Wildlife Study Design

by Morrison, Michael L.; Strickland, M. Dale; Block, William M.; Kendall, William L.

• ISBN13: 9780387951188
• ISBN10: 0387951180
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Despite the number of wildlife and conservation studies that are conducted, researchers and resource managers have not had a comprehensive guide to planning new studies. Wildlife Study Design fills that need by covering all aspects of study design, including surveys of major types of studies and variables, impact assessment, sampling techniques, inventorying and monitoring, and analysis of data. The book includes a practical, step-by-step guide to setting up a new study. Minimal mathematical notation and examples drawn from field research make applied animal ecology both accessible and relevant. Resource managers, researchers, and students of wildlife and conservation biology will find this book a fundamental resource for implementing and evaluating appropriate studies.

Author Biography

M. Dale Strickland is Vice President and Senior Ecologist at Western Ecosystems Technology, Inc., in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	v
Preface	vii
Concepts	1	(30)
Experimental Designs	31	(28)
Sampling Strategies: Fundamentals	59	(40)
Sampling Strategies: Applications	99	(19)
Impact Assessment	118	(23)
Inventory and Monitoring Studies	141	(29)
A Practical Guide to Study Design	170	(21)
Education in Design and Statistics for Students and Professionals	191	(10)
Synthesis: Advances in Wildlife Study Design	201	(6)
Index	207