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Wildlife Restoration: Techniques for Habitat Analysis and Animal Monitoring
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Wildlife Restoration: Techniques for Habitat Analysis and Animal Monitoring

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Wildlife Restoration links restoration ecology and wildlife managemin an accessible and comprehensive guide to restoring wildlife and the habitats upon which they depend. It offers readers a thorough overview of the types of information needed in planning a wildlife-habitat restoration project and provides the basic tools necessary for developing and implementing a rigorous monitoring program. The book: explains the concepts of habitat and niche: their historic development, components, spatial-temporal relationships, and role in land managemreviews how wildlife populations are identified and counted considers captive breeding, reintroduction, and translocation of animals discusses how wildlife and their habitat needs can be incorporated into restoration planning develops a solid justification for monitoring and good sampling design in restoration projects discusses and critiques case histories of wildlife analysis in restoration projectsThe author does not offer a "cookbook" approach, but rather provides basic tools for understanding ecological concepts that can be used to design restoration projects with specific goals for wildlife. He focuses on developing an integrated approach to large-scale landscape restoration. In addition, he provides guidance on where more advanced and detailed literature can be found.Wildlife Restoration sets forth a clear explanation of key principles of wildlife biology for the restorationist, and will allow wildlife biologists to bring the insights of their field to restoration projects. It is an essential source of information for everyone involved with studying, implementing, or managing wildlife restoration projects, including students, ecologists, administrators, governmagency staff, and volunteer practitioners.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherIsland Press
Release dateMar 19, 2013
ISBN9781610911221
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Michael L. Morrison

Michael L. Morrison, born in 1969, is from Scott, Louisiana, but now lives in Houston, Texas. He read his first novel, Carrie, by Stephen King, at the age of ten, and fell in love with books. He began writing poetry in high school, and moved on to short stories while stationed at National Naval Medical Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. Over the years, he has shared his poems and stories with family and friends. Just recently, with the support of his family and friends, he published his first novella, The Bird Cages, as an ebook, and he is looking forward to publishing more of his writing in the near future.

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