Wildlife restoration : techniques for habitat analysis and animal monitoring / / Michael L. Morrison ; foreword by Paul R. Krausman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910970288303321
• Autore: Morrison Michael L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-61091-122-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Collana: The science and practice of ecological restoration
• Disciplina: 333.954153
• Soggetti: Restoration ecology; Habitat (Ecology); Wildlife management
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Series Introduction""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Ch. 1: Populations""; ""Population Concepts and Habitat Restoration""; ""Three Roads to Recovery: Breeding, Reintroduction, and Translocation""; ""Lessons""; ""Ch. 2: Habitat""; ""Definitions""; ""When to Measure""; ""What to Measure""; ""How to Measure""; ""Lessons""; ""Ch. 3: Historic Assessments""; ""Background""; ""Techniques""; ""Case Studies""; ""Lessons""; ""Ch. 4: A Primer on Study Design""; ""Scientific Methods""; ""Monitoring Research""; ""Principles of Study Design""""Experimental Design""; ""Lessons""; ""Ch. 5: Fundamentals of Monitoring""; ""Definitions""; ""Inventory""; ""Monitoring""; ""Sampling Considerations""; ""Adaptive Management""; ""Thresholds and Trigger Points""; ""Lessons""; ""Ch. 6: Sampling Methods""; ""Principles""; ""Amphibians and Reptiles""; ""Birds""; ""Mammals""; ""Lessons""; ""Ch. 7: Designing a Reserve""; ""Selecting a Site""; ""Corridors""; ""Buffers""; ""Isolation""; ""Fragmentation""; ""Are Isolation and Fragmentation Always Bad?""; ""The Value of Remnant Patches""; ""Lessons""; ""Ch. 8: Wildlife Restoration: A Synthesis""""Major Messages""; ""Developing a Restoration Plan""; ""Information Gaps""; ""Working with Wildlife Scientists and Managers""; ""Lessons""; ""About the Author""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Wildlife Restoration links restoration ecology and wildlife management in an accessible and comprehensive guide to restoring wildlife and the habitats upon which they depend.It offers readers a thorough overview of the types of information needed in planning a wildlife-habitat restoration project and provides the basic tools necessary for.