Conservation of Wildlife Populations : Demography, Genetics, and Management, ...

Description: Conservation of Wildlife Populations : Demography, Genetics, and Management, Paperback by Mills, L. Scott, ISBN 0470671491, ISBN-13 9780470671498, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Mills (wildlife biology, U. of Montana) draws on relevant concepts and principles from population ecology, demography, and population genetics to show practitioners and undergraduate and graduate students who have taken basic ecology and genetics courses how to apply them to management problems in wildlife and conservation biology. Rather than covering theories or case studies of practice, he focuses on applied aspects, from fieldwork to demographic models and genetic analysis, as they inform applied decision making. He gives background on the science of applied wildlife population biology, including the context of historical and current extinction rates, the dynamics of human population growth, study design and ethics, genetics and the connection between genetic and demographic approaches, and the estimation of within-population vital rates. In the following sections, he covers population processes that form the basis for applied management, including exponential and density-dependent population growth, stage-structured population dynamics, predation, the effects of genetic variation in population dynamics, and animal spacing, and applying ideas to problems of declining, small, or harvestable populations. This edition adds new references, revises all chapters, and emphasizes examples outside the US. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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