Wildlife-Habitat Relationships: Concepts and Applications (Hardcover)

by Michael L. Morrison (Author), Bruce G. Marcot (Author), R. William Mannan (Author)

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“This book’s coverage of analysis and interpretation of wildlife-habitat relationships is unique.... Morrison, Marcot, and Mannan are to be commended for providing a well done and much needed contribution to the wildlife management literature.”—Stephen Demarais, Ecology


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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.

This books coverage of analysis and interpretation of wildlife-habitat relationships is unique.... Morrison, Marcot, and Mannan are to be commended for providing a well done and much needed contribution to the wildlife management literature.Stephen Demarais, Ecology

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press; 2 edition (June 5, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0299156400
• ISBN-13: 978-0299156404
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #338,569 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good overview of traditional concepts and techniques, June 16, 2000

By	William Adair (Logan, UT USA) - See all my reviews

Morrison et al.'s second edition of Wildlife-Habitat Relationships: Concepts and Applications is a welcome overview of the state of the art in the mid-1990s. The authors examine their subject from three complementary viewpoints: basic concepts, measurement and analysis, and management. Individual concepts are presented very clearly and the writing is first-rate. The authors provide a level of detail appropriate to an introductory overview.

While this text is suitable for an undergraduate course and provides an excellent basic reference, seasoned professionals may find it lacking. For example, more recent numerical techniques (such as resource selection functions) are beyond the book's scope. Nevertheless, "Wildlife-Habitat Relationships" is admirably up-to-date in many respects, including excellent discussions of experimental approaches and scale, and I've referred to it many times during the course of my own Ph.D. work.

1 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars in the middle leaning to the not so good and the good side., August 8, 2001

By A Customer

I would probally regret buying this book, even if i do like animals. The book WILDLIFE-HABITAT RELATIONSHIPS:..... SEEMS KIND OF BORING.