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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458038503321

Titolo

Sources, sinks and sustainability / / edited by Jianguo Liu [and others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-107-21534-X

1-139-12458-7

1-283-29605-5

1-139-12298-3

9786613296054

1-139-11724-6

1-139-12790-X

1-139-11288-0

0-511-84239-2

1-139-11507-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 525 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in landscape ecology

Disciplina

577.8/8

Soggetti

Animal populations - Research

Habitat selection

Animals - Dispersal

Ecological heterogeneity

Ecosystem management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Introduction -- 1. Impact of a classic paper by H. Ronald Pulliam : the first 20 years -- pt. II. Advances in source-sink theory -- 2. Evolution in source-sink environments : implications for niche conservatism -- 3. Source-sink dynamics emerging from unstable ideal-free habitat selection -- 4. Sources and sinks in the evolution and persistence of mutualisms -- 5. Effects of climate change on dynamics and stability of multiregional populations -- 6. Habitat quality, niche breadth, temporal stochasticity, and the persistence of populations in heterogeneous landscapes -- 7. When sinks rescue sources in dynamic



environments -- 8. Sinks, sustainability, and conservation incentives -- pt. III. Progress in source-sink methodology -- 9. On estimating demographic and dispersal parameters for niche and source-sink models -- 10. Source-sink status of small and large wetland fragments and growth rate of a population network -- 11. Demographic and dispersal data from anthropogenic grasslands : what should we measure? -- 12. Network analysis : a tool for studying the connectivity of source-sink systems -- 13. Sources, sinks, and model accuracy -- 14. Scale-dependence of habitat sources and sinks -- 15. Effects of experimental population removal for the spatial population ecology of the alpine butterfly, Parnassius smintheus -- pt. IV. Improvement of source-sink management -- 16. Contribution of source-sink theory to protected area science -- 17. Evidence of source-sink dynamics in marine and estuarine species -- 18. Population networks with sources and sinks along productivity gradients in the Fiordland Marine Area, New Zealand : a case study on the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus -- 19. Source-sinks, metapopulations, and forest reserves : conserving northern flying squirrels in the temperate rainforests of Southeast Alaska -- 20. Does forest fragmentation and loss generate sources, sinks, and ecological traps in migratory songbirds? -- 21. Source-sink population dynamics and sustainable leaf harvesting of the understory palm Chamaedorea radicalis -- 22. Assessing positive and negative ecological effects of corridors -- pt. V. Synthesis -- 23. Sources and sinks : what is the reality?

Sommario/riassunto

Source-sink theories provide a simple yet powerful framework for understanding how the patterns, processes and dynamics of ecological systems vary and interact over space and time. Integrating multiple research fields, including population biology and landscape ecology, this book presents the latest advances in source-sink theories, methods and applications in the conservation and management of natural resources and biodiversity. The interdisciplinary team of authors uses detailed case studies, innovative field experiments and modeling, and comprehensive syntheses to incorporate source-sink ideas into research and management, and explores how sustainability can be achieved in today's increasingly fragile human-dominated ecosystems. Providing a comprehensive picture of source-sink research as well as tangible applications to real world conservation issues, this book is ideal for graduate students, researchers, natural-resource managers and policy makers.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458393203321

Autore

Weller Joel Ira

Titolo

Quantitative trait loci analysis in animals [[electronic resource] /] / Joel Ira Welller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, OX, UK ; ; New York, NY, USA, : CABI Pub., c2001

ISBN

1-281-90500-3

9786611905002

0-85199-963-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Disciplina

636.08/21

Soggetti

Livestock - Breeding

Livestock - Genetics

Quantitative genetics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-273).

Nota di contenuto

Preface, theory vs. results; Chapter one: Historical Overview; Chapter two : Principles of Parameter Estimation; Chapter three: Random and Fixed Effects, the Mixed Model; Chapter four: Experimental Designs to Detect QTL;  Generation of Linkage Disequilibrium; Chapter five: QTL Parameter Estimation for Crosses between Inbred Lines; Chapter six: Advanced Statistical Methods for QTL Detection and Parameter Estimation; Chapter seven: Analysis of QTL as Random Effects; Chapter eight: Statistical Power to Detect QTL, and Parameter CIs; Chapter nine: Optimization of Experimental Designs

Chapter ten: Fine Mapping of QTLChapter eleven: Complete Genome QTL Scans - the Problem of Multiple Comparisons; Chapter twelve: Multiple Trait QTL Analysis; Chapter thirteen: Principles of Selection Index and Traditional Breeding Progr arnrnes; Chapter fourteen: Marker-Assisted Selection = Theory; Chapter fifteen: Marker-Assisted Selection = Results of Simulation Studies; Chapter sixteen: Marker-Assisted Introgression; Glossary of Symbols; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) is a topic of major agricultural significance



for efficient livestock production. This book covers various statistical methods that have been used or proposed for detection and analysis of QTL and marker-and gene-assisted selection in animal genetics and breeding.