Conservation of Wildlife Populations: Demography, Genetics, and Management - Taschenbuch

SubjectThe last two decades have generated an acute awareness of the need for science to drive wildlife policy and management. Much of wildlife conservation is to do with managing populations, and students and practitioners of today must have a good understanding of how put population ecology theory into practice.Professor Scott Mills proposes writing a textbook for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students. It will be an applied population ecology text that concentrates on wildlife conservation and describes the use of concepts and theory that can be used to solve real-world wildlife conservation and management concerns.NeedThere are many courses on applied population ecology and conservation of wildlife populations taught in biology, wildlife and fisheries and conservation biology departments, though largely in the US. However, until now there has been no good textbook which brings together an understanding of population theory, demography and genetics and how these topics relate to community ecology. It is clear from the reviewers comments that there is a real need for a textbook of this type. One reviewer goes as far as to say that there are no competing titles for the book and the rest use materials from a variety of sources to supplement their courses.CompetitionOf the books that are available in the market at the moment, most are focused narrowly on either population theory (Morris, Williams) or on ecological theory (Gotelli, Roughgarden). There are a couple that compete more directly (Akcakaya, Caughley), however, these titles do not have adequate coverage of the conservation genetics. It is Mills' coverage of conservation genetics and how it relates to population theorythat makes his proposal particularly distinctive and sets it apart from the rest.Related TitlesThis proposed book will cluster particularly well with two titles we already have on our list, Caughley: Wildlife Ecology and Management (Sales 6988) and Caughley: Conservation Bi