morrison - wildlife-habitat relationships - concepts and applications 3e (island press, 2006)

[...]... a landscape-perspective of habitat relationships, definition and classification of landscapes, basics of landscape ecology, concepts of spatial and temporal scales in ecological study and their implications for managing habitat in landscapes, ways to depict and measure habitat heterogeneity including habitat fragmentation, and reviews disturbance ecology and management implications; all material concepts, ... modeling land allocations for habitat conservation and on recent results of model validation In Part 3, Chapters 11 and 12 cover management of wildlife–habitat relationships Chapter 11 introduces the topic of wildlife and habitat management in the context of ecosystem management We discuss and illustrate wildlife management goals in an evolutionary and ecological context, and provide all-new material and. .. birds, mammals, and plants Land ownership and generalized elk movements from high-elevation public land to lower-elevation private land, White River area, Colorado Biological information and management objectives are often influenced by political decisions in setting harvest levels Probability of wildlife flushing with increasing perpendicular distance Activities in the scientific method and common places... advancing our study of habitat relationships We still address population responses, and have expanded our discussion of population viability, genetics, metapopulation dynamics, and related concepts In Part 2, Chapters 4 through 10 form the heart of the book and cover measurement and modeling of wildlife–habitat relationships Chapter 4 discusses fundamental approaches to study design and experimental methodologies,... extinction Directed secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to cooperate with state game and fish agencies to develop plans for conservation of wildlife, fish, and game Called for units of the national forest system to prepare land management plans for the protection and development of national forests Mandated land use plans on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management Stipulated that the plans... summary of studies, and citations—has been brought up to date since the previous edition Chapter 9 focuses on population response to landscape conditions and patterns, and reviews how researchers and managers have viewed wildlife response to habitat edges, boundary effects, and succession and climate; provides an updated discussion of population viability, metapopulation dynamics, and effects of population... modeling wildlife-habitat relationships Bayesian modeling and wildlife habitat Using decision trees for conservation planning What is wildlife? Thinking green in an urban environment: City greenbelts as natural environments in urban landscapes Envirograms: Templates for modeling wildlife–habitat relationships 386 427 Primary elements and assumptions of a resource planning scenario designed for long-term... purchase lands for refuges Authorized conservation measures in federal water projects and required consultation with the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and states concerning any water project Provided an excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition to finance research on a federal and state basis Stipulated that national forests would be managed for outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, and wildlife and. .. biology, and related fields An understanding of statistics through analysis of variance and regression is helpful, but not essential Land managers will especially benefit from this book because of its emphasis on the identification of sound research and the interpretation and application of results Our approach combines basic field zoology and natural history, evolutionary biology, ecological theory, and quantitative... sustainable resources, provide for ecosystem integrity, and foster the health of our biosphere, likely will demand the courage to seek and accept changes in our daily resource use habits and even to shift the very centers of what we value and how we value what we use We can employ such positive visions, and successes like the ones cited above, as hallmarks and templates to help further such a future It is . 20009. I SLAND PRESS is a trademark of The Center for Resource Economics. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data. Morrison, Michael L. Wildlife-habitat relationships : concepts and applications. by Michael L. Morrison, Bruce G. Marcot, and R. William Mannan. — 3rd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-5 972 6-0 9 4-0 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-5 972 6-0 9 5-9 (pbk. : alk how- ever, to bring in examples from amphibians, rep- tiles, birds, and mammals (both large and small), and from different ecosystems and loca- tions, to help individuals from different back- grounds