TY  - BOOK
AU  - Notarbartolo di Sciara,Giuseppe
AU  - W�rsig,Bernd
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Marine Mammals: the Evolving Human Factor
T2  - Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals,
SN  - 9783030981006
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Freshwater ecology
KW  - Marine ecology
KW  - Conservation biology
KW  - Ecology�
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Zoology
KW  - Behavior genetics
KW  - Vertebrates
KW  - Freshwater and Marine Ecology
KW  - Conservation Biology
KW  - Behavioral Genetics
KW  - Vertebrate Zoology
N1  - Neuroethological background of marine mammal complexity -- Social extremes and their relation to anthropogenic stress -- Lone, sociable marine mammals and their influence on human attitudes -- Efforts of conserving marine mammals (spaces excluded) -- Conserving marine mammal spaces and habitats -- Conservation relevance of marine mammal social learning and culture -- Marine mammal migrations
N2  - The seventh volume in the series "Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals" describes aspects of the often-complex relationship between humans and marine mammals. From a primeval condition of occasional predators, during the last century humans have become a major factor negatively affecting the status of most marine mammals through over-hunting, habitat encroachment and environmental degradation. This has led to the extirpation of many marine mammal populations and even to the extinction of species. However, in parallel to this destructive drive, since antiquity humanity has been influenced by a strong fascination for marine mammals, which contributes today to an increased human appreciation of the natural world admixed with widespread concern for its degrading condition. The special status occupied by marine mammals in human imagination and affection stands in stark contrast with the current predicament of many populations still threatened by the doings of Homo sapiens: a condition emblematic of the relationship of humanity with nature, and key to understanding where humanity is heading
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