Essays about: "wildlife extinction"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 29 essays containing the words wildlife extinction.

  1. 11. Bevarande av orangutangen : en studie av de största hoten mot arternas överlevnad

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Johanna Dahl; [2018]
    Keywords : orangutang; bevarande; regnskogsskövling; palmolja; tjuvjakt;

    Abstract : Orangutanger är endemiskt förekommande på öarna Borneo och Sumatra i Malaysia och Indonesien. Det finns tre arter: Sumatraorangutangen (Pongo abelii), Borneoorangutangen (Pongo pygmaeus) och den nyupptäckta Tapanuliorangutangen (Pongo tapanuliensis). READ MORE

  3. 12. Planning for Viable Forests with High Biodiversity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

    Author : Anja Herdesang; [2018]
    Keywords : Anja Herdesang; Planning for Viable Forests with High Biodiversity; forestry; foresters; forester; biodiversity; ecosystem; forest; sustainability; extinction; speices; refinement; nature; clear-cut; cuts; monocultured; forests; alternative; concervation; enviromental laws; even-aged; continuous; silvicultural; wood products; cost-effectiveness; Protection; timber; pulp; production; forest owners; harvesting; red-listed; violations; protected; effective management; ecosystem responses; disturbance; Cross-disciplinary cooperation; climax and carrying capacity; index; describing the abiotic basic Prerequisites for Biodiversity APB ; guideline; trees connected; wildlife connectivity; continuity; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Biology and Life Sciences; Cultural Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In recent decades, the rate of extinction of species is increasing due to human use and refinement of nature. This has resulted in a large amount of research throughout the world. Forestry today is mostly based on clear cuts, and many natural forests have been cut down and replaced with monocultured forests. READ MORE

  4. 13. Kopplingen mellan attityd och förvaltning : länsstyrelsens roll i bevarandet av våra rovdjur

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Sandra Wahlund; [2018]
    Keywords : varg; björn; lodjur; länsstyrelsen; viltförvaltning; bevarande; enkät; intervju;

    Abstract : Large carnivores have gone from near extinction to viable populations during the past decades. Public opinion concerning large carnivores has also shifted during the same timeline, from a general positive attitude to a more negative, especially in those areas where the carnivores re-emerged. READ MORE

  5. 14. Nutrient distribution by mammalian herbivores in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park (South Africa)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Laura van Veenhuisen; [2018]
    Keywords : megaherbivores; nutrient distribution; stoichiometry; South Africa; Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park; African savannah; herbivores; wildlife ecology; dung;

    Abstract : African megaherbivores are ecosystem engineers, which are under threat of extinction caused by, among others, poaching and climate change. Their current rates of loss means that there’s a need to better analyse their impact on the environment, in order to predict the consequences of losing this group. READ MORE

  6. 15. Tjuvjakt och bevarande av giraffer

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Alexandra Valfridsson; [2018]
    Keywords : giraff; tjuvjakt; giraffe camelopardalis; bevarande; nätgiraff; rothschild giraff;

    Abstract : Giraffen är väldens högsta landlevande däggdjur och förekommer i vilt tillstånd på Afrikas savanner söder om Sahara. De lever solitärt eller i ostabila, små hjordar och konkurrerar inte med andra arter om födan vilken huvudsakligen består av blad från träd och buskar av arten Acacia. Spp. READ MORE