Description
Book SynopsisA look at how wildlife professionals can modernize their approaches to habitat and population management with a fresh take on animal ecology. How can we maximize the probability that a species of wild animal will persist into the future? This audacious book proposes that advancing animal ecologyand conservation itselfdemands that we reenvision our basic understanding of how animals interact with their environments and with each other. Synthesizing where we are and where we need to go with our studies of animals and their environs, Foundations for Advancing Animal Ecology asserts that studies of animal ecology should begin with a focus on the behaviors and characteristics of individual organisms. The book examines the limitations of classic approaches to the study of animal ecology how organisms organize into collections, such as breeding pairs, flocks, and herds how the broader biotic and abiotic environment shapes animal populations, communities, and ecosystems factors underlying th
Table of ContentsPreface
About the Authors
Chapter 1. Operating Concepts for Animal Ecology
Chapter 2. The Study of Habitat: A Historical and Philosophical Perspective
Chapter 3. Heterogeneity and Disturbance
Chapter 4. The Evolutionary Perspective: Linking Habitat to Population
Chapter 5. Species Occurrence in Time and Space: Synthesis and Advancement
Chapter 6. Managing Wild Animal Populations and Habitats in an Evolutionary and Ecosystem Context
Chapter 7. Putting Concepts into Practice: Guidelines for Developing Study Plans
Index
