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Wildlife Population Health

This textbook introduces the core competencies, tools and perspectives to manage free-ranging animal population health and demonstrates their need and relevance to help wildlife cope with the ever-increasing pressures of the Anthropocene, manifested by global megatrends such as climate change, urban...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stephen, Craig (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Subjects:
Conservation Biology
Public Health
Veterinary Science
Epidemiology
Ecology 
Veterinary Medicine
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • PART 1 – Core Concepts of Wildlife Population Health
  • Chapter 1. What is wildlife health? Craig Stephen
  • Chapter 2. Wildlife population health strategies
  • Chapter 3. Population health core competencies
  • PART 2 – Foundations of wildlife population health management
  • Chapter 4. Epidemiological study design in free-ranging wildlife – Theoretical and practical considerations
  • Chapter 5. Participatory epidemiology and surveillance for wildlife health
  • Chapter 6. Causation in wildlife population health
  • Chapter 7. Investigating Wildlife Disease as a Social Problem
  • Chapter 8. Evidence-based decision making
  • Chapter 9. Wildlife health surveillance and intelligence. Challenges and opportunities
  • Chapter 10. Health Protection and Promotion for Disease Management in Free-Ranging Wildlife Populations
  • PART 3 – Confronting 21st century challenges to wildlife population health
  • Chapter 11. From Amazon Floods and Australian Wildfires to Human Spills and Explosions: What Disasters Mean to Wildlife
  • Chapter 12. Urbanization
  • Chapter 13. Climate change
  • Chapter 14. Landscapes supporting wildlife health
  • Chapter 15. An emerging disease agenda for wildlife health management
  • Chapter 16. Pollution and wildlife health
  • Chapter 17. Working in a complex, wicked and messy world of wildlife health
  • Chapter 18. Applying a health lens in managing species at risk under threat of alien invasive species
  • PART 4 – Wildlife health promotion concepts
  • Chapter 19. Human dimensions of wildlife health management
  • Chapter 20. Healthy policy for healthy wildlife
  • Chapter 21. Stakeholder engagement for wildlife health management
  • Chapter 22. Leading change with diverse stakeholders
  • Chapter 23. Bridging the knowing-to-doing gap in wildlife population health
  • Chapter 24. Preparing for the unexpected
  • Chapter 25. Wildlife health solutions depend on effective risk communication

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