John M. Fryxell, Anthony R. E. Sinclair, Graeme Caughley

Gebundenes Buch

Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, and Management

Beschreibung

To understand modern principles of sustainable management andthe conservation of wildlife species requires intimate knowledgeabout demography, animal behavior, and ecosystem dynamics. Withemphasis on practical application and quantitative skilldevelopment, this book weaves together these disparate elements ina single
coherent textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students.It reviews analytical techniques, explaining the mathematical andstatistical principles behind them, and shows how these can be usedto formulate
realistic objectives within an ecological framework.

This third edition is comprehensive and up-to-date, andincludes:

Brand new chapters that disseminate rapidly developing topics inthe field: habitat use and selection; habitat fragmentation,movement, and corridors; population viability. analysis, theconsequences of climate change; and evolutionary responses todisturbance

A thorough updating of all chapters to present important areas ofwildlife research and management with recent developments andexamples.

A new online study aid - a wide variety of downloadablecomputer programs in the freeware packages R and Mathcad, availablethrough a companion website. Worked examples enable readers topractice calculations explained in the text and to develop a solidunderstanding of key statistical procedures and population modelscommonly used in wildlife ecology and management. The first half of the book provides a solid background in keyecological concepts. The second half uses these concepts to developa deeper understanding of the principles underlying wildlifemanagement and conservation. Global examples of real-lifemanagement situations provide a broad perspective on theinternational problems of conservation, and detailed case historiesdemonstrate concepts and quantitative analyses. This third editionis
also valuable to professional wildlife managers, park rangers,biological resource managers, and those
working in ecotourism.

Autor

Professor John Fryxell currently teaches in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Guelph, Canada, where he has worked closely with a number of university and government scientists to develop sustainable conservation strategies for elk, woodland caribou, wolves, and marten. Previous to this he worked at the University of British Columbia and as Wildlife Consultant for the Provincial Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. His research has focused on the role of behavior in population and community dynamics of large mammals. He has a continuing interest in African wildlife, including long-term studies on the demography and spatial ecology of large herbivores and their predators in Serengeti National Park. Professor Anthony Sinclair is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He has been Director of the Centre for Biodiversity Research at the University, and a Professor at the Department of Zoology. He has researched Canadian subarctic ecosystems and worked on Canadian boreal forest ecosystems, in particular on cycles of snowshoe hares. He worked in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa, on ecology and conservation projects for over 40 years. He has conducted ecological research on the Serengeti ecosystem of Tanzania, documenting multiple states in Serengeti savanna and grassland communities. He has also worked on endangered marsupial mammal populations and predation by exotic carnivores in Australia and similar systems in New Zealand.

Produktdetails

• Wiley Desktop Editions
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W118291060
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 524
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 208mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9781118291061
• ISBN-10: 1118291069
• Artikelnr.: 41390040

Rezensionen

"I recommend the book unreservedly to wildlife managers, park rangers, biological resource managers, and those working in ecotourism." (Tahrcountry, 10 August 2014)