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Main Title Wildlife Study Design [electronic resource] /
Type EBOOK
Author Morrison, Michael L.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Block, William M.
Strickland, M. Dale.
Collier, Bret A.
Peterson, Markus J.
Publisher Springer New York,
Year Published 2008
Call Number QH540-549.5
ISBN 9780387755281
Subjects Life sciences ; Animal ecology ; Applied Ecology ; Wildlife management ; Environmental management ; Environmental sciences ; Nature Conservation
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75528-1
Collation XXXIV, 386 p. online resource.
Notes
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes
Concepts for Wildlife Science: Theory -- Concepts for Wildlife Science: Design Application -- Experimental Designs -- Sample Survey Strategies -- Sampling Strategies: Applications -- Impact Assessment -- Inventory and Monitoring Studies -- Design Applications -- Education in Study Design and Statistics for Students and Professionals -- Synthesis: Advances in Wildlife Study Design. After the success of the first edition, Wildlife Study Design returns with a second edition showcasing a substantial body of new material applicable to the study design of ecology, conservation and management of wildlife. Building on reviews of the first edition and feedback from workshops and graduate teaching, this new edition, authored by Michael Morrison, William Block, M. Dale Strickland, Bret Collier, and Markus Peterson, proves to be a valuable guide and reference for scientists and resource managers, as well as being a useful textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Taking an approach from both a basic and applied perspective, the book covers numerous aspects of study design including variable classification, the necessity of randomization and replication in wildlife study design, the three major types of designs in decreasing order of rigor, detection probabilities, adaptive cluster methods, double sampling, sampling of rare species, effect size and power, and impact assessment, just to name a few. The concepts provided by the book make study design both accessible and comprehensive to a wide array of readers.