesis
- 1st Edition - March 1, 2099
- Latest edition
- Editor: Autumn-Lynn Harrison
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 9 3 1 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 9 3 2 - 9
Conserving Migratory Species: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis fills an important gap in biodiversity conservation literature by providing the first synthesis exclusively and expli… Read more
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Conserving Migratory Species: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis fills an important gap in biodiversity conservation literature by providing the first synthesis exclusively and explicitly dedicated to the conservation of migratory species. This book spans ecological and environmental management to sociology and international relations.
Written by an international team of carefully assembled experts, this book is organized into key cross-cutting themes relating to migratory species conservation through an integrative approach across animal groups with a global scope. Migratory species have supported human survival for millennia, yet their future is in question due to human pressures. These include species that challenge our imagination through their amazing long-distance journeys, such as the bar-tailed godwit that flies from Alaska to New Zealand, as well as many that have contributed to human survival and economic activities, such as salmons that have underpinned the lives of Native Americans and the fishing industry in the North Pacific. This book explores the diversity of migratory animals, their importance to humans, their status, and threats, as well as what we can do to conserve them through on-ground actions orchestrated by governance approaches at various scales.
Conserving Migratory Species: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis is an important resource for biodiversity and conservation researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and citizens around the world who endeavor to advance migratory species and their marvelous journeys.
- Discusses factors and solutions for declining migratory species
- Presents a global geographic spread investigating migratory species, including regions like North America, Eurasia, Africa, and Oceana
- Includes taxonomic expertise for groups including ungulates, terrestrial mammals, fish, birds, and more
Biodiversity and conservation researchers and practitioners, Policy makers, academics, activists
Section I: Background
1: Introduction (Perspectives and framework for analysis)
2: Value and importance of migratory species: Cultural significance, ecosystem function, and ecosystem services
3: Why and how is conserving migratory species different
Section II: Biological/ecological dimensions
4: Background on the ecology of migration
5: Vulnerability of migratory species
6: The global status of migratory species
7: Migratory threats
7.1. Barriers to migration
7.2. Direct mortality
7.3. Habitat loss: Disproportionate effects
7.4. Climate change
7.5. Other threats
Section III: Management dimensions
8: Management of barriers
8.1. Culverts/fishways
8.2. Fish ladders
8.3. Fence removal/passages
8.4. Road overpasses/underpasses
8.5. Noise
9: Management of direct mortality
9.1. Full life-cycle approach to harvest management
9.2. Reducing mortality from incidental catch in fisheries
9.3. Reducing mortality from collisions
9.5. Sub-lethal effects
10: Management of habitats
10.1. Site-based conservation
10.2. Conservation in working landscapes and urban areas
10.3. Habitat restoration and positive externalities
10.4. Human-wildlife conflict management
10.5. Exotic species management
11: Active population management
11.1. Homing behavior and management opportunities
11.2. Captive breeding, reintroductions, translocations, and head starting
12: Education and outreach: Strategies and opportunities for conserving migratory species through public support
Section IV: Governance dimensions
13: The emergence of international regimes and global environmental governance: Theory and practice
14: Governance frameworks and their effectiveness
14.1. Frameworks for the conservation of invertebrates
14.2. Frameworks for the conservation of fish
14.3. Frameworks for the conservation of sea turtles
14.4. Frameworks for the conservation of birds
14.5. Frameworks for the conservation of mammals
14.6. Exploring differences and similarities across frameworks
14.7. Effectiveness of institutional arrangements
Section V: Final remarks
15: Knowledge gaps in migration ecology and taxonomy of migratory species: the role of technology
16: Monitoring migratory species and their threats
17: Priorities for the conservation of migratory species
18: Conclusions: principles, strategies, and future directions
1: Introduction (Perspectives and framework for analysis)
2: Value and importance of migratory species: Cultural significance, ecosystem function, and ecosystem services
3: Why and how is conserving migratory species different
Section II: Biological/ecological dimensions
4: Background on the ecology of migration
5: Vulnerability of migratory species
6: The global status of migratory species
7: Migratory threats
7.1. Barriers to migration
7.2. Direct mortality
7.3. Habitat loss: Disproportionate effects
7.4. Climate change
7.5. Other threats
Section III: Management dimensions
8: Management of barriers
8.1. Culverts/fishways
8.2. Fish ladders
8.3. Fence removal/passages
8.4. Road overpasses/underpasses
8.5. Noise
9: Management of direct mortality
9.1. Full life-cycle approach to harvest management
9.2. Reducing mortality from incidental catch in fisheries
9.3. Reducing mortality from collisions
9.5. Sub-lethal effects
10: Management of habitats
10.1. Site-based conservation
10.2. Conservation in working landscapes and urban areas
10.3. Habitat restoration and positive externalities
10.4. Human-wildlife conflict management
10.5. Exotic species management
11: Active population management
11.1. Homing behavior and management opportunities
11.2. Captive breeding, reintroductions, translocations, and head starting
12: Education and outreach: Strategies and opportunities for conserving migratory species through public support
Section IV: Governance dimensions
13: The emergence of international regimes and global environmental governance: Theory and practice
14: Governance frameworks and their effectiveness
14.1. Frameworks for the conservation of invertebrates
14.2. Frameworks for the conservation of fish
14.3. Frameworks for the conservation of sea turtles
14.4. Frameworks for the conservation of birds
14.5. Frameworks for the conservation of mammals
14.6. Exploring differences and similarities across frameworks
14.7. Effectiveness of institutional arrangements
Section V: Final remarks
15: Knowledge gaps in migration ecology and taxonomy of migratory species: the role of technology
16: Monitoring migratory species and their threats
17: Priorities for the conservation of migratory species
18: Conclusions: principles, strategies, and future directions
- Edition: 1
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- Published: March 1, 2099
- Language: English
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Autumn-Lynn Harrison
Dr. Autumn-Lynn Harrison is a Research Ecologist at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, part of the National Zoological Park and Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C. USA. She has studied animal migration in many systems, including land mammals of the East African savannah, marine predators in the Pacific Ocean, and now birds of the Western Hemisphere. Dr. Harrison’s experience with edited volumes will be a strong contribution—she was the editorial assistant for the volume, Connectivity Conservation (Cambridge University Press) and is an editor of the forthcoming Atlas of Migratory Connectivity for the Birds of North America (Princeton University Press, 2022). Her work aims also to translate discoveries from animal tracking technologies into conservation and management. She worked for the Society for Conservation Biology for 11 years and has been a leader of multiple animal migration conservation initiatives.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Ecologist, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, part of the National Zoological Park and Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., USA