Applications for Advancing Animal Ecology av Michael L. (Professor and Caesar Kleberg Chair in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Texas A&M Univers

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<p><b>Practical guidance for wildlife professionals working to improve study design, data analysis, and the application of results to habitat and population management.</b></p><p>Winner of the Wildlife Society Publications Book Award by The Wildlife Society</p><p>Despite major advances in sampling techniques and analytical methods, many animal ecologists conduct research that is primarily relevant to a specific time and place. They also tend to focus more on the statistical analyses and nuances of modeling than actual study design. Arguing that studies of animal ecology should always begin with a focus on the behaviors and characteristics of individual organisms, including how they form into distinct biological populations, <i>Applications for Advancing Animal Ecology</i> takes a fresh and critical look at the field. </p><p>Building from its companion volume,<i> Foundations for Advancing Animal Ecology</i>, this practical book presents readers with the principal methods used to observe