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Problematic Wildlife II

New Conservation and Management Challenges in the Human-Wildlife Interactions

  • Carefully chosen case studies that highlight each types of problematic wildlife-human interactions
  • Broadly appeal to conservation biologists, wildlife ecologists, business organizations, hobbyists, government agencies, NGOs (and others) with solutions that cater to their individual agenda
  • Unique perspectives on human-driven conflicts with wildlife species with possible strategies of coexistence and mitigation

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Introduction to ‘Problematic Wildlife II’: Problematic Species Are Increasing, in a World that Is Constantly Changing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Need and Relevance of the Book: Problematic Wildlife and the Modern World

      • Francesco Maria Angelici, Lorenzo Rossi
      Pages 3-14
  3. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-140
    2. “Good” and “Bad” Urban Wildlife

      • Gad Perry, Clint Boal, Robin Verble, Mark Wallace
      Pages 141-170
    3. Wildlife and Traffic: An Inevitable but Not Unsolvable Problem?

      • Andreas Seiler, Manisha Bhardwaj
      Pages 171-190
  4. Part IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-214
    2. What Do We Know About Wild Boar in Iberia?

      • Alberto Giménez-Anaya, C. Guillermo Bueno, Pedro Fernández-Llario, Carlos Fonseca, Ricardo García-González, Juan Herrero et al.
      Pages 251-271
    3. Traveling in a Fragile World: The Value of Ecotourism

      • Ernesta Martina Esposito, Davide Palumbo, Pia Lucidi
      Pages 273-355
  5. Part VI

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 419-420

About this book

In a world where habitats are constantly changing and the impact of anthropization on the environment is increasingly intense, interactions between human and wildlife are becoming more and more complex. Some species pose problems for human activities while many others need to be helped in order to continue to exist.

This book follows the first volume called 'Problematic Wildlife', edited by F.M. Angelici and published by Springer in 2016, which has had considerable success with readers and critics.

The volume includes 21 chapters divided into 7 parts devoted specific topics which are approached in a multidisciplinary way. There are both review chapters and specific cases, always bearing in mind the interest for an international audience.

The book is useful both for scientists, wildlife specialists, conservationists, zoologists, ecologists, university students, nature managers, and for those who live in contact with wildlife and its problems, such as farmers, shepherds, hunters, urban planners, and staff of parks and nature reserves.

Its ultimate goal is to offer scientific and pragmatic approaches to manage each categories of problematic species.


Editors and Affiliations

  • FIZV, Rome, Italy

    Francesco Maria Angelici

  • Museo dell’Ecologia di Cesena, Cesena, Italy

    Lorenzo Rossi

About the editors

Francesco Maria Angelici, PhD, currently works in the areas of biology, behavioral ecology, fauna, zoogeography, and mammal systematic and conservation studies, particularly concerning carnivores, lagomorphs and ungulates. His other fields of research are: ornithology (the biology and ecology of Falconiformes, Passeriformes and Strigiformes) and herpetology (the ecology of snakes and their trophic relationship with mammals). He studies Italian and tropical fauna, with particular reference to the conservation of vertebrates.  He also works in the areas of planning and environmental conservation. In particular, he has worked in the area of wildlife management at national parks, reserves and other protected areas in Italy and abroad. He currently works as a zoologist conservationist, with hunting management agencies. He is also a specialist in African savannah environments as well as desert and tropical rain forests. He is currently the scientific head of an international project dedicated to the conservation of the lion (Panthera leo) in Ghana.  He has published about 220 scientific papers in journals with international committees of reference, in addition to some scientific and popular articles. He has also written several chapters in monographs and books in Italy and abroad, in addition to being the editor of various Italian books. He co-authored the “Checklist of fauna species in Italy, Vertebrates" in the Mammals section, and authored several species sections in the new edition of Fauna d’Italia (Texbook of Italian Mammals), some species sections in Handbuch der Säugetiere Europas (Monograph on the Mammals of Europe), and some species sections in Mammals of Africa  (Bloomsbury Publishing).  He contributes as a referent to 23 international journals, and he is associate editor of two international journals. He was a lecturer in courses in zoology (Vertebrate Zoology, Wildlife Management, Animal Ecology, and Zoogeography) at  Sapienza University of Rome from 1990 to 1996, and at the University of Tuscia, Viterbo from 2007 to 2009. He is a member of seventeen scientific and/or conservation societies in both Italy and abroad, including the IUCN.

Lorenzo Rossi is a science communicator who deals with the history of zoology, ethnozoology and the relationship between science and pseudoscience. For this topics he is the author of exhibits, conferences, books and scientific publications. His most recent works concern the relationship between folklore and the discovery of new species of primates and the morphometric and genetic study of the island population of wolves that became extinct in Sicily (Italy) at the beginning of 1900.  He currently deals with public relations for the Museo dell'Ecologia di Cesena (Italy) and the organisation of events related to citizen science projects.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Problematic Wildlife II

  • Book Subtitle: New Conservation and Management Challenges in the Human-Wildlife Interactions

  • Editors: Francesco Maria Angelici, Lorenzo Rossi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42335-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42334-6Published: 08 May 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42337-7Published: 08 May 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-42335-3Published: 07 May 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 649

  • Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations, 78 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Animal Ecology, Nature Conservation, Urban Ecology

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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