Jacob Höglund
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199214211
- eISBN:
- 9780191706660
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199214211.003.0006
- Subject:
- Biology, Biodiversity / Conservation Biology, Evolutionary Biology / Genetics
This chapter considers evidence for local adaptation in natural populations. It argues that local adaptation is common in nature and therefore probably ubiquitous in threatened populations subjected ...
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This chapter considers evidence for local adaptation in natural populations. It argues that local adaptation is common in nature and therefore probably ubiquitous in threatened populations subjected to conservation efforts. A goal in conservation studies should be to reach and manage natural populations so that they can respond to local selection and adapt to the environment in which they live.Less
This chapter considers evidence for local adaptation in natural populations. It argues that local adaptation is common in nature and therefore probably ubiquitous in threatened populations subjected to conservation efforts. A goal in conservation studies should be to reach and manage natural populations so that they can respond to local selection and adapt to the environment in which they live.
Jonathan J. G. Alexander
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197263952
- eISBN:
- 9780191734083
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197263952.003.0029
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
This chapter examines the history of the study of medieval art in Great Britain during the period from 1950 to 2000. The British Academy created a separate section for History of Art and Music, but ...
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This chapter examines the history of the study of medieval art in Great Britain during the period from 1950 to 2000. The British Academy created a separate section for History of Art and Music, but in many quarters art history was still thought of as the province of the amateur art-lover rather than an object of serious study. Only the Courtland Institute continued to be the only institution in England offering undergraduate and graduate degrees. The situation changed in the 1960s and 1970s when all branches of the discipline experienced major growth in the areas of conservation studies and art-book publishing.Less
This chapter examines the history of the study of medieval art in Great Britain during the period from 1950 to 2000. The British Academy created a separate section for History of Art and Music, but in many quarters art history was still thought of as the province of the amateur art-lover rather than an object of serious study. Only the Courtland Institute continued to be the only institution in England offering undergraduate and graduate degrees. The situation changed in the 1960s and 1970s when all branches of the discipline experienced major growth in the areas of conservation studies and art-book publishing.
Ian D. Hume, Lesley A. Gibson, and Steven J. Lapidge
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520240247
- eISBN:
- 9780520930636
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520240247.003.0008
- Subject:
- Biology, Biodiversity / Conservation Biology
This chapter describes conservation studies of two Australian arid-zone marsupials, the bilby or rabbit-eared bandicoot (Macrotis lagotis) and the yellow-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus). ...
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This chapter describes conservation studies of two Australian arid-zone marsupials, the bilby or rabbit-eared bandicoot (Macrotis lagotis) and the yellow-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus). Artificial watering points made possible the rapid and massive invasion of the Australian arid and semi-arid zones by both exotic herbivores and carnivores. This resulted in the removal of low vegetation that provides important refuges to marsupials, leaving them much more exposed to predation by exotic carnivores, such as foxes and feral cats. Studies on the energy and water requirements of both marsupials provide information that neither species require access to free water. By contrast, the introduced species have higher water requirements. This chapter suggests that since the introduced of species requires free water, one way to ensure the long-term conservation of both arid zone marsupials is the complete removal of artificial sources of water.Less
This chapter describes conservation studies of two Australian arid-zone marsupials, the bilby or rabbit-eared bandicoot (Macrotis lagotis) and the yellow-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus). Artificial watering points made possible the rapid and massive invasion of the Australian arid and semi-arid zones by both exotic herbivores and carnivores. This resulted in the removal of low vegetation that provides important refuges to marsupials, leaving them much more exposed to predation by exotic carnivores, such as foxes and feral cats. Studies on the energy and water requirements of both marsupials provide information that neither species require access to free water. By contrast, the introduced species have higher water requirements. This chapter suggests that since the introduced of species requires free water, one way to ensure the long-term conservation of both arid zone marsupials is the complete removal of artificial sources of water.
