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Description: |
xiii, 326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-300) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: pt. 1. Background to applied population biology -- 1. The big picture: human population dynamics meet applied population biology -- 2. Designing studies and interpreting population biology data: how do we know what we know? -- 3. Genetic concepts and tools to support wildlife population biology -- 4. Estimating population vital rates -- pt. 2. Population processes: the basis for management -- 5. The simlest way to describe and project population growth: exponential or geometric change -- 6. All stage classes are not equal in their affects on population growth: structured population-projection models -- 7. Density-dependent population change -- 8. Predation and wildlife populations -- 9. Genetic variation and fitness in wildlife populations -- 10. Dynamics of multiple populations -- pt. 3. Applying knowledge of population processes to problems of declining, small, or harvestable populations -- 11. Human-caused stressors: deterministic factors affecting populations -- 12. Predicting the dynamics of small and declining populations -- 13. Focal species to bridge from populations to ecosystems -- 14. Population biology to guide sustainable harvest. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
This is an introduction to the concepts and principles for solving management problems in wildlife and conservation biology. The book shows how population biology addresses questions involving the harvest, monitoring, and conservation of wildlife populations. |