Original PDF Ebook – Wildlife Management and Conservation2nd EditionContemporary Principles and Practices – 9781421409863

Original PDF Ebook – Wildlife Management and Conservation2nd EditionContemporary Principles and Practices – 9781421409863

Wildlife Management and Conservation presents a clear overview of the management and conservation of animals, their habitats, and how people influence both. The relationship among these three components of wildlife management is explained in chapters written by leading experts and is designed to prepare wildlife students for careers in which they will be charged with maintaining healthy animal populations; finding ways to restore depleted populations while reducing overabundant, introduced, or pest species; and managing relationships among various human stakeholders._x000D_
Topics covered in this book include_x000D_
• The definitions of wildlife and management_x000D_
• Human dimensions of wildlife management_x000D_
• Animal behavior_x000D_
• Predator–prey relationships_x000D_
• Structured decision making_x000D_
• Issues of scale in wildlife management_x000D_
• Wildlife health_x000D_
• Historical context of wildlife management and conservation_x000D_
• Hunting and trapping_x000D_
• Nongame species_x000D_
• Nutrition ecology_x000D_
• Water management_x000D_
• Climate change_x000D_
• Conservation planning