Riding the Tiger: Tiger Conservation in Human-Dominated Landscapes

By Peter Jackson

Book Overview

Beauty, grace and power make the tiger one of the world's most loved animals, yet it is precisely these qualities that have been its downfall. Poaching for skins and body parts, loss of habitat and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521648351
• ISBN13: 9780521648356
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.8" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Scientific monography about the tiger

Excellent scientific work about ecology, behaviour, resilience and conservation issues of the tiger, written by several leading scientists.

Tiger biology and conservation

If you want to explore the present state of knowledge about tigers in the wild and their real prospects for survival, this is the best publication available. It's attractively illustrated with photos of wild tigers, current range maps, and useful treatments of their history, habitat, populations, prey relations, conflicts with people, and conservation status in various parts of their range. The book's chapters are well organized and written by well informed scientists. I couldn't put the book down and have only been surprised that it has received so little publicity beyond the professional ranks of conservation biologists. It's useful also for those considering a visit to areas where tigers still occur.

Riding the Tiger - aug 2001

An excellent and thorough composition of research of the tiger and its conservation. A must have for ecologists or wildlife biologists interested in studying or working with the big cats. Very informative, written with a lot of data, statistics, maps and references - most informative for those with a scientific mind. Highly recommended.

One of the best conservation books out there

Riding the Tiger is a fine conservation book. It gets into the technical part of conservation which few see. If you are interested in becoming a zoologist this book is a must.

Riding the Tiger

This book is excellent for biological conservationists. It is written in the language of science and may be slightly difficult for the non-scientist to comprehend. Otherwise, it was a great book, and I would recommend it for everyone.