Animal Ecology, Natural Resources - General & Miscellaneous

Wildlife Ecology and Management

Name: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Author: Graeme Caughley,Anthony R. E. Sinclair
ISBN: 9780865421448

by Graeme Caughley, Anthony R. E. Sinclair

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This is the first fully integrated undergraduate text focussing on the ecology and management of wildlife, with an emphasis on mammals and birds. The first eleven chapters of the book take the reader through the basic principles of ecology necessary for an understanding of wildlife management. Further chapters progress to the practical problems experienced in wildlife management, treating management as problems in applied ecology.

Discusses food & feeding/competition within species/counting animals/parasites & pathogens/wildlife harvesting & control.

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A textbook for an undergraduate course in wildlife management. Courses assuming a previous grounding in the scientific principles of general ecology can skip to the second section, which focuses on management. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)