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Resource Selection by Animals
Manly, Bryan; McDonald, Lyman L.; Thomas, Dana
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Description for Resource Selection by Animals
Hardback. Suitable for biologists, especially those concerned with the management and conservation of wildlife, this title 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. Num Pages: 177 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: KCN; PSVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 449.
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 in tended audience is field ecologists in general and wildlife biologists in particular 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 in ... 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 in tended audience is field ecologists in general and wildlife biologists in particular 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 in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
Number of Pages
177
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412401404
SKU
V9780412401404
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
Reviews for Resource Selection by Animals
`Bryan Manly has more experience than most in guiding the unwary biologist through unchartered statistical territory...this book will prove enlightening to the mathematically-minded biologist...' Biodiversity and Conservation `The authors...consider with a lot of care various types of design allowing to assess to which degree a resource is selected, with ... Read more