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Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and Techniques for Zoo Management, Second Edition - Softcover

 
9780226440101: Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and Techniques for Zoo Management, Second Edition
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0226440109 ISBN 13: 9780226440101
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2012

Synopsis

Zoos, aquaria, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. For nearly fifteen years, these institutions have relied on Wild Mammals in Captivity as the essential reference for their work. Now the book reemerges in a completely updated second edition. Wild Mammals in Captivity presents the most current thinking and practice in the care and management of wild mammals in zoos and other institutions. In one comprehensive volume, the editors have gathered the most current information from studies of animal behavior; advances in captive breeding; research in physiology, genetics, and nutrition; and new thinking in animal management and welfare.

In this edition, more than three-quarters of the text is new, and information from more than seventy-five contributors is thoroughly updated. The standard text for all courses in zoo biology, Wild Mammals in Captivity will, in its new incarnation, continue to be used by zoo managers, animal caretakers, researchers, and anyone with an interest in how to manage animals in captive conditions.

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About the Author

Devra G. Kleiman (1942-2010) was principal of Zoo-Logic, LLC in Chevy Chase, Maryland; senior scientist emeritus at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park; and adjunct professor at the University of Maryland. Katerina V. Thompson is director of the Undergraduate Research and Internship Programs in the College of Chemical and Life Sciences at the University of Maryland. Charlotte Kirk Baer is principal of Baer and Associates, LLC in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0226440109
ISBN 13 
9780226440101
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
592
Editor
Kleiman Devra G., Thompson Katerina V., Baer Charlotte Kirk