TY - BOOK AU - Mills,L.Scott TI - Conservation of wildlife populations: demography, genetics, and management SN - 1405121467 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - SK355 .M55 2007 U1 - 639.9 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Malden, MA PB - Blackwell Pub. KW - Wildlife management KW - Animal populations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-347) and index; The big picture : human population dynamics meets applied population biology -- Designing studies and interpreting population biology data : how do we know what we know? -- Genetic concepts and tools to support wildlife population biology -- Estimating population vital rates -- The simplest way to describe and project population growth : exponential and geometric change -- Density dependent population change -- Accounting for age and sex-specific differences : population projection -- Predation and wildlife populations -- When does predation affect prey numbers? -- Factors affecting how predation impacts prey numbers -- Genetic variation and fitness of wildlife populations --; Dynamics of multiple populations -- Human perturbations : deterministic factors leading to population decline -- Predicting the dynamics of small and declining populations -- Bridging applied population and ecosystem ecology with focal species concepts -- Population biology of harvested populations UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006009953.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2006009953-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2006009953-d.html ER -