{"product_id":"9780632044429","title":"Monitoring Plant and Animal Populations A Handbook for Field Biologists","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMonitoring Plant and Animal Populations\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Handbook for Field Biologists\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCaryl L. Elzinga | Daniel W. Salzer | John W. Willoughby | James P. Gibbs\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Life Sciences \/ Zoology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonitoring Plant and Animal Populations\u003c\/i\u003e offers an overview of population monitoring issues that is accessible to the typical field biologist and land managers with a modest statistical background.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text includes concrete guidelines for ecologists to follow to design a statistically defensible monitoring program.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUser-friendly, practical guide, written in a highly readable format.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe authors provide an interdisciplinary scope to address the current, widespread interest in monitoring in many environmental fields, including pure and applied ecology, conservation biology, and wildlife management.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmphasizes the role of monitoring in adaptive management.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDefines important terminology and contrasts monitoring with other data-collection activities. Covers the applicable principles of sampling and shows how to design a monitoring project.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a step-by-step overview of the monitoring process, illustrated by flow charts and references. The authors also offer guidelines for analyzing and interpreting monitoring data.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrates the foundation of management objectives and describes their components, types, and development.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes common field techniques for measuring important attributes of animal and plant populations.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReviews different methods for recording monitoring data in the field, managing the data, and communicating data to policy makers.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCaryl L. Elzinga and Daniel W. Salzer are the authors of Monitoring Plant and Animal Populations: A Handbook for Field Biologists, published by Wiley. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 February 2001\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780632044429\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpiral \/ bound\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e368\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e33.28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378871627916,"sku":"9780632044429","price":97.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780632044429_bdec2e0f-87a1-4fe6-8388-e2caf9c4a7ae.jpg?v=1780183091","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780632044429","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}