Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America

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Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America

Name: Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America
Brand: ISLAND PRESS
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Edited by David E. Naugle, Foreword by Mark S. Boyce
Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
Release Date: April 16, 2011
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 344

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Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America offers a road map for securing our energy future while safeguarding our heritage.

Contributors show how science can help craft solutions to conflicts between wildlife and energy development by delineating core areas, identifying landscapes that support viable populations, and forecasting future development scenarios to aid in conservation design. The book

frames the issue and introduces readers to major types of extractionquantifies the pace and extent of current and future energy developmentprovides an ecological foundation for understanding cumulative impacts on wildlife speciessynthesizes information on the biological response of wildlife to developmentdiscusses energy infrastructure as a conduit for the spread of invasive speciescompares impacts of alternative energy to those of conventional development

The final section calls for a shift away from site-level management that has failed to mitigate cumulative impacts on wildlife populations toward broad-scale planning and implementation of conservation in priority landscapes. The book concludes by identifying ways that decision makers can remove roadblocks to conservation, and provides a blueprint for implementing conservation plans. Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America is a must-have volume for elected officials, industry representatives, natural resource managers, conservation groups, and the public seeking to promote energy independence while at the same time protecting wildlife.

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments

PART I. Energy Development and the Human Footprint
Chapter 1. An Introduction Energy to Development in the West \ David E. Naugle and Holly E. Copeland
Chapter 2. Geography of Energy Development in Western North America: Potential Impacts to Terrestrial Ecosystems \ Holly E. Copeland, Amy Pocewicz, and Joseph M. Kiesecker

PART II. Biological Response of Wildlife and Invasive Plants to Energy Development
Chapter 3. A Unifying Framework for Understanding Impacts of Human Developments for Wildlife \ Chris J. Johnson and Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
Chapter 4. Sage-grouse and Cumulative Impacts of Energy Development \ David E. Naugle, Kevin E. Doherty, Brett L.Walker, Holly E. Copeland, Matthew J. Holloran, and Jason D. Tack
Chapter 5. Effects of Energy Development on Ungulates in Western North America \ Mark Hebblewhite
Chapter 6. The Effects of Energy Development on Songbirds \ Erin M. Bayne and Brenda C. Dale
Chapter 7. Invasive Plants and Their Response to Energy Development \ Paul H. Evangelista, Alycia W. Crall, and Erin Bergquist
Chapter 8. Wind Power and Biofuels: A Green Dilemma for Wildlife Conservation \ Gregory D. Johnson and Scott E. Stephens

PART III. Conservation by Design: Planning and Implementing Solutions
Chapter 9. Energy by Design: Making Mitigation Work for Conservation and Development \ Joseph M. Kiesecker, Holly E. Copeland, Bruce A. McKenney, Amy Pocewicz, and Kevin E. Doherty
Chapter 10. Forecasting Energy Development Scenarios to Aid in Conservation Design \ Holly E. Copeland, Kevin E. Doherty, David E. Naugle, Amy Pocewicz, and Joseph M. Kiesecker
Chapter 11. Resource Policy, Adaptive Management and Energy Development on Public Lands \ Melinda Harm Benson
Chapter 12. Community-based Landscape Conservation: A Roadmap for the Future \ Gregory A. Neudecker, Alison L. Duvall, and James W. Stutzman

Literature Cited
About the Editor
List of Contributors
Index

"...this volume presents excellent summaries and suggestions for large-scale planning of energy development to ensure that viable wildlife populations are maintained for future generations."

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