Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management (eBook)

Anthony R. E. Sinclair, John M. Fryxell, Graeme Caughley (Autoren)

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2009 | 2. Auflage
488 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-0913-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The second edition of Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, andManagement provides a thorough introduction to generalecological principles and examines how they can be applied towildlife management and conservation.
* Expanded and updated, this second edition includes new chapterson understanding ecosystems and the use of computer models inwildlife management
* Gives a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ecology includingthe latest theories on population dynamics and conservation
* Reviews practical applications and techniques and how these canbe used to formulate realistic objectives with in an ecologicalframework
* Examples of real-life management situations from around theworld provide a broad perspective on the international problems ofconservation
* Worked examples on CD enable students to practice calculationsexplained in the text

Artwork from the book is available to instructors online at www.blackwellpublishing.com/sinclair.An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Pleasecontact our Higher Education team at [e-mail] more information.

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Autor

Tony Sinclair is former Director of the Centre forBiodiversity Research at the University of British Columbia,Canada. Working in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa,on ecology and conservation projects for over 40 years, he alsocarries out research in Canadian subartic ecosystems, as well asbeing involved in conservation issues in Australia and New Zealand.Previous publications include: Wildlife Ecology (1994),African Buffalo (1977), Serengeti (1979),Serengeti II (1995), Serengeti III (forthcoming), andConserving National Diversity (2000). John Fryxell is currently at the Department ofIntegrative Biology, at the University of Guelph, Canada, havingpreviously worked at the University of British Columbia and asWildlife Consultant for the Provincial Government of Newfoundlandand Labrador. His current research focuses on the role of behaviorin population and community dynamics of large mammals. He is theauthor of Individual behaviour and Community Dynamics (1998)and the forthcoming title Serengeti III with TonySinclair.

Inhalt

Preface.

1 Introduction.

2 Biomes.

3 Animals as individuals.

4 Population growth.

5 Dispersal, dispersion, and distribution.

6 Food and feeding.

7 The ecology of behavior.

8 Population regulation, fluctuation and competition withinspecies.

9 Competition and facilitation between species.

10 Predation.

11 Consumer-resource dynamics.

12 Parasites and pathogens.

13 Communities and ecosystems.

14 Counting animals.

15 Experimental management.

16 Model evaluation and adaptive management.

17 Conservation in theory.

18 Conservation in practice.

19 Wildlife harvesting.

20 Wildlife control.

References.

Appendices.

Index

Rezensionen

"This book has one very interesting feature: it comes with a CD Romcomplete with exercises and an evaluation copy of a mathematicalcalculating/drawing program called Mathcad.... Overall, acomprehensive text, well designed, aimed at the more experiencedstudent/conservationist." (Teaching Ecology GroupNewsletter)

"The scope of the book is broad and the subject matter logicallypresented and well-explained." (Bulletin of the BritishEcological Society)"This is a most excellent book.... The authors manage to pull thebest out of the lessons that wildlife ecology, conservationbiology, and habitat management should have taught us over the past30 years, and present the results in clear, insightfulprose."
--John Anderson, College of the Atlantic

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.3.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Biowissenschaften • Conservation Science • Life Sciences • Naturschutzbiologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-0913-7 / 1444309137
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-0913-3 / 9781444309133