Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, and Management [With CDROM]
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.\ \ Expanded and updated, this second edition includes new chapters on understanding ecosystems and the use of computer models in wildlife management\ Gives a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ecology including the latest theories on population dynamics and conservation\ Reviews...
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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. Expanded and updated, this second edition includes new chapters on understanding ecosystems and the use of computer models in wildlife management Gives a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ecology including the latest theories on population dynamics and conservation Reviews practical applications and techniques and how these can be used to formulate realistic objectives with in an ecological framework Examples of real-life management situations from around the world provide a broad perspective on the international problems of conservation Worked examples on CD enable students to practice calculations explained in the text Artwork from the book is available to instructors online at www.blackwellpublishing.com/sinclair and by request on CD-ROM. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
1Introduction goals and decisions12Biomes113Animals as individuals194Food and nutrition365The ecology of behavior606Population growth787Dispersal, dispersion, and distribution908Population regulation, fluctuation, and competition within species1099Competition and facilitation between species13510Predation16311Parasites and pathogens17912Consumer-resource dynamics19613Counting animals21914Age and stage structure24415Model evaluation and adaptive management25316Experimental management26817Conservation in theory28918Conservation in practice31219Wildlife harvesting33520Wildlife control35521Ecosystem management and conservation365
\ From the Publisher"This book has one very interesting feature: it comes with a CD Rom complete with exercises and an evaluation copy of a mathematical calculating/drawing program called Mathcad.... Overall, a comprehensive text, well designed, aimed at the more experienced student/conservationist." (Teaching Ecology Group Newsletter)\ "The scope of the book is broad and the subject matter logically presented and well-explained." (Bulletin of the British Ecological Society)\ \ \
