Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity

副标题: Standard Methods for Mammals

ISBN: 9781560986379

作者: Don E·Wilson/F·Russell Cole/James D·Nichils/Rasanayagam Rudran/Mercedes S·Foster

出版社: Smithsonian Books

出版年: 1996-8-17

页数: 440

定价: USD 36.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Measuring 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.