Wildlife Management Books
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Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination: Indicators of Change
Drawing on the knowledge of international experts in the fields of atmospheric transport and deposition, mercury cycling in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and mercury bioaccumulation in aquatic foodwebs and wildlife, Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination: Indicators of Change presents the information needed to design a national-scale monitoring program for mercury. The book explains ...
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River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Volume 1: 5th IAHR Symposium (RCEM 2007), Enschede, The Netherlands 17-21 September 2007
Around the world, many people live, work and recreate in river, estuarine and coastal areas, systems which are also important wildlife habitats. It is imperative to understand the physics of such systems. A key element here is morphodynamics: the mutual interaction and adjustment of landform topography and fluid dynamics involving the motion of sediment. The numerous interacting processes ...
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Wildlife Habitat Management: Concepts and Applications in Forestry
In recent years, conflicts between ecological conservation and economic growth forced a reassessment of the motivations and goals of wildlife and forestry management. Focus shifted from game and commodity management to biodiversity conservation and ecological forestry. Previously separate fields such as forestry, biology, botany, and zoology merged into a common framework known as conservation ...
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Wildlife Science: Linking Ecological Theory and Management Applications
Consciously or not, wildlife managers generally act from a theoretical basis, although they may not be fully versed in the details or ramifications of that theory. In practice, the predictions of the practitioners sometimes prove more accurate than those of the theoreticians. Practitioners and theoreticians need to work together, but this proves difficult when new management ideas and ...
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Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination: Indicators of Change
As rising levels of mercury in the environment pose an increasing threat of toxicity to humans and wildlife, several laws already call for industries to reduce mercury emissions at the source. Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination: Indicators of Change outlines the infrastructure and methods needed to measure, monitor, and regulate the concentration of mercury present in the ...
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Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination: Indicators of Change
As rising levels of mercury in the environment pose an increasing threat of toxicity to humans and wildlife, several laws already call for industries to reduce mercury emissions at the source. Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination: Indicators of Change outlines the infrastructure and methods needed to measure, monitor, and regulate the concentration of mercury present in the environment. ...
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Act III in Patagonia:People and Wildlife
Patagonia. The name connotes the exotic and a distance that seems nearly mythical. Tucked toward the toe of South America, this largely unsettled landscape is among the most varied and breathtaking in the world-aching in its beauty as it sweeps from the Andes through broad, arid steppes to pristine beaches and down to a famously violent sea. It is also home to a vast array of rare wildlife as ...
By Island Press
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Sampling Rare or Elusive Species: Concepts, Designs, and Techniques for Estimating Population Parameters
Information regarding population status and abundance of rare species plays a key role in resource management decisions. Ideally, data should be collected using statistically sound sampling methods, but by their very nature, rare or elusive species pose a difficult sampling challenge. Sampling Rare or Elusive Species describes the latest sampling designs and survey methods for reliably ...
By Island Press
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People and Predators: From Conflict to Coexistence
Carnivores provide innumerable ecological benefits and play a unique role in preserving and maintaining ecosystem services and function, but at the same time they can create serious problems for human populations. A key question for conservation biologists and wildlife managers is how to manage the world's carnivore populations to conserve this important natural resource while mitigating harmful ...
By Island Press
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The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem, Third Edition
The second edition of a bestseller, The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem continues to provide a wealth of information on the entire ecosystem of the Everglades. Offering the essentials of what the ecosystem is and how it works, the Handbook benefits those addressing issues such as Everglades restoration, water management, wildlife management, and water quality problems in urban ...
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Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin: Causes of Decline and Strategies for Recovery
In 1988 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed two endemic fishes of the upper Klamath River basin of Oregon and California, the sucker and the Lost River sucker, as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). In 1997, the National Marine Fisheries Service added the Southern Oregon Northern coastal California (SONCC) coho salmon as a threatened species to the list. The leading ...
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Landscape Ecology and Wildlife Habitat Evaluation: Critical Information for Ecological Risk Assessment, Land-Use Management Activities, and Biodiversity Enhancement Practices
Eighteen peer-reviewed papers explore the latest information on theoretical and applied ecology, especially as it relates to characterizing environmental risks to wildlife and the requirements of environmental managers.Until recently, many areas which have low to moderate levels of chemical contamination were subjected to intrusive remediation efforts; the consequence being substantial ...
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Linkages in the Landscape: the role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
The loss and fragmentation of natural habitats is one of the major issues in wildlife management and conservation. Habitat 'corridors' are sometimes proposed as an important element within a conservation strategy. Examples are given of corridors both as pathways and as habitats in their own right. Includes detailed reviews of principles relevant to the design and management of corridors, their ...
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Riparian Areas: Functions and Strategies for Management
The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and wildlife habitat. However, this protection generally does not encompass riparian areas—the lands bordering rivers and lakes—even though they often provide the same functions as wetlands. Growing ...
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Applied Wetlands Science and Technology, Second Edition
Continuing the tradition of excellence established by the first edition, the Second Edition of Applied Wetlands Science and Technology provides the fundamentals for delineating, identifying, and regulating wetlands. It covers functions and values, ecological assessments, and how to minimize negative impacts on wetlands. The book also presents essential information on wetland creation, ...
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Fate and Effects in Alaskan Waters
The first definitive exploration of the effects of this catastrophic oil spill since its occurrence in 1989. In addition to a comprehensive overview of the issues involved, 25 peer-reviewed papers cover the following key topics: Chemistry and Fate of the Spill Shoreline Impacts of the Spill Effects on Fish and Fisheries Effects on Wildlife Archaeological Site ...
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Vertebrate Pest Control and Management Materials
9 papers cover animal damage control techniques and research methodology, with emphasis on vertebrate pest control and assessment methods for control techniques. For wildlife biologists, pest control operators, and university researchers interested in animal damage ...
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Aquatic Toxicology: Proceedings of the Second Annual Symposium on Aquatc Toxicology
The second symposium on Aquatic Toxicology was held in Cleveland, Ohio, on 31 Oct.-1 Nov. 1977. This symposium was sponsored by the American Society for Testing and Materials through its Committee E35 on Pesticides. L. L. Marking, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and R. A. Kimerle, Monsanto Co., presided as chairmen of the symposium and served as editors of this ...
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The Allegheny Woodrat
A decline in populations of Allegheny woodrats (Neotoma magister) was first noticed in the 1980s. Since that time, woodrats have become extirpated from at least two states and have declined dramatically in several others. Recent evidence suggests that the decline of this species may be proceeding further south to include states where woodrat populations were previously considered to be stable. ...
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Who Cares About Wildlife?
Who Cares About Wildlife? integrates social science theory in order to provide a conceptual structure for understanding and studying human interaction with wildlife. A thorough review of the current literature in conceptual areas, including norms, values, attitudes, emotions, wildlife value orientations, cultural change, and evolutionary forces/inherited tendencies is provided, and the importance ...
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