Introduction to Modeling in Wildlife and Resource Conservation

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This book provides students with the skills to develop their ownmodels for application in conservation biology and wildlifemanagement. Assuming no special mathematical expertise, thecomputational models used are kept simple and show how to developmodels in both spreadsheet and programming language format. * * Develops thought-provoking applications which emphasize thevalue of modeling as a learning tool * Examines basic descriptive equations, matrix representations,consumer-resources interactions, applications in simulation,scenarios, harvesting, population viability, metapopulationdynamics, disease outbreaks, vegetation stage and state dynamics,habitat suitability assessment, and model selectionstatistics * Includes a wide range of examples relating to birds, fish,plants and large African mammals

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Norman Owen-Smith

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"This is consequently very much a hands-on work and ideal as a basic manual for a course on the topic. At the same time, it will be of value to conservationists who wish to understand the basis of some modeling approach they find in a paper directly pertinent to their particular interests." (Biodivers Conserv, 2011) An easy approach to modelling." (Mammalia, April 2009) "This is a very interesting text. ... The focus on method and theory as well as programming means that the text encourages the reader to question even basic assumptions." (Ecological and Environmental Education)
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