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The Badgers of Wytham Woods
David MacdonaldChris Newman
其他書名
A Model for Behaviour, Ecology, and Evolution
出版Oxford University Press, 2022-10-17
主題Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / MammalsScience / Life Sciences / Zoology / GeneralNature / Environmental Conservation & ProtectionScience / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity
ISBN01926599449780192659941
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=onWVEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The badgers of Wytham Woods (Oxford, UK) have been studied continuously and intensively by David Macdonald for almost 50 years (25 of them with his former student and co-author Chris Newman), generating a wealth of data pertaining to every facet of their ecology and evolution. Through a mix of accessible, highly readable prose and cutting-edge science, the authors weave a riveting scientific story of the lives of these intriguing creatures, highlighting the insights offered to science more broadly through badgers as a model system. They provide a paradigm - from population down to molecule - for a deeper understanding of mammalian behaviour, ecology, epidemiology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. The real value of this long-term study is particularly apparent with current and globally relevant challenges such as climate change, disease epidemics, and senescence. This unique dataset enables us to examine these issues in a context that only a half-century experiment can reveal. The Badgers of Wytham Woods will appeal to a broad audience of professional academics (especially carnivore and mammalian biologists), researchers and students at all levels, governmental and non-governmental wildlife bodies, and to the natural historian fascinated by wild animals and the remarkable processes of nature they exemplify.