The Future of the Red-legged Partridge
Science, Hunting and Conservation
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Beschreibung
There has been a recent upsurge of red-legged partridge research in most countries where the species is distributed, but no comprehensive review of that fresh and relevant multidisciplinary and international knowledge is available. In fact, this is probably the first scientific book on this important species, apart from Dick Potts’ excellent works on British-introduced population, or ONCFS’s (Office Nationale de la Chasse et le Faune Sauvage, France) older technical reports. This is in strong contrast with a plethora of literature in hunting magazines or non-academic books, not often precise, realistic, or well informed. Thus, the book fills a great bibliography gap that could have important social impact. The common thread of the book is the prominent role a species like this may play for research, from basic physiological or ecological knowledge to socio-economics of hunting and the rural world. The general framework of the book [I1] is the important role that hunting and game management may play in both rural economies and biodiversity conservation, with the partridge as flag species, and also in identifying the “dark drift” that industrial, incorrectly deployed management, or hunting vision may have on both sustainability of resources and nature conservation at large. The final aim of the book is identifying the best future scenario, both for partridge hunters and managers as well as the general public.
A necessary first account of a keystone species for European biodiversity conservation and Mediterranean rural economies
Explains how hunting and game management play an important role for rural economies and biodiversity conservation
Provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary review on this keystone species which is also one of the most important gamebirds of southwestern Europe
A necessary first account of a keystone species for European biodiversity conservation and Mediterranean rural economies Provides a comprehensive review on this keystone species Explains how hunting and game management play an important role for rural economies and biodiversity conservation
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Fabián Casas
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