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9780226041780: Population Viability Analysis
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ISBN 10: 0226041786 ISBN 13: 9780226041780
Editorial: University of Chicago Press, 2002

Sinopsis

As human populations and the resources required to support societies continue to grow, an increasing number of plant and animal species around the world are facing extinction. Given limited time, space, and money, how do we decide which management actions will be most effective to avert extinctions? In this book, many of the world's leading conservation and population biologists evaluate what has become a key tool in estimating extinction risk and evaluating potential recovery strategies - population viability analysis, or PVA. PVA integrates data on the life history, demography, and genetics of a species with information on environmental variability, using computer models ranging from simple measures of population growth rate to complex spatial simulations, to predict whether a given population will remain viable (i.e., not go extinct) under various management options. A synthetic and objective overview of the latest theoretical and methodological advances, Population Viability Analysis will be crucial reading for conservationists, land managers, and policy makers.

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Acerca del autor

Steven R. Beissinger is a professor of conservation biology and chair of the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley.

Dale R. McCullough holds the A. Starker Leopold Chair in Wildlife Biology and is professor of wildlife biology in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley.

De la contraportada

As human populations and the resources required to support them continue to grow, an increasing number of plant and animal species around the world are facing extinction. Given limited time, space, and money, how do we estimate the degree of risk facing threatened species and decide which management actions will be most effective to avert extinctions?

In this book, many of the world's leading conservation and population biologists evaluate what has become a key tool in estimating extinction risk and evaluating potential recovery strategies-population viability analysis, or PVA. PVA integrates data on the life history, demography, and genetics of a species with information on environmental variability, using computer models ranging from simple measures of population growth rate to complex spatial simulations, to predict whether a given population will remain viable under various scenarios. A synthetic and objective overview of the latest theoretical and methodological advances, Population Viability Analysis will be crucial reading for conservationists, land managers, and policy makers.

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As human populations and the resources required to support them continue to grow, an increasing number of plant and animal species around the world are facing extinction. Given limited time, space, and money, how do we estimate the degree of risk facing threatened species and decide which management actions will be most effective to avert extinctions?

In this book, many of the world's leading conservation and population biologists evaluate what has become a key tool in estimating extinction risk and evaluating potential recovery strategies-population viability analysis, or PVA. PVA integrates data on the life history, demography, and genetics of a species with information on environmental variability, using computer models ranging from simple measures of population growth rate to complex spatial simulations, to predict whether a given population will remain viable under various scenarios. A synthetic and objective overview of the latest theoretical and methodological advances,Population Viability Analysis will be crucial reading for conservationists, land managers, and policy makers.

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Editorial
University of Chicago Press
Año de publicación
2002
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0226041786
ISBN 13 
9780226041780
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
593
Editor
Beissinger Steven R., McCullough Dale R.
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