Resource Selection by Animals: Statistical Design and Analysis for Field Studies
Manly, B.F., McDonald, L., Thomas, Dana, McDonald, Trent L., Erickson, Wallace P.
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Hardcover. Gives a framework for the study of how animals select their resources - food and habitat by taking the reader through different types of study design. This work is useful for field biologists, especially those concerned with the management and conservation of wildlife. It is also suitable for wildlife managers and conservation biologists. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; PSVP; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
We have written this book as a guide to the design and analysis of field studies of resource selection, concentrating primarily on statistical aspects of the comparison of the use and availability of resources of different types. Our intended audience is field ecologists in general and, in particular, wildlife and fisheries biologists who are attempting to measure the extent to which real animal populations are selective in their choice of food and habitat. As such, we have made no attempt to address those aspects of theoretical ecology that are concerned with how animals might choose their resources if they acted ... Read more
We have written this book as a guide to the design and analysis of field studies of resource selection, concentrating primarily on statistical aspects of the comparison of the use and availability of resources of different types. Our intended audience is field ecologists in general and, in particular, wildlife and fisheries biologists who are attempting to measure the extent to which real animal populations are selective in their choice of food and habitat. As such, we have made no attempt to address those aspects of theoretical ecology that are concerned with how animals might choose their resources if they acted ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402006777
SKU
V9781402006777
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99-15
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