{"product_id":"conservation-of-wildlife-populations-isbn-9780470671498","title":"Conservation of Wildlife Populations","description":"\u003cp\u003ePopulation ecology has matured to a sophisticated science with astonishing potential for contributing solutions to wildlife conservation and management challenges.  And yet, much of the applied power of wildlife population ecology remains untapped because its broad sweep across disparate subfields has been isolated in specialized texts.  In this book, L. Scott Mills covers the full spectrum of applied wildlife population ecology, including genomic tools for non-invasive genetic sampling, predation, population projections, climate change and invasive species, harvest modeling, viability analysis, focal species concepts, and analyses of connectivity in fragmented landscapes. With a readable style, analytical rigor, and hundreds of examples drawn from around the world, \u003ci\u003eConservation of Wildlife Populations (2nd ed)\u003c\/i\u003e provides the conceptual basis for applying population ecology to wildlife conservation decision-making.  Although targeting primarily undergraduates and beginning graduate students with some basic training in basic ecology and statistics (in majors that could include wildlife biology, conservation biology, ecology, environmental studies, and biology), the book will also be useful for practitioners in the field who want to find - in one place and with plenty of applied examples - the latest advances in the genetic and demographic aspects of population ecology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdditional resources for this book can be found at: http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/go\/mills\/wildlifepopulations\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of boxes ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to second edition xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to first edition xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of symbols xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments for second edition xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments for first edition xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Background To Applied Population Biology 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Big Picture: Human Population Dynamics Meet Applied Population Biology 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulation Ecology of Humans 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtinction Rates of Other Species 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHumans and Sustainable Harvest 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Big Picture 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Designing Studies and Interpreting Population Biology Data: How Do We Know What We Know? 14\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObtaining Reliable Facts Through Sampling 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLinking Observed Facts to Ideasmind Leads to Understanding 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthics and the Wildlife Population Biologist 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Genetic Concepts and Tools To Support Wildlife Population Biology 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is Genetic Variation? 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenetic Markers Used in Wildlife Population Biology 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInsights into Wildlife Population Biology Using Genetic Tools 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Estimating Population Vital Rates 54\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEstimating Abundance and Density 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurvival Estimation 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEstimation of Reproduction 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSex Ratio 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Population Processes: The Basis For Management 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Simplest Way To Describe And Project Population Growth: Exponential or Geometric Change 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFundamentals of Geometric or Exponential Growth 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCauses and Consequences of Variation in Population Growth 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuantifying Exponential Population Growth in a Stochastic Environment 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 All Stage Classes Are Not Equal In Their Effects On Population Growth: Structured Population-Projection Models 98\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnatomy of a Population-Projection Matrix 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Timing of Sampling Affects the Matrix 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProjecting a Matrix Through Time Leads to Transient and Asymptotic Dynamics 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll Vital Rates are not Created Equal: Analytical Sensitivities and Elasticities 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStochasticity in Age and Stage-Structured Populations 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSensitivity Analysis in the Broad Sense to Help Evaluate Management Actions 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFitness is Lambda, Selection is Management 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Studies Using Matrix Models to Guide Conservation Decision-Making 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Density-Dependent Population Change 126\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNegative Density Dependence 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Logistic: One Simple Model of Negative Density-Dependent Population Growth 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Counterintuitive Dynamics: Limit Cycles and Chaos 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePositive Density Dependence 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNegative and Positive Density Dependence Operate Together 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComponent Versus Demographic Outcomes of Density Dependence 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Predation and Wildlife Populations 142\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes Predation Affect Prey Numbers? 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFactor 1. Determining How Predation Affects Prey Numbers: Predation Rate 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFactor 2. Determining How Predation Affects Prey Numbers: Compensation 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFactor 3. Determining How Predation Affects Prey Numbers: Who Gets Killed 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Genetic Variation and Fitness In Wildlife Populations 154\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong-Term Benefits of Genetic Variation 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Determines Levels of Genetic Variation in Populations? 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuantifying the Loss of Heterozygosity: The Inbreeding Coefficient 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Does Inbreeding Due to Genetic Drift Lead to Inbreeding Depression? 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOutbreeding Depression and the Loss of Local Adaptation 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenetic Rescue, Genetic Restoration, and Long-Term Population Recovery 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppropriate Levels of Genetic Connectivity 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Studies Where Genetic Rescue Meets the Real World 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Dynamics of Multiple Populations 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is Connectivity? 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsequences of Connectivity for Wildlife Populations 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeasuring Connectivity Among Wildlife Populations 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMultiple Populations are not All Equal 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOptions for Restoring Connectivity 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Applying Knowledge of Population Processes To Problems of Declining, Small, or Harvestable Populations 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Human-Caused Stressors: Deterministic Factors Affecting Populations 201\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Effects of Deterministic Stressors on Populations: Adapt, Move, or Die 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHabitat Loss and Fragmentation 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduced and Invasive Species 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePollution 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverharvest 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Climate Change 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMultiple Deterministic Stressors Occur Simultaneously 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Predicting The Dynamics of Small and Declining Populations 224\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcological Characteristics Predicting Risk 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Extinction Vortex 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePredicting Risks in Small Populations 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulation Viability Analysis (PVA): Quantitative Methods of Assessing Viability 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Approaches to Assessing Viability 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Focal Species To Bridge From Populations To Ecosystems 244\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Four Categories of Focal Species 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Population Biology To Guide Sustainable Harvest 251\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEffects of Hunting on Population Dynamics 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong-Term Effects: Hunting as an Evolutionary Force 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModels to Guide Sustainable Harvest 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWaterfowl Harvest and Adaptive Harvest Management in the US 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManagement of Overabundant and Pest Populations 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Once again, Conservation of Wildlife Populations: Demography, Genetics, and Management is a great contribution to the current wildlife literature and will no doubt prove to be an excellent and indispensible resource when training wildlife biologists, upper level undergraduate students, and graduate students.”  (\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Wildlife Management\u003c\/i\u003e, 2 January 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“As a class text it offers an extremely useful and stimulating comprehensive integration of conservation and population biology, including clear, readable scientific basics.”  (\u003ci\u003eAustral Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e, 19 May 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Summing Up: Recommended.  Lower-division undergraduates through researchers\/faculty.  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 November 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL. Scott Mills\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor in the Wildlife Biology Program at The University of Montana. He was a 2009 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow, has received multiple NSF Awards, served on the Board of Governors for the North American Section of the Society for Conservation Biology, and has testified to Congress about the role of ethics in wildlife population biology research. Mills was an invited contributor to the 2007 \u003ci\u003eIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eIPCC\u003c\/i\u003e) report, and to the Western Governors� Association \u003ci\u003eClimate Change Working Group\u003c\/i\u003e. His research and teaching integrates field studies with population models and genetic analyses to understand effects of human perturbations on wildlife populations. Mills' research on wildlife around the world – from snowshoe hares to marmots, mice to coyotes, bighorn sheep to snow leopards and tigers - has been covered in media outlets including \u003ci\u003eNewsweek, National Geographic, The New York Times, Discovery Channel Canada, Science News, National Public Radio, Nature, Science,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Things with David Suzuki.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePopulation ecology has matured to a sophisticated science with astonishing potential for contributing solutions to wildlife conservation and management challenges.  And yet, much of the applied power of wildlife population ecology remains untapped because its broad sweep across disparate subfields has been isolated in specialized texts.  In this book, L. Scott Mills covers the full spectrum of applied wildlife population ecology, including genomic tools for non-invasive genetic sampling, predation, population projections, climate change and invasive species, harvest modeling, viability analysis, focal species concepts, and analyses of connectivity in fragmented landscapes. With a readable style, analytical rigor, and hundreds of examples drawn from around the world, \u003ci\u003eConservation of Wildlife Populations (2\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e ed)\u003c\/i\u003e provides the conceptual basis for applying population ecology to wildlife conservation decision-making.  Although targeting primarily undergraduates and beginning graduate students with some basic training in basic ecology and statistics (in majors that could include wildlife biology, conservation biology, ecology, environmental studies, and biology), the book will also be useful for practitioners in the field who want to find - in one place and with plenty of applied examples - the latest advances in the genetic and demographic aspects of population ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews of the First Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...a well-balanced book that combines readable introductions to theory and (often fascinating) real-world examples in approximately equal measure.\" \u003ci\u003eBulletin of the British Ecological Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“… If you were to teach an introductory course on conservation biology that focused on the perspective of population biology, this is the text you would want...” \u003ci\u003eJournal of Wildlife Management\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... a well-organized, well-written, and... entertaining introduction to the study of population biology...\" \u003ci\u003eEcology \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Scott Mills has written a valuable advanced text for those who will be practitioners of wildlife management …a fresh and honest approach to several topics that impact wildlife management but are often ignored.”  \u003ci\u003eHeredity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“With this book under their belt, students will have the foundation to pursue more advanced coursework and understand why they should. In doing this, Mills has succeeded in filling an important void.” \u003ci\u003eConservation Biology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988976287973,"sku":"NP9780470671498","price":70.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470671498.jpg?v=1761782281","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/conservation-of-wildlife-populations-isbn-9780470671498","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}