To 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 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 realistic objectives within an ecological framework.
This third edition is comprehensive and up-to-date, and
includes:
* 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
* A thorough updating of all chapters to present important areas of
wildlife research and management with recent developments and
examples.
* 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.
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 also valuable to professional wildlife managers, park rangers,
biological resource managers, and those working in ecotourism.
Over de auteur
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.
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