The second edition of Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, andManagement provides a thorough introduction to generalecological principles and examines how they can be applied towildlife management and conservation.* Expanded and updated, this second edition includes new chapterson understanding ecosystems and the use of computer models inwildlife management* Gives a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ecology includingthe latest theories on population dynamics and conservation* Reviews practical applications and techniques and how these canbe used to formulate realistic objectives with in an ecologicalframework* Examples of real-life management situations from around theworld provide a broad perspective on the international problems ofconservation* Worked examples on CD enable students to practice calculationsexplained in the textArtwork from the book is available to instructors online at blackwellpublishing.com/sinclair.An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Pleasecontact our Higher Education team at HigherEducation@wiley.comfor more information.Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials arenot included as part of eBook file.

Preface.1 Introduction.2 Biomes.3 Animals as individuals.4 Population growth.5 Dispersal, dispersion, and distribution.6 Food and feeding.7 The ecology of behavior.8 Population regulation, fluctuation and competition withinspecies.9 Competition and facilitation between species.10 Predation.11 Consumer-resource dynamics.12 Parasites and pathogens.13 Communities and ecosystems.14 Counting animals.15 Experimental management.16 Model evaluation and adaptive management.17 Conservation in theory.18 Conservation in practice.19 Wildlife harvesting.20 Wildlife control.References.Appendices.Index