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Wildlife ecology, conservation, and management / John M. Fryxell, Anthony R. E. Sinclair and Gareme Gaughley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chichester : John Wiley, 2014.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiii, 509 p. : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781118291078 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 639.9 23 F948
Contents:
1. Introduction-- 2. Food and nutrition-- 3. Home range and habitat use-- 4. Dispersal, dispersion, and distribution-- 5. Population growth and regulation-- 6. Competition and facilitation between species-- 7. Predation-- 8. Parasites and pathogens-- 9. Consumer-resource dynamics-- 10. The ecology of behavior-- 11. Climate change and wildlife-- 12. Counting animals-- 13. Age and stage structure-- 14. Experimental management-- 15. Model evaluation and adaptive management-- 16. Population viability analysis-- 17. Conservation in practice-- 18. Wildlife harvesting-- 19. Wildlife control-- 20. Evolution and conservation genetics-- 21. Habitat loss metapopulation dynamics-- 22. Ecosystem management and conservation-- Appendices-- Glossary-- References-- Index.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction--
2. Food and nutrition--
3. Home range and habitat use--
4. Dispersal, dispersion, and distribution--
5. Population growth and regulation--
6. Competition and facilitation between species--
7. Predation--
8. Parasites and pathogens--
9. Consumer-resource dynamics--
10. The ecology of behavior--
11. Climate change and wildlife--
12. Counting animals--
13. Age and stage structure--
14. Experimental management--
15. Model evaluation and adaptive management--
16. Population viability analysis--
17. Conservation in practice--
18. Wildlife harvesting--
19. Wildlife control--
20. Evolution and conservation genetics--
21. Habitat loss metapopulation dynamics--
22. Ecosystem management and conservation--
Appendices--
Glossary--
References--
Index.

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.

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