Species Conservation and Management: Case Studies includes CD-ROM
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (591 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195166469 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 552 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-17 |
| Language | : | English, German |
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. Resit Akcakaya is at Applied Biomathematics, Inc Mark Burgman is at University of Melbourne. About the Author H
. Resit Akcakaya is at Applied Biomathematics, Inc Mark Burgman is at University of Melbourne. H
Professor, Dept. Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado Stat Barry Noon This edited book covers conservation planning and population viability analyses in a clear and comprehensive fashion. The inclusion of chapters on plants, invertebrates, fishes, birds and mammals makes it particularly attractive for teaching students with broad taxonomic interests in conservation biology. Each chapter uses models from the software program RAMAS GIS which accompanies the book on CD. I use the RAMAS GIS software in my graduate course in landscape ecology and the material in this book provided a great diversity of data. Good, Practical Examples This book addresses the use of computer models in species conservation and management. It is a very informative book that will be of great value to graduate conservation biology courses, government agencies, and land managers. The book consists of a series of sections on plants, invertebrates, fish, herps, birds, and mammals. Each section has a summary chapter discussing the state of the art for that taxonomic group and a number of case studies. Some of the summary chapters, such as the amphibian and reptile chapter, are excellent.
Each chapter of the book describes the application of RAMAS GIS 4.0 to one species, with the aim of demonstrating how various life history characteristics of the species are incorporated into the model, and how the results of the model has been or can be used in conservation and management of the species. This edited volume is a collection of population and metapopulation models for a wide variety of species, including plants, invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The book comes with a CD that includes a demo version of the program, and the data files for each species.