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 within species.

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

"The scope of the book is broad and the subject matter logically presented and well-explained." (Bulletin of the British Ecological Society)

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• A thorough introduction to general ecological principles and how they can be applied to wildlife management and conservation.
  
• Expanded and updated, this second edition includes new chapters on understanding ecosystems and the use of computer models in wildlife management.
  
• Gives a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ecology including the latest theories on population dynamics and conservation.
  
• Reviews practical applications and techniques and how these can be used to formulate realistic objectives with in an ecological framework.
  
• Examples of real-life management situations from around the world provide a broad perspective on the international problems of conservation.
  
• Worked examples on CD enable students to practice calculations explained in the text.