The Future of the Red-legged Partridge Science, Hunting and Conservation

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 importan...

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Other Authors: Casas, Fabián (Editor), García, Jesús T. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Wildlife Research Monographs
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • 1. The Red-legged Partridge: A Historical Overview on Distribution, Status, Research and Hunting
  • 2. Advances in Research on Ecophysiology and Evolutionary Ecology: the Red-legged Partridge as a Study Model
  • 3. Habitat Use and Selection: Is Habitat Management the Key to Restore Red-legged Partridge Populations?
  • 4. Habitat Use and Selection: Is Habitat Management the Key to Restore Red-legged Partridge Populations?
  • 5. The Introduced Red-legged Partridge in Britain: Management and Challenges for the Future
  • 6. Molecular DNA studies in the Red-legged Partridge: from population genetics and phylogeography to the risk of anthropogenic hybridization
  • 7. Enough Reared Red-legs for Today, but Fewer Wild Ones for Tomorrow? The Dilemma of Gamebird Rearing and Releasing
  • 8. Ecotoxicology relevant to the Red-legged Partridge and other Galliformes
  • 9. Health Monitoring and Disease Control in Red-legged Partridges
  • 10. Red-legged Partridge Monitoring and Population Trends
  • 11. Social and Economic Aspects of Red-legged Partridge Hunting and Management in Spain
  • 12. Epilogue: Would the Red-legged Partridge has a future?