Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquatic ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Spatial Complexity, Informatics, and Wildlife Conservation
Author: Samuel A. Cushman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 4431877711
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
As Earth faces the greatest mass extinction in 65 million years, the present is a moment of tremendous foment and emergence in ecological science. With leaps in advances in ecological research and the technical tools available, scientists face the critical task of challenging policymakers and the public to recognize the urgency of our global crisis. This book focuses directly on the interplay between theory, data, and analytical methodology in the rapidly evolving fields of animal ecology, conservation, and management. The mixture of topics of particular current relevance includes landscape ecology, remote sensing, spatial modeling, geostatistics, genomics, and ecological informatics. The greatest interest to the practicing scientist and graduate student will be the synthesis and integration of these topics to provide a composite view of the emerging field of spatial ecological informatics and its applications in research and management.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 4431877711
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
As Earth faces the greatest mass extinction in 65 million years, the present is a moment of tremendous foment and emergence in ecological science. With leaps in advances in ecological research and the technical tools available, scientists face the critical task of challenging policymakers and the public to recognize the urgency of our global crisis. This book focuses directly on the interplay between theory, data, and analytical methodology in the rapidly evolving fields of animal ecology, conservation, and management. The mixture of topics of particular current relevance includes landscape ecology, remote sensing, spatial modeling, geostatistics, genomics, and ecological informatics. The greatest interest to the practicing scientist and graduate student will be the synthesis and integration of these topics to provide a composite view of the emerging field of spatial ecological informatics and its applications in research and management.
Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States
Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquatic ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquatic ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Amphibian Declines
Author: Michael J. Lannoo
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520235922
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Documents in comprehensive detail a major environmental crisis: rapidly declining amphibian populations and the disturbing developmental problems that are increasingly prevalent within many amphibian species.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520235922
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Documents in comprehensive detail a major environmental crisis: rapidly declining amphibian populations and the disturbing developmental problems that are increasingly prevalent within many amphibian species.
Amphibians & Reptiles of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
Author: Edward D. Koch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Includes color photographs of species described, simplified identification key, color range maps, official form for reporting observed species, and extensive bibliographic references.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Includes color photographs of species described, simplified identification key, color range maps, official form for reporting observed species, and extensive bibliographic references.
Wildlife Disease Ecology
Author: Kenneth Wilson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107136563
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 693
Book Description
Introduces readers to key case studies that illustrate how theory and data can be integrated to understand wildlife disease ecology.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107136563
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 693
Book Description
Introduces readers to key case studies that illustrate how theory and data can be integrated to understand wildlife disease ecology.
Snakes
Author: Richard A. Seigel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781930665149
Category : Snakes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This book fills the need for an up-to-date text/reference in the growing field of snake ecology and evolutionary biology. Here, in one volume is an extensive review of the biology of these fascinating reptiles, including topics such as zoogeography, fossil history, systematics, foraging and reproduction. With contributions from many leading herpetologists, the work is divided into sections on Systematics and Morphology, Methods and Techniques and Life History and Ecology. Each section summarizes what is known about these major fields of snake biology. This book serves the needs of those actively involved in research as well as the amateur naturalist and the beginning student."--pub. desc.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781930665149
Category : Snakes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This book fills the need for an up-to-date text/reference in the growing field of snake ecology and evolutionary biology. Here, in one volume is an extensive review of the biology of these fascinating reptiles, including topics such as zoogeography, fossil history, systematics, foraging and reproduction. With contributions from many leading herpetologists, the work is divided into sections on Systematics and Morphology, Methods and Techniques and Life History and Ecology. Each section summarizes what is known about these major fields of snake biology. This book serves the needs of those actively involved in research as well as the amateur naturalist and the beginning student."--pub. desc.
Metapopulation Ecology
Author: Ilkka Hanski
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198540656
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Written by a world renowned biologist, this volume offers a comprehensive synthesis of current research in this rapidly expanding area of population biology. It covers both the essential theory and a wide range of empirical studies, including the author's groundbreaking work on the Glanville fritillary butterfly. It also includes practical applications to conservation biology. The book describes theoretical models for metapopulation dynamics in highly fragmented landscapes and emphasizes spatially realistic models. It presents the incidence function model and includes several detailed examples of its application. Accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, Metapopulation Ecology will be a valuable resource for researchers in population biology, conservation biology, and landscape ecology.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198540656
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Written by a world renowned biologist, this volume offers a comprehensive synthesis of current research in this rapidly expanding area of population biology. It covers both the essential theory and a wide range of empirical studies, including the author's groundbreaking work on the Glanville fritillary butterfly. It also includes practical applications to conservation biology. The book describes theoretical models for metapopulation dynamics in highly fragmented landscapes and emphasizes spatially realistic models. It presents the incidence function model and includes several detailed examples of its application. Accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, Metapopulation Ecology will be a valuable resource for researchers in population biology, conservation biology, and landscape ecology.
Wildlife Habitats in Managed Forests
Author: Jack Ward Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest animals
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
That is what this book is about. It is a framework for planning, in which habitat is the key to managing wildlife and making forest managers accountable for their actions. This book is based on the collective knowledge of one group of resource professionals and their understanding about how wildlife relate to forest habitats. And it provides a longoverdue system for considering the impacts of changes in forest structure on all resident wildlife.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest animals
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
That is what this book is about. It is a framework for planning, in which habitat is the key to managing wildlife and making forest managers accountable for their actions. This book is based on the collective knowledge of one group of resource professionals and their understanding about how wildlife relate to forest habitats. And it provides a longoverdue system for considering the impacts of changes in forest structure on all resident wildlife.
Conservation by Proxy
Author: Tim Caro
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 159726959X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The vast scope of conservation problems has forced biologists and managers to rely on "surrogate" species to serve as shortcuts to guide their decision making. These species-known by a host of different terms, including indicator, umbrella, and flagship species-act as proxies to represent larger conservation issues, such as the location of biodiversity hotspots or general ecosystem health. Synthesizing an immense body of literature, conservation biologist and field researcher Tim Caro offers systematic definitions of surrogate species concepts, explores biological theories that underlie them, considers how surrogate species are chosen, critically examines evidence for and against their utility, and makes recommendations for their continued use. The book clarifies terminology and contrasts how different terms are used in the real world considers the ecological, taxonomic, and political underpinnings of these shortcuts identifies criteria that make for good surrogate species outlines the circumstances where the application of the surrogate species concept shows promise Conservation by Proxy is a benchmark reference that provides clear definitions and common understanding of the evidence and theory behind surrogate species. It is the first book to review and bring together literature on more than fifteen types of surrogate species, enabling us to assess their role in conservation and offering guidelines on how they can be used most effectively.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 159726959X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The vast scope of conservation problems has forced biologists and managers to rely on "surrogate" species to serve as shortcuts to guide their decision making. These species-known by a host of different terms, including indicator, umbrella, and flagship species-act as proxies to represent larger conservation issues, such as the location of biodiversity hotspots or general ecosystem health. Synthesizing an immense body of literature, conservation biologist and field researcher Tim Caro offers systematic definitions of surrogate species concepts, explores biological theories that underlie them, considers how surrogate species are chosen, critically examines evidence for and against their utility, and makes recommendations for their continued use. The book clarifies terminology and contrasts how different terms are used in the real world considers the ecological, taxonomic, and political underpinnings of these shortcuts identifies criteria that make for good surrogate species outlines the circumstances where the application of the surrogate species concept shows promise Conservation by Proxy is a benchmark reference that provides clear definitions and common understanding of the evidence and theory behind surrogate species. It is the first book to review and bring together literature on more than fifteen types of surrogate species, enabling us to assess their role in conservation and offering guidelines on how they can be used most effectively.
Biogeomorphic Responses to Wildfire in Fluvial Ecosystems
Author: Joan L. Florsheim
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813725623
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813725623
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description