Author: David Edward CapenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Use of Multivariate Statistics in Studies of Wildlife Habitat
Author: David Edward CapenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
General Technical Report RM.
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Acquisition and Utilization of Aquatic Habitat Inventory Information
Author: Neil B. ArmantroutPublisher:
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Category : Aquatic ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Reptile Ecology and Conservation
Author: C. Kenneth Dodd Jr.Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191039071
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
This practical handbook of reptile field ecology and conservation brings together a distinguished, international group of reptile researchers to provide a state-of-the-art review of the many new and exciting techniques used to study reptiles. The authors describe ecological sampling techniques and how they are implemented to monitor the conservation status and population trends of snakes, lizards, tuatara, turtles, and crocodilians throughout the world. Emphasis is placed on the extent of statistical inference and the biases associated with different techniques and analyses. The chapters focus on the application of field research and data analysis for achieving an understanding of reptile life history, population dynamics, movement patterns, thermal ecology, conservation status, and the relationship between reptiles and their environment. The book emphasises the need for thorough planning, and demonstrates how a multi-dimensional approach incorporates information related to morphology, genetics, molecular biology, epidemiology, statistical modelling, animal welfare, and biosecurity. Although accentuating field sampling, sections on experimental applications in laboratories and zoos, thermal ecology, genetics, landscape ecology, disease and biosecurity, and management options are included. Much of this information is scattered in the scientific literature or not readily available, and the intention is to provide an affordable, comprehensive synthesis for use by graduate students, researchers, and practising conservationists worldwide.
CRC Handbook of Census Methods for Terrestrial Vertebrates
Author: David E DavisPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000446255
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Learn how to start a census program for terrestrial vertebrates with this handbook. Whether the information you need is for managing a population, surveying environmental impact, or conducting research on a particular species, this handbook has it all. Principles, methods, and calculations are explained. The following information is given for each species: name; range; reasons for census; life history; items of importance, e.g., migration; methods of census; recent and pertinent references; and comments about the various methods.
Variables for Monitoring Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments
Author: Brent M. GravesPublisher:
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Category : Ecological surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium
Author: Current Ornithology
Author: D.M. PowerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475799128
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
This is the only English-language publication devoted exclusively to extensive reviews and synthesis of topics on the biology of birds. The current volume includes articles on sibling competition, predation and the limitation of bird numbers, and population trends in birds of eastern North America.
Proceedings of the Symposium on Multiple-Use Management of California's Hardwood Resources
Author: Current Ornithology
Author: Richard JohnstonPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461323851
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
It is not often that a century of scholarly activity breaks conveniently into halves, but ornithology of the first half of the 20th century is clearly different from that of the second half. The break actually can be marked in 1949, with the appearance of Meyer and Schuz's Ornithologie ais Biologische Wissenschaft. Prior to this, ornithologists had tended to speak mostly to other ornithologists, experiments (the testing of hy potheses) were uncommon, and a concern for birds as birds was the dominant thread in our thinking. Subsequent to 1949, ornithologists have tended to become ever more professional in their pursuits and to incorporate protocols of experimental biology into their work; more importantly perhaps, they have begun to show a concern for birds as agencies for the study of biology. Many of the most satisfying of recent ornithological studies have come from reductionist research ap proaches, and have been accomplished by specialists in such areas as biochemistry, ethology, genetics, and ecology. A great many studies routinely rely on statistical hypothesis testing, allowing us to come to conclusions unmarred by wishful thinking. Some of us are ready to tell the world that we are a "hard" science, and perhaps that time is not so very far off for most of us. Volume 2 examines several solid examples of late 20th-century ornithology.