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Wildlife-habitat relationships : concepts & applications

Title
Wildlife-habitat relationships : concepts & applications / Michael L. Morrison, Bruce G. Marcot & R. William Mannan.
Author
Morrison, Michael L.
Publication
Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Marcot, Bruce G.
  • Mannan, R. William.
Description
xxii, 435 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
  • Anyone working with wildlife must be concerned with habitat - its identification, measurement, and analysis. Wildlife-Habitat Relationships goes beyond introductory wildlife biology texts and specialized studies of single species to provide a broad but advanced understanding of habitat relationships applicable to all terrestrial species.
  • It also includes coverage of spatial analysis, landscape ecology, animal populations and their quantification, behavioral studies, and resources available to the wildlife professional.
Subject
  • Habitat (Ecology)
  • Animal ecology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Pt. 1. Concepts of Wildlife-Habitat Relationships. 1. The Study of Habitat: A Historical and Philosophical Perspective. 2. The Evolutionary Perspective. 3. The Vegetative and Population Perspectives -- Pt. 2. The Measurement of Wildlife-Habitat Relationships. 4. The Experimental Approach in Wildlife Science. 5. Measurement of Wildlife Habitat: What to Measure and How to Measure It. 6. Measurement of Wildlife Habitat: When to Measure and How to Analyze. 7. Measuring Behavior. 8. Of Habitat Patches and Landscapes: Habitat Heterogeneity and Responses of Wildlife. 9. Of Habitat Patches and Landscapes: Habitat Isolation, Dynamics, and Monitoring. 10. Modeling Wildlife-Habitat Relationships -- Pt. 3. The Management of Wildlife Habitat. 11. Wildlife Management in a New Era: Managing Habitat for Animals in an Evolutionary and Ecosystem Context. 12. The Future: New Initiatives and Advancing Education.
ISBN
0299156400 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
97009445
OCLC
ocm36629953
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries