| Description |
1 online resource (447 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Lessons learned from current monitoring programs -- Community-based monitoring -- Goals and objectives now and into the future -- Designing a monitoring plan -- Factors to consider when designing the monitoring plan -- Putting monitoring to work on the ground -- Field techniques for population sampling and estimation -- Techniques for sampling habitat -- Database management -- Data analysis in monitoring -- Reporting -- Uses of the data: synthesis, risk assessment, and decision making -- Changing the monitoring approach -- The future of monitoring |
| Summary |
"In the face of so many unprecedented changes in our environment, the pressure is on scientists to lead the way toward a more sustainable future. Written by a team of ecologists, Monitoring Animal Populations and Their Habitats: A Practitioner's Guide provides a framework that natural resource managers and researchers can use to design monitoring programs that will benefit future generations by distilling the information needed to make informed decisions. In addition, this text is valuable for undergraduate- and graduate-level courses that are focused on monitoring animal populations. With the aid of more than 90 illustrations and a four-page color insert, this book offers practical guidance for the entire monitoring process, from incorporating stakeholder input and data collection, to data management, analysis, and reporting. It establishes the basis for why, what, how, where, and when monitoring should be conducted; describes how to analyze and interpret the data; explains how to budget for monitoring efforts; and discusses how to assemble reports of use in decision-making. The book takes a multi-scaled and multi-taxa approach, focusing on monitoring vertebrate populations and upland habitats, but the recommendations and suggestions presented are applicable to a variety of monitoring programs. Lastly, the book explores the future of monitoring techniques, enabling researchers to better plan for the future of wildlife populations and their habitats. It furthers the goal of achieving a world in which biodiversity is allowed to evolve and flourish in the face of such uncertainties as climate change, invasive species proliferation, land use expansion, and population growth " --provider's description |
| Biography |
Brenda C. McComb is a professor and Head of the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University; Benjamin Zuckerberg is a post-doctoral research associate in the Citizen Science program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, New York; David G. Vesely is the executive director of the Oregon Wildlife Institute in Corvallis, Oregon; Christopher A. Jordan is a PhD candidate in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University |
| Note |
online resource; title from print-PDF cover page, Version 0.11 (OSU Open Textbooks, viewed October 8, 2020) |
| Local Note |
Promoted: Local to Global Cooperative Open Textbook Library |
| Subject |
Wildlife monitoring.
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Habitat (Ecology)
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Wildlife management.
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Habitat (Ecology) (OCoLC)fst00950038
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Wildlife management. (OCoLC)fst01175323
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Wildlife monitoring. (OCoLC)fst01175366
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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Open educational resources.
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| Added Author |
Zuckerberg, Benjamin, author.
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Vesely, David, author.
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Jordan, Christopher A., author.
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Oregon State University, issuing body.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Monitoring animal populations and their habitats. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2010 9781420070552 (DLC) 2009044284 (OCoLC)166872495 |
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