Conroy / Carroll Quantitative Conservation of Vertebrates

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-5649-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, E-Book

This book provides a hands-on introduction to the construction andapplication of models to studies of vertebrate distribution,abundance, and habitat. The book is aimed at field biologists,conservation planners, and advanced undergraduate and postgraduatestudents who are involved with planning and analyzing conservationstudies, and applying the results to conservation decisions. Thebook also acts as a bridge to more advanced and mathematicallychallenging coverage in the wider literature.
Part I provides a basic background in population and communitymodeling. It introduces statistical models, and familiarizes thereader with important concepts in the design of monitoring andresearch programs. These programs provide the essential data thatguide conservation decision making. Part II covers the principalmethods used to estimate abundance, occupancy, demographicparameters, and community parameters, including occupancy sampling,sample counts, distance sampling, and capture-mark-recapture (forboth closed and open populations). Emphasis is placed on practicalaspects of designing and implementing field studies, and the properanalysis of data. Part III introduces structured decision makingand adaptive management, in which predictive models are used toinform conservation decision makers on appropriate decisions in theface of uncertainty--with the goal of reducing uncertaintythrough monitoring and research. A detailed case study is used toillustrate each of these themes.
Numerous worked examples and accompanying electronic material(on a website - http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/conroy -and accompanying CD) provide the details of model construction andapplication, and data analysis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Conroy, Michael J.

Carroll, John P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii
Acknowledgements ix
Companion website and CD-ROM x
1 Introduction: the role of science in conservation 1
Part I Basic concepts in scientific investigations forconservation 7
2 Using models in conservation biology 9
3 Models of population dynamics 15
4 Applying population models to conservation 32
5 Basics of study design and analysis 47
Part II Conservation studies and monitoring programs71
6 General principles of estimation 73
7 Occupancy (presence-absence) analysis 81
8 Sample counts for abundance estimation 101
9 Distance sampling for estimating density and abundance 115
10 Capture-mark-recapture studies for estimatingabundance and density 135
11 Estimation of survival from radiotelemetry, nesting successstudies, and age distributions 160
12 Mark-recapture for estimating survival, recruitment,abundance, and movement rates 189
13 Analysis of habitat 219
14 Estimation of species richness and other community parameters230
Part III Integrating modeling and monitoring for conservation251
15 Elements of conservation decision making 253
16 Accounting for uncertainty in conservation decisions 265
17 Learning and adaptive management 274
18 Case study: decision modeling and adaptive management fordeclining grassland birds in the southeastern USA 289
19 Summary and recommendations 303
Literature cited 307
Glossary 314
Appendix A: Statistical and modeling programs available onthe worldwide web 324
Appendix B: Other internet resources 326
Appendix C: Modeling and statistical notation 328
Appendix D: Key to abundance and parameter estimation331
Index 337

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Michael J. Conroy has nearly 30 years of experience indeveloping sampling approaches, statistical estimation methods, andmodeling for a wide variety of natural resource managementproblems. He is the author of numerous publications in appliedquantitative approaches, and is coauthor on the widely acclaimedvolume by Williams et al. (2002). He is currently Adjunct Professorof Wildlife Ecology and Management at the University of Georgia,and Assistant Unit Leader of the Georgia Cooperative Fish andWildlife Research Unit. He is literate in Spanish and has taughtshort courses on quantitative methods in the US, Spain, India,Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Argentina.
Dr John P. Carroll has been researching conservationissues relative to the Galliformes for more than 20 years. He isChair of the World Pheasant Association/BirdLife/IUCN SpeciesSurvival Commission Partridge, Quail, and Francolin SpecialistGroup. He is author of numerous publications on the biology andconservation of Galliformes and the effects of agriculturalpractices on wildlife. He is currently Professor of WildlifeEcology and Management in the Warnell School of Forestry andNatural Resources at the University of Georgia. He has taught shortcourses on field research methods and techniques in Malaysia,Nepal, and India.