{"product_id":"wildlife-ecology-conservation-and-management-isbn-9781118291061","title":"Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, and Management","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo understand modern principles of sustainable management and the conservation of wildlife species requires intimate knowledge about demography, animal behavior, and ecosystem dynamics. With emphasis on practical application and quantitative skill development, this book weaves together these disparate elements in a single\u003cbr\u003e coherent textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students. It reviews analytical techniques, explaining the mathematical and statistical principles behind them, and shows how these can be used to formulate\u003cbr\u003e realistic objectives within an ecological framework. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis third edition is comprehensive and up-to-date, and includes:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Brand new chapters that disseminate rapidly developing topics in the field: habitat use and selection; habitat fragmentation, movement, and corridors; population viability. analysis, the consequences of climate change; and evolutionary responses to disturbance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e A thorough updating of all chapters to present important areas of wildlife research and management with recent developments and examples.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e A new online study aid – a wide variety of downloadable computer programs in the freeware packages R and Mathcad, available through a companion website. Worked examples enable readers to practice calculations explained in the text and to develop a solid understanding of key statistical procedures and population models commonly used in wildlife ecology and management.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e The first half of the book provides a solid background in key ecological concepts. The second half uses these concepts to develop a deeper understanding of the principles underlying wildlife management and conservation. Global examples of real-life management situations provide a broad perspective on the international problems of conservation, and detailed case histories demonstrate concepts and quantitative analyses. This third edition is\u003cbr\u003e also valuable to professional wildlife managers, park rangers, biological resource managers, and those\u003cbr\u003e working in ecotourism.  \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1 Introduction: goals and decisions 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1.1 How to use this book 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1.2 What is wildlife conservation and management? 2\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1.3 Goals of management 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1.4 Hierarchies of decision 6\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1.5 Policy goals 7\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1.6 Feasible options 7\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1.7 Summary 8\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 1 Wildlife ecology 9\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2 Food and nutrition 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.1 Introduction 11\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.2 Constituents of food 11\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.3 Variation in food supply 14\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.4 Measurement of food supply 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.5 Basal metabolic rate and food requirement 20\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.6 Morphology of herbivore digestion 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.7 Food passage rate and food requirement 26\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.8 Body size and diet selection 27\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.9 Indices of body condition 28\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.10 Summary 33\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 Home range and habitat use 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3.1 Introduction 35\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3.2 Estimating home range size and utilization frequency 36\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3.3 Estimating habitat availability and use 38\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3.4 Selective habitat use 40\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3.5 Using resource selection functions to predict population response 42\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3.6 Sources of variation in habitat use 42\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3.7 Movement within the home range 45\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3.8 Movement among home ranges 48\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3.9 Summary 51\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4 Dispersal, dispersion, and distribution 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4.1 Introduction 53\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4.2 Dispersal 53\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4.3 Dispersion 55\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4.4 Distribution 56\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4.5 Distribution, abundance, and range collapse 61\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4.6 Species reintroductions or invasions 62\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4.7 Summary 67\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5 Population growth and regulation 69\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e5.1 Introduction 69\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.2 Rate of increase 69\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.3 Geometric or exponential population growth 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.4 Stability of populations 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.5 The theory of population limitation and regulation 76\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.6 Evidence for regulation 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.7 Applications of regulation 85\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.8 Logistic model of population regulation 86\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.9 Stability, cycles, and chaos 88\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.10 Intraspecific competition 90\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.11 Interactions of food, predators, and disease 93\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.12 Summary 93\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6 Competition and facilitation between species 95\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e6.1 Introduction 95\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.2 Theoretical aspects of interspecific competition 96\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.3 Experimental demonstrations of competition 98\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.4 The concept of the niche 103\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.5 The competitive exclusion principle 106\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.6 Resource partitioning and habitat selection 106\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.7 Competition in variable environments 113\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.8 Apparent competition 113\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.9 Facilitation 114\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.10 Applied aspects of competition 119\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.11 Summary 122\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7 Predation 123\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e7.1 Introduction 123\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7.2 Predation and management 123\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7.3 Definitions 123\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7.4 The effect of predators on prey density 124\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7.5 The behavior of predators 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7.6 Numerical response of predators to prey density 129\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7.7 The total response 130\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7.8 Behavior of the prey 136\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7.9 Summary 138\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e8 Parasites and pathogens 139\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e8.1 Introduction and definitions 139\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8.2 Effects of parasites 139\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8.3 The basic parameters of epidemiology 140\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8.4 Determinants of spread 143\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8.5 Endemic pathogens 144\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8.6 Endemic pathogens: synergistic interactions with food and predators 144\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8.7 Epizootic diseases 146\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8.8 Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife 147\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8.9 Parasites and the regulation of host populations 150\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8.10 Parasites and host communities 151\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8.11 Parasites and conservation 152\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8.12 Parasites and control of pests 155\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8.13 Summary 156\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e9 Consumer–resource dynamics 157\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e9.1 Introduction 157\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9.2 Quality and quantity of a resource 157\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9.3 Kinds of resource 157\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9.4 Consumer–resource dynamics: general theory 158\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9.5 Kangaroos and their food plants in semi-arid Australian savannas 161\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9.6 Wolf–moose–woody plant dynamics in the boreal forest 167\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9.7 Other population cycles 172\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9.8 Summary 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e10 The ecology of behavior 177\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e10.1 Introduction 17710.2 Diet selection 177\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10.3 Optimal patch or habitat use 183\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10.4 Risk-sensitive habitat use 186\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10.5 Social behavior and foraging 187\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10.6 Summary 190\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e11 Climate change and wildlife 191\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e11.1 Introduction 191\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11.2 Evidence for climate change 191\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11.3 Wildlife responses to climate change 192\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11.4 Mechanisms of response to climate change 196\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11.5 Complex ecosystem responses to climate change 199\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11.6 Summary 201\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 2 Wildlife conservation and management 203\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e12 Counting animals\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e205\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e12.1 Introduction 205\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12.2 Total counts 205\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12.3 Sampled counts: the logic 207\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12.4 Sampled counts: methods and arithmetic 212\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12.5 Indirect estimates of population size 220\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12.6 Indices 227\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12.7 Harvest-based population estimates 228\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12.8 Summary 231\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e13 Age and stage structure 233\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e13.1 Introduction 233\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13.2 Demographic rates 233\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13.3 Direct estimation of life table parameters 235\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13.4 Indirect estimation of life table parameters 236\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13.5 Relationships among parameters 238\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13.6 Age-specific population models 239\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13.7 Elasticity of matrix models 242\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13.8 Stage-specific models 243\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13.9 Elasticity of the loggerhead turtle model 245\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13.10 Short-term changes in structured populations 246\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13.11 Environmental stochasticity and age-structured populations 246\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13.12 Summary 249\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e14 Experimental management 251\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e14.1 Introduction 251\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14.2 Differentiating success from failure 251\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14.3 Technical judgments can be tested 252\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14.4 The nature of the evidence 255\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14.5 Experimental and survey design 257\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14.6 Some standard analyses 262\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14.7 Summary 271\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e15 Model evaluation and adaptive management 273\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e15.1 Introduction 273\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15.2 Fitting models to data and estimation of parameters 274\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15.3 Measuring the likelihood of the observed data 276\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15.4 Evaluating the likelihood of alternate models using AIC 278\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15.5 Adaptive management 281\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15.6 Summary 284\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e16 Population viability analysis 285\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e16.1 Introduction 285\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16.2 Environmental stochasticity 285\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16.3 PVA based on the exponential growth model 286\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16.4 PVA based on the diffusion model 287\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16.5 PVA based on logistic growth 290\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16.6 Demographic stochasticity 291\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16.7 Estimating both environmental and demographic stochasticity 294\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16.8 PVA based on demographic and environmental stochasticity 296\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16.9 Strengths and weaknesses of PVA 296\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16.10 Extinction caused by environmental change 298\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16.11 Extinction threat due to introduction of exotic predators or competitors 298\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16.12 Extinction threat due to unsustainable harvesting 300\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16.13 Extinction threat due to habitat loss 302\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16.14 Summary 302\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e17 Conservation in practice 305\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17.1 Introduction 305\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17.2 How populations go extinct 305\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17.3 How to prevent extinction 315\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17.4 Rescue and recovery of near-extinctions 316\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17.5 Conservation in National Parks and reserves 317\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17.6 Community conservation outside National Parks and reserves 322\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17.7 International conservation 323\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17.8 Summary 324\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e18 Wildlife harvesting 325\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e18.1 Introduction 325\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18.2 Fixed-quota harvesting strategy 325\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18.3 Fixed-proportion harvesting strategy 329\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18.4 Harvesting in practice: dynamic variation in quotas or effort 332\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18.5 No-harvest reserves 334\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18.6 Age- or sex-biased harvesting 335\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18.7 Commercial harvesting 340\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18.8 Bioeconomics 340\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18.9 Game cropping and the discount rate 344\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18.10 Summary 346\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e19 Wildlife control 347\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e19.1 Introduction 347\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 19.2 Definitions 347\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 19.3 Effects of control 348\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 19.4 Objectives of control 348\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 19.5 Determining whether control is appropriate 349\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 19.6 Methods of control 350\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 19.7 Summary 356\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e20 Evolution and conservation genetics 357\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e20.1 Introduction 357\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.2 Maintenance of genetic variation 358\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.3 Natural selection 359\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.4 Natural selection and life history tradeoffs 361\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.5 Natural selection due to hunting 363\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.6 Natural selection due to fishing 365\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.7 Selection due to environmental change 367\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.8 Ecological dynamics due to evolutionary changes 372\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.9 Heterozygosity 374\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.10 Genetic drift and mutation 375\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.11 Inbreeding depression 376\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.12 How much genetic variation is needed? 377\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.13 Effective population size 378\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.14 Effect of sex ratio 379\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.15 How small is too small? 380\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.16 Summary 380\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e21 Habitat loss and metapopulation dynamics 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e21.1 Introduction 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21.2 Habitat loss and fragmentation 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21.3 Ecological effects of habitat loss 384\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21.4 Metapopulation dynamics 386\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21.5 Territorial metapopulations 389\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21.6 Mainland–island metapopulations 390\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21.7 Source–sink metapopulations 391\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21.8 Metacommunity dynamics of competitors 392\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21.9 Metacommunity dynamics of predators and prey 393\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21.10 Corridors 394\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21.11 Summary 398\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e22 Ecosystem management and conservation 399\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e22.1 Introduction 399\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22.2 Definitions 400\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22.3 Gradients of communities 400\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22.4 Niches 400\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22.5 Food webs and intertrophic interactions 400\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22.6 Community features and management consequences 402\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22.7 Multiple states 404\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22.8 Regulation of top-down and bottom-up processes 405\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22.9 Ecosystem consequences of bottom-up processes 407\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22.10 Ecosystem disturbance and heterogeneity 408\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22.11 Ecosystem management at multiple scales 410\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22.12 Biodiversity 411\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22.13 Island biogeography and dynamic processes of diversity 413\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22.14 Ecosystem function 415\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22.15 Summary 417\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendices 419\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Glossary 423\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 435\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index 489\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e�I recommend the book unreservedly to wildlife managers, park rangers, biological resource managers, and those working in ecotourism.�  (\u003ci\u003eTahrcountry\u003c\/i\u003e, 10 August 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book offers an integrated vision on [rapidly evolving wildlife management] in a comprehensive, experience driven, coherent overview. It is structured in two parts, of which the first one provides an overview of the key ecological concepts on which this field of applied ecology is based...The second section deals with wildlife conservation and management...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBooks that target their subject [this] specifically and in-depth are rare. All over the publication general subjects in ecology are most convincingly tailored to wildlife management. It provides applicable information on new (sometimes developing) methods. It illustrates the theory with a wealth of graphs, figures, and examples from the literature. This third edition entails new chapters on climate changes, wildlife response to rapidly changing conditions, habitat selection, and corridors in increasingly fragmented landscapes... \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA glossary and an impressive 36-page reference list enhance the documentary and didactical value of this book, which is excellent for senior undergraduates and graduate students in ecology, biology, and environment sciences. However, it is equally valuable for professional wildlife managers, park rangers, and those working in ecotourism. The book has a most useful accompanying website where additional resources, power points and PDFs of all tables can be found.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe whole atmosphere of the book combines academic diligence with wildlife management practice...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA great book of applied ecology in a most useful sector of increasing specialisation and professionalism.\" (\u003cb\u003eInternational Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2016\u003cb\u003e, http:\/\/www.inderscience.com\/editorials\/f164312115298710.pdf)  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor John Fryxell\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eProfessor Anthony Sinclair\u003c\/b\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e 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.  \u003cp\u003eTo understand modern principles of sustainable management and the conservation of wildlife species requires intimate knowledge about demography, animal behavior, and ecosystem dynamics. With emphasis on practical application and quantitative skill development, this book weaves together these disparate elements in a single\u003cbr\u003e coherent textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students. It reviews analytical techniques, explaining the mathematical and statistical principles behind them, and shows how these can be used to formulate\u003cbr\u003e realistic objectives within an ecological framework. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis third edition is comprehensive and up-to-date, and includes:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Brand new chapters that disseminate rapidly developing topics in the field: habitat use and selection; habitat fragmentation, movement, and corridors; population viability. analysis, the consequences of climate change; and evolutionary responses to disturbance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e A thorough updating of all chapters to present important areas of wildlife research and management with recent developments and examples.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e A new online study aid – a wide variety of downloadable computer programs in the freeware packages R and Mathcad, available through a companion website. Worked examples enable readers to practice calculations explained in the text and to develop a solid understanding of key statistical procedures and population models commonly used in wildlife ecology and management.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e The first half of the book provides a solid background in key ecological concepts. The second half uses these concepts to develop a deeper understanding of the principles underlying wildlife management and conservation. Global examples of real-life management situations provide a broad perspective on the international problems of conservation, and detailed case histories demonstrate concepts and quantitative analyses. This third edition is\u003cbr\u003e also valuable to professional wildlife managers, park rangers, biological resource managers, and those\u003cbr\u003e working in ecotourism.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990490235109,"sku":"NP9781118291061","price":122.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118291061.jpg?v=1761788036","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/wildlife-ecology-conservation-and-management-isbn-9781118291061","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}