Wildlife ecology, conservation, and management/
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, Massachusetts ; Oxford:
Blackwell Publication,
2011, c2006
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction: goals and decisions
- Part 1. Wildlife ecology
- 2. Biomes
- 3. Animals as individuals
- 4. Food and nutrition
- 5. The ecology of behavior
- 6. Population growth
- 7. Dispersal, dispersion, and distribution
- 8. Population regulation, fluctuation and competition within species
- 9. Competition and facilitation between species
- 10. Predation
- 11. Parasites and pathogens
- 12. Consumer-resource dynamics
- Part 2. Wildlife conservation and management
- 13. Counting animals
- 14. Age- and stage-structure
- 15. Model evaluation and adaptive management
- 16. Experimental management
- 17. Conservation in theory
- 18. Conservation in practice
- 19. Wildlife harvesting
- 20. Wildlife control
- 21. Ecosystem management and conservation
- Appendices
- Glossary
- References
- Index.