Overexploitation
Abstract
In this Chapter, Carlos A. Peres highlights the effects of human exploitation of terrestrial and aquatic biomes on biodiversity. Human exploitation of biological commodities involves resource extraction from the land, freshwater bodies or oceans, so that wild animals, plants or their products are used for a wide variety of purposes. Overexploitation occurs when the harvest rate of any given population exceeds its natural replacement rate. Many species are relatively insensitive to harvesting, remaining abundant under relatively high rates of offtake, whereas others can be driven to local extinction by even the lightest levels of offtake. This chapter reviews the effects of overexploitation in terrestrial as well as aquatic biomes. Options to manage resource exploitation are also discussed.
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Most unregulated hunting of larger-bodied mammalian species is unsustainable, driven by commercialization of the trade and facilitated by increased access and improved technologies.
“Driven by commercialization of the trade, and facilitated by increased access and improved technologies (Bennett, ), most unregulated hunting of larger-bodied mammalian species is unsustainable (Peres, ).”
From Commercial hunting to supply urban markets threatens mammalian biodiversity in Sapo National Park, Liberia (2016) · cites this paper as Peres, 2010
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Greengrass, E. (2016) · Oryx · doi:10.1017/s0030605315000095 · Cited by 26 · see citing works
- Authors
- Peres, C. A.
- Corresponding author
- Peres, Carlos A.
- ORCID
- Peres, Carlos A.
- Venue
- Conservation Biology for All
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2010-01-01
- Pages
- 107-130
- OpenAlex
- W4255482857
- Cited by
- 29
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 6.68
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Keywords
- overexploitation, biodiversity loss, resource extraction, harvesting, local extinction, terrestrial biomes, resource management
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