Wildlife-Habitat Relationships : Concepts and Applications

by Morrison, Michael L.; Marcot, Bruce G.

• ISBN13: 9780299156404
• ISBN10: 0299156400
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr

Summary

Anyone working with wildlife must be concerned with its habitatits identification, measurement, and analysis. Wildlife-Habitat Relationships goes beyond introductory wildlife biology texts and specialized studies of single species to provide a broad but advanced understanding of habitat relationships applicable to all terrestrial species. It also includes coverage of spatial analysis, landscape ecology, animal populations and their quantification, behavioral studies, and resources available to the wildlife professional. Completely updated with the latest research results and literature, this Second Edition provides new sections on: vegetation ecology and its role in animal distribution and habitat use; factors driving animal population dynamics; approaches to study design and experimental methodologies; ecosystem management and other new initiatives in habitat management; reviews research and concepts of habitat corridors, fragmentation, and connectivity, for maintaining metapopulations and population viability; the advancement of wildlife education. This edition also offers greatly expanded coverage of the growing field of landscape ecology, including new chapters on habitat heterogeneity and responses of wildlife and on habitat isolation, dynamics, and monitoring. Behavioral ecology and habitat measurement are covered in greater depth, as well.

Author Biography

Michael L. Morrison is adjunct professor of wildlife biology  at California State University, Sacramento and the University of Arizona, Tucson.  Bruce G. Marcot is a wildlife ecologist with the USDA Forest Service in Portland, Oregon, where he works in the Spotted Owl program.  R. William Mannan is professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Arizona.

Table of Contents

Figures, Tables, and Boxes	ix
Preface	xix
Format for the Second Edition and Acknowledgments	xxi
Part 1. Concepts of Wildlife-Habitat Relationships
The Study of Habitat: A Historical and Philosophical Perspective	3	(12)
The Evolutionary Perspective	15	(22)
The Vegetative and Population Perspectives	37	(84)
Part 2. The Measurement of Wildlife-Habitat Relationships
The Experimental Approach in Wildlife Science	121	(18)
Measurement of Wildlife Habitat: What to Measure and How to Measure It	139	(29)
Measurement of Wildlife Habitat: When to Measure and How to Analyze	168	(37)
Measuring Behavior	205	(32)
Of Habitat Patches and Landscapes: Habitat Heterogeneity and Responses of Wildlife	237	(41)
Of Habitat Patches and Landscapes: Habitat Isolation, Dynamics, and Monitoring	278	(31)
Modeling Wildlife-Habitat Relationships	309	(44)
Part 3. The Management of Wildlife Habitat
Wildlife Management in a New Era: Managing Habitat for Animals in an Evolutionary and Ecosystem Context	353	(32)
The Future: New Initiatives and Advancing Education	385	(26)
Author Index	411	(16)
Subject Index	427