Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA practical and engaging guide for anyone who wants to study the ecology of small mammals....This is an excellent book that should stand the test of time.
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Quarterly Review of BiologyWith 15 chapters on topics ranging from trapping and marking through to behavioral and genetic studies, this book acts as a sort of super literature review of approaches to small mammal study.
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Community EcologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Passive Methods of Small Mammal Research
Chapter 3. Active Detection Techniques
Chapter 4. Lethal and Nonlethal Sampling for Genetics, Disease Studies, and Curatorial Collections
Chapter 5. Methods for Marking
Chapter 6. Recording Anatomical and Reproductive Features
Chapter 7. Design of Trapping Studies
Chapter 8. Studying Movements
Chapter 9. Estimating Population Demographics
Chapter 10. Communities and the Environment
Chapter 11. Dietary Studies on Small Mammals
Chapter 12. Small Mammal Behaviors: Personality, Activity, and Fear
Chapter 13. Predator-Mediated Sampling of Small Mammal Communities
Chapter 14. Ecological and Taxonomic Study of Morphology
Chapter 15. Genetic Studies on Small Mammals
About the Authors
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