This book reviews wildlife management and conservation in Central and South America. The book discusses the threats to biodiversity in this area including habitat fragmentation, development, ranching, tourism as well as hunting. The book contains contributions from many local Latin American authors who work there daily and are exposed to the numerous and unique issues that need to be taken into account when talking about conservation in Central and South America.
- Table of Contents
- Foreword, by George B. Schaller
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I: Vanishing Mammals, Vanishing Landscapes
- 1. Vanishing Mammals: The Rise and Fall of the Rhinoceroses
- 2. Culture, Conservation, and the Demand for Rhinoceros Horn
- 3. Vanishing Landscapes: The Flood Plain Ecosystem of Chitwan
- Part II: Biology of an Endangered Megaherbivore
- 4. Size and Sexual Dimorphism in Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros
- 5. The Biology of an Extinction-Prone Species: Facing Demographic, Genetic, and Environmental Threats
- 6. Life on the Flood Plain: Spacing and Ranging Behavior, Feeding Ecology, and Activity Patterns
- 7. Male Dominance, Reproductive Success, and the "Incisor Size Hypothesis"
- 8. Endangered Phenomena: Rhinoceros as Landscape Architects
- Part III: The Recovery of Endangered Large Mammal Populations and their Habitats in Asia
- 9. Does Privately Owned Ecotourism Support Conservation of Charismatic Megafauna?
- 10. Making Room for Megafauna: Promoting Local Guardianship of Endangered Species and Landscape-scale Conservation
- 11. The Recovery of Rhinoceros and Other Asian Megafauna Conclusion
- Appendix A: Methods
- Appendix B: Measurements and other Physical Features of greater one-horned rhinoceros captured in Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal
- Appendix C: Demographic and Genetic Data
- Appendix D: Seasonal Home Range and Daily Movements
- Appendix E: A Profile of Rhinoceros Behavior
- Appendix F: Reproductive Histories of Adult Female Rhinoceros
- References
- Index
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