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Edited By
Joshua Millspaugh, University of Missouri, School of Natural Resources, Columbia, USA
Frank Thompson, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, North Central Research Station, Columbia, MO, USA
Description
A single-resource volume of information on the most current and effective techniques of wildlife modeling, Models for Planning Wildlife
Conservation in Large Landscapes is appropriate for students and researchers alike. The unique blend of conceptual, methodological,
and application chapters discusses research, applications and concepts of modeling and presents new ideas and strategies for wildlife
habitat models used in conservation planning. The book makes important contributions to wildlife conservation of animals in several ways:
(1) it highlights historical and contemporary advancements in the development of wildlife habitat models and their implementation in
conservation planning; (2) it provides practical advice for the ecologist conducting such studies; and (3) it supplies directions for
future research including new strategies for successful studies.
Intended to provide a recipe for successful development of wildlife
habitat models and their implementation in conservation planning, the book could be used in studying wildlife habitat models, conservation
planning, and management techniques. Additionally it may be a supplemental text in courses dealing with quantitative assessment of wildlife
populations. Additionally, the length of the book would be ideal for graduate student seminar course.
Using wildlife habitat models
in conservation planning is of considerable interest to wildlife biologists. With ever tightening budgets for wildlife research and
planning activities, there is a growing need to use computer methods. Use of simulation models represents the single best alternative.
However, it is imperative that these techniques be described in a single source. Moreover, biologists should be made aware of alternative
modeling techniques. It is also important that practical guidance be provided to biologists along with a demonstration of utility of
these procedures. Currently there is little guidance in the wildlife or natural resource planning literature on how best to incorporate
wildlife planning activities, particularly community-based approaches. Now is the perfect time for a synthestic publication that clearly
outlines the concepts and available methods, and illustrates them.
Audience
Intended for conservation and wildlife biologists, managers and students interested in wildlife habitat models and conservation planning.
State and federal agencies, non-governmental organizations and industrial and non-industrial landowners who are involved with landscape
management decisions.
Contents
Introduction; Section I: Concepts;Review of Approaches to Assessing Habitat Quality; Importance of a Landscape Perspective; Methods for
Population Viability Analysis; Factors Driving Landscape Change; Forest Planning on Federal Lands; Forest Planning for Private Industrial
Lands; Human Dimensions of Landscape Change and Conservation Planning; Economic Principles of Conservation Planning; Multi-Species Conservation
Planning; Section II: Methods; Analyzing Landscapes in GIS; Simulating Landscape Change Using LANDIS; Simluating Landscape Change Using
LMS; Modeling Understory Vegetation; Determining Population viability; Landscape Visualization; Spatial and Temporal Optimization; Predicting
Species Occurrence; Validation of a Landscape Simulation Model; Large Landscape HSI Models and Software; Section III: Applications; Hoosier
and Mark Twain National Forest Planning; Habitat Networks for Terrestrial Wildlife in the Colubmia Basin; Habitat Conservation Plans
for Spotted Owls; Partners in Flight and NABCI; Fire Application; Assessment of Wildlife Habitat; Section IV: Summary; Summary and Future
Directions of Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes; Appendix: Software for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes
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Hardbound, 720 pages, publication date: AUG-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-373631-4
ISBN-10: 0-12-373631-5
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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