TY - BOOK AU - Fryxell,John M. AU - Sinclair,AnthonyR.E. AU - Caughley,Graeme TI - Wildlife ecology, conservation, and management SN - 9781118291078 (pbk.) U1 - 639.9 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Chichester PB - John Wiley KW - Wildlife management KW - Wildlife conservation KW - Animal ecology N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -