Conservation of Wildlife Populations: Demography, Genetics and ManagementProfessor L. Scott Mills has been named a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowby the board of trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim MemorialFoundation. Conservation of Wildlife Populations provides anaccessible introduction to the most relevant concepts andprinciples for solving real-world management problems in wildlifeand conservation biology. Bringing together insights fromtraditionally disparate disciplines, the book shows how populationbiology addresses important questions involving the harvest,monitoring, and conservation of wildlife populations.
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Conservation of Wildlife Populations: Demography, Genetics and Management L. Scott Mills No preview available - 2009 |
Conservation of Wildlife Populations: Demography, Genetics and Management L. Scott Mills No preview available - 2006 |
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abundance estimates adult survival age classes Allee effects alleles analysis applied approaches assessment birds breeding capture Chapter Conservation Biology decline decrease deer detection deterministic disease dispersal ecological endangered species example exponential extinction extinction vortex factors females forest fragmentation frog functional response gene flow genetic drift genetic variation genotype habitat loss harvest heterozygosity humans hunting hybrids inbreeding depression increase interactions introduced species invasive species keystone species killed lead logistic growth lynx males mammals marked animals mating matrix mean metapopulation methods mortality mtDNA multiple native negative density dependence number of individuals numerical response popu population dynamics population growth rate population viability analysis positive density dependence predation predation rate predictions probability quasi-extinction relative reproductive value sample sensitivity sex ratio small populations Soulé stage tion translocations trap ulation variance vital rates waterfowl whales wild wildlife population biology