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OverviewMeasuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Mammals provides a comprehensive manual for designing and implementing inventories of mammalian biodiversity anywhere in the world and for any group, from rodents to open-country grazers. The book emphasizes formal estimation approaches, which supply data that can be compared across habitats and over time. Beginning with brief natural histories of the twenty-six orders of living mammals, the book details the field techniques—observation, capture, and sign interpretation—appropriate to different species. The contributors provide guidelines for study design, discuss survey planning, describe statistical techniques, and outline methods of translating field data into electronic formats. Extensive appendixes address such issues as the ethical treatment of animals in research, human health concerns, preserving voucher specimens, and assessing age, sex, and reproductive condition in mammals. Useful in both developed and developing countries, this volume and the Biological Diversity Handbook Series as a whole establish essential standards for a key aspect of conservation biology and resource management. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Don E. Wilson , James D. Nichols , Mercedes Foster , F. Russell ColePublisher: Smithsonian Books Imprint: Smithsonian Books Edition: Illustrated edition Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.777kg ISBN: 9781560986379ISBN 10: 1560986379 Pages: 440 Publication Date: 17 August 1996 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsConservation biologists and mammalogists will want to own this important book. . . . Highly recommended. --Wildlife Activist Conservation biologists and mammalogists will want to own this important book. . . . Highly recommended. Wildlife Activist Conservation biologists and mammalogists will want to own this important book. . . . Highly recommended. <i>Wildlife Activist</i> Conservation biologists and mammalogists will want to own this important book. . . . Highly recommended. -- Wildlife Activist Author InformationDon E. Wilson is director for biodiversity programs at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. F. Russell Cole is Oak Professor of Biological Sciences in the Department of Biology, Colby College. James D. Nichols is a research biologist with the National Biological Service, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Rasanayagam Rudran is a conservation training officer with the National Zoological Park. Mercedes S. Foster is a research zoologist and curator of birds with the National Biological Service, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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