Analysis of Vertebrate Populations

This book is an introduction to methods of analysis of vertebrate populations for students, ecologists, and wildlife managers, with a wide range of examples of mammals and birds from different parts of the world. Deals with reducing or stimulating populations, age, abundance, rate of increase, dispersal, fecundity, mark-recapture, and more. 234 pages.

Science & Math

Caughley, Graeme

Biological Sciences

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

This is the first fully integrated undergraduate text focussing on the ecology and management of wildlife, with an emphasis on mammals and birds. The first eleven chapters of the book take the reader through the basic principles of ecology necessary for an understanding of wildlife management. Further chapters progress to the practical problems experienced in wildlife management, treating management as problems in applied ecology.

Wildlife Ecology and Management

Sinclair, Anthony R.E.

wiley

This is an up-to-date and comprehensive look at the increasingly important subject of population management and conservation. Drawing on case studies of previous extinctions and near-extinctions, the authors discuss current theories for why species are driven into decline and how these declines can be reversed. Set in a real-world context of economics, legislation and treaties, this book is very much a practical guide for conservation action. 
<ul> <li>An eminently practical book discussing the theory and practice of conservation as it is in the real world rather than in an imaginary ideal scenario. 
</li> <li>A synthesis of the very important contribution Graeme Caughley made to the science of conservation biology.</li> </ul>

Conservation Biology in Theory and Practice

Gunn, Anne

To understand modern principles of sustainable management and the conservation of wildlife species requires intimate knowledge about demography, animal behavior, and ecosystem dynamics. With emphasis on practical application and quantitative skill development, this book weaves together these disparate elements in a single coherent textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students. It reviews analytical techniques, explaining the mathematical and statistical principles behind them, and shows how these can be used to formulate realistic objectives within an ecological framework. This third edition is comprehensive and up-to-date, and includes: <ul>
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 Brand new chapters that disseminate rapidly developing topics in the field: habitat use and selection; habitat fragmentation, movement, and corridors; population viability. analysis, the consequences of climate change; and evolutionary responses to disturbance</li> <li>
 A thorough updating of all chapters to present important areas of wildlife research and management with recent developments and examples.</li> <li>
 A new online study aid – a wide variety of downloadable computer programs in the freeware packages R and Mathcad, available through a companion website. Worked examples enable readers to practice calculations explained in the text and to develop a solid understanding of key statistical procedures and population models commonly used in wildlife ecology and management.</li> </ul> The first half of the book provides a solid background in key ecological concepts. The second half uses these concepts to develop a deeper understanding of the principles underlying wildlife management and conservation. Global examples of real-life management situations provide a broad perspective on the international problems of conservation, and detailed case histories demonstrate concepts and quantitative analyses. This third edition is also valuable to professional wildlife managers, park rangers, biological resource managers, and those working in ecotourism.

Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, and Management (Wiley Desktop Editions)

Fryxell, John M.

Wiley/Blackwell

Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, and Management

The second edition of Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, and Management provides a thorough introduction to general ecological principles and examines how they can be applied to wildlife management and conservation. 
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<li>Expanded and updated, this second edition includes new chapters on understanding ecosystems and the use of computer models in wildlife management</li> <li>Gives a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ecology including the latest theories on population dynamics and conservation</li> <li>Reviews practical applications and techniques and how these can be used to formulate realistic objectives with in an ecological framework</li> <li>Examples of real-life management situations from around the world provide a broad perspective on the international problems of conservation</li> <li>Worked examples on CD enable students to practice calculations explained in the text</li> </ul>
Artwork from the book is available to instructors online at www.blackwellpublishing.com/sinclair. An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Please contact our Higher Education team at HigherEducation@wiley.com for more information. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Wildlife Ecology, Conservation And Management

Sinclair, A. R. E.

Fryxell, John M., Ph.D.

Blackwell Pub.

Business & Money

Fryxell, John

Sinclair, Tony

Economics

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

This book was first published in 1977 and is widely recognized as a classic in the field. It is the "bible" for wildlife managers everywhere. It is an introduction to the methods and analysis of vertebrate populations for ecologists and wildlife managers as well as students of these subjects. A wide range of examples drawn from mammals and birds in different parts of the world is used to illustrate these methods. The book shows how population analysis can be applied to practical problems of wildlife management such as reducing a population, stimulating it to increase or taking from it a sustained yield. In order to make this complex subject as simple as possible, the methods for analysis described in this book are those which use elementary algebra and statistics rather than complex mathematics. Graeme Caughley studied the interactions between large mammalian herbivores and the environments they occupy. The pattern of population growth that can be predicted theoretically from such a relationship is both complex and variable. The animals will either erupt, crash, and then converge to a more stable density, or the population may oscillate indefinitely, the densities of plants and animals being locked into a stable limit cycle. He argued that the dynamics of mammalian herbivore populations are comprehensible only in terms of an interactive relationship between the herbivores and vegetation. He further argued that efficient management of such systems requires an understanding of the underlying mechanisms whereby the animals react to the plants and in turn the plants react dynamically to the effects of grazing. He was best known for his contributions to the understanding of herbivore-vegetation dynamics in the New Zealand high country, the Himalayas, southern Africa and the semi-arid rangelands of Australia. His research was distinguished by rigorous design, execution and analysis, so that the conclusions had generality beyond the particular species studied. Since he chose topics that combined theoretical interest and practical application, he also influenced important management policies - deer populations in New Zealand, kangaroos in Australia and the conservation of large mammals in Africa and North America. He had a major influence on thinking and practice in the field of vertebrate ecology and wildlife management throughout the world.

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