Population Viability Analysis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Population Viability Analysis write by Steven R. Beissinger. This book was released on 2002-05-04. Population Viability Analysis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Many of the world's leading conservation and population biologists evaluate what has become a key tool in estimating extinction risk and evaluating potential recovery strategies - population viability analysis, or PVA.
Quantitative Conservation Biology
Quantitative Conservation Biology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Quantitative Conservation Biology write by William F. Morris. This book was released on 2002-01-01. Quantitative Conservation Biology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The goal of this book is to provide practical, intelligible, and intuitive explanations of population modelling to empirical ecologists and conservation biologists. Modelling methods that do not require large amounts of data (typically unavailable for endangered species) are emphasised. As such, the book is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students interested in quantitative conservation biology, managers charged with preserving endangered species, and, in short, for any conservation biologist or ecologist seeking to better understand the analysis and modelling of population data.
The Ecological Basis of Conservation
The Ecological Basis of Conservation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ecological Basis of Conservation write by Steward Pickett. This book was released on 1997-01-31. The Ecological Basis of Conservation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From its inception, the U.S. Department of the Interior has been charged with a conflicting mission. One set of statutes demands that the department must develop America's lands, that it get our trees, water, oil, and minerals out into the marketplace. Yet an opposing set of laws orders us to conserve these same resources, to preserve them for the long term and to consider the noncommodity values of our public landscape. That dichotomy, between rapid exploitation and long-term protection, demands what I see as the most significant policy departure of my tenure in office: the use of science-interdisciplinary science-as the primary basis for land management decisions. For more than a century, that has not been the case. Instead, we have managed this dichotomy by compartmentalizing the American landscape. Congress and my predecessors handled resource conflicts by drawing enclosures: "We'll create a national park here," they said, "and we'll put a wildlife refuge over there." Simple enough, as far as protection goes. And outside those protected areas, the message was equally simplistic: "Y'all come and get it. Have at it." The nature and the pace of the resource extraction was not at issue; if you could find it, it was yours.
Population Viability in Plants
Population Viability in Plants - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Population Viability in Plants write by Christy A. Brigham. This book was released on 2003-03-24. Population Viability in Plants available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Persistence, threats, pathogens, herbivores, interactions, fragmented, landscape, extinction, habitat, disturbance, restoration.
Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes
Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes write by Joshua Millspaugh. This book was released on 2011-04-28. Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A single-resource volume of information on the most current and effective techniques of wildlife modeling, Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes is appropriate for students and researchers alike. The unique blend of conceptual, methodological, and application chapters discusses research, applications and concepts of modeling and presents new ideas and strategies for wildlife habitat models used in conservation planning. The book makes important contributions to wildlife conservation of animals in several ways: (1) it highlights historical and contemporary advancements in the development of wildlife habitat models and their implementation in conservation planning; (2) it provides practical advice for the ecologist conducting such studies; and (3) it supplies directions for future research including new strategies for successful studies.Intended to provide a recipe for successful development of wildlife habitat models and their implementation in conservation planning, the book could be used in studying wildlife habitat models, conservation planning, and management techniques. Additionally it may be a supplemental text in courses dealing with quantitative assessment of wildlife populations. Additionally, the length of the book would be ideal for graduate student seminar course.Using wildlife habitat models in conservation planning is of considerable interest to wildlife biologists. With ever tightening budgets for wildlife research and planning activities, there is a growing need to use computer methods. Use of simulation models represents the single best alternative. However, it is imperative that these techniques be described in a single source. Moreover, biologists should be made aware of alternative modeling techniques. It is also important that practical guidance be provided to biologists along with a demonstration of utility of these procedures. Currently there is little guidance in the wildlife or natural resource planning literature on how best to incorporate wildlife planning activities, particularly community-based approaches. Now is the perfect time for a synthestic publication that clearly outlines the concepts and available methods, and illustrates them. Only single resource book of information not only on various wildlife modeling techniques, but also with practical guidance on the demonstrated utility of each based on real-world conditions. Provides concepts, methods and applications for wildlife ecologists and others within a GIS context. Written by a team of subject-area experts
