Monitoring animal populations and their habitats : a practitioner's guide

"In the face of so many unprecedented changes in our environment, the pressure is on scientists to lead the way toward a more sustainable future. Written by a team of ecologists, Monitoring Animal Populations and Their Habitats: A Practitioner's Guide provides a framework that natural reso...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McComb, Brenda C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press , c2010
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Lessons learned from current monitoring programs
  • 3. Community-based monitoring
  • 4. Goals and objectives now and into the future
  • 5. Designing a monitoring plan
  • 6. Factors to consider when designing the monitoring plan
  • 7. Putting monitoring to work on the ground
  • 8. Field techniques for population sampling and estimation
  • 9. Techniques for sampling habitat
  • 10. Database management
  • 11. Data analysis in monitoring
  • 12. Reporting
  • 13. Uses of the data: synthesis, risk assessment, and decision making
  • 14. Changing the monitoring approach
  • 15. The future of monitoring