This is one of the first books to review the quantitative tools used in the study of such subjects as biodiversity, resource management, and endangered species preservation. The topics covered include population viability analysis, population dynamics, metapopulation models, estimating risks and timing of extinctions, quasi-extinction, recovery dynamics, land use, population genetics and the genetics of bottleneck populations. The book will be of great interest to graduate students and practicing biologist working in conservation biology, ecology, and natural resources. From the reviews: Population decline and extinction of many species is a worldwide phenomenon. Because quantitative methods are either lacking or not applied population declines are often poorly understood ... . The present book aims to contribute to close this gap by introducing several different quantitative methods that are useful to conservationists. ... The book has been written for graduate students and working conservation biologists. ... The authors succeeded ... in presenting the different methods in an understandable and simple way. ... I would recommend the book. (Michael Schaub, Basic and Applied Ecology, Issue 5, 2004)
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- Editorial: Springer
- Autor: Ferson, Scott
