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Description: |
xiv, 974 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
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General Note: |
Revised edition of: Research and management techniques for wildlife and habitats. 5th ed. 1994-1996. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Teaching wildlife research and management techniques -- Communications for wildlife professionals -- Research and experimental design -- Analysis of data in wildlife biology -- Estimating the number of animals in wildlife populations -- Population analysis in wildlife biology -- Care and use of wildlife in field research -- Wildlife health and disease investigations -- Identifying and handling contaminant-related wildlife mortality/ morbidity -- Capturing and handling wild animals -- Chemical immobilization of North American mammals -- Criteria for gender and age -- Wildlife marking techniques -- Wildlife radiotelemetry -- Application of spatial technologies in wildlife biology -- Radar techniques for wildlife biology. |
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Contents: Measuring availability and vertebrate use of terrestrial habitats and foods -- Wildlife habitat evaluation -- Ecological impact assessments and habitat conservation plans -- Vegetation sampling and measurement -- Techniques for wildlife nutritional ecology -- Reproduction and hormones -- Animal behavior : its role in wildlife biology -- Conservation genetics in wildlife biology -- Harvest management -- Ecology and management of small populations -- Managing urban habitats -- Identification and management of wildlife damage -- Assessment and management of wildland recreational disturbance -- Managing inland wetlands for wildlife -- Managing coastal wetlands for wildlife -- Managing farmlands for wildlife -- Managing rangelands for wildlife -- Managing forestlands for wildlife. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Techniques for wildlife investigations and management. 6th ed. Bethesda, Md. : Wildlife Society, 2005 (OCoLC)747305507 |