Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management

Anthony R. E. Sinclair, John M. Fryxell, Graeme Caughley

470 pages, parution le 01/12/2005 (2^eme édition)

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The second edition of Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, and Management provides a thorough introduction to general ecological principles and examines how they can be applied to wildlife management and conservation.

Expanded and updated, this second edition includes new chapters on understanding ecosystems and the use of computer models in wildlife management.
Gives a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ecology including the latest theories on population dynamics and conservation.
Reviews practical applications and techniques and how these can be used to formulate realistic objectives with in an ecological framework.
Examples of real-life management situations from around the world provide a broad perspective on the international problems of conservation.
Worked examples on CD enable students to practice calculations explained in the text.

L'auteur - Anthony R. E. Sinclair

Tony Sinclair is former Director of the Centre for Biodiversity Research at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He has been working on ecology and conservation projects in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa for over 40 years, carries out research in Canadian subarctic ecosystems, and is also involved in conservation issues in Australia and New Zealand. His other publications include Wildlife Ecology (1994), African Buffalo (1977), Serengeti (1979), Serengeti II (1995), Serengeti III(forthcoming), and Conserving National Diversity (2000).

L'auteur - John M. Fryxell

John Fryxell is currently at the Department of Integrative Biology, at the University of Guelph, Canada, having previously worked at the University of British Columbia and as Wildlife Consultant for the Provincial Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. His current research focuses on the role of behavior in population and community dynamics of large mammals. He is the author of Individual Behavior and Community Dynamics (1998) and the forthcoming title Serengeti III with Tony Sinclair.

L'auteur - Graeme Caughley

Graeme Caughley was Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology, Canberra, until his death in 1994.

Sommaire

Preface
Introduction: goals and decisions
Wildlife ecology
Wildlife conservation and management
Appendices
Glossary
References
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Blackwell
Auteur(s)	Anthony R. E. Sinclair, John M. Fryxell, Graeme Caughley
Parution	01/12/2005
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	470
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	952g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781405107372
ISBN13	978-1-4051-0737-2