Wildlife Management and Conservation Contemporary Principles and Practices

A definitive textbook for students of wildlife management.

Wildlife Management and Conservation presents a clear overview of the management and conservation of animals, their habitats, and how people influence both. The relationship among these three components of wildlife management is explained in chapters written by leading experts and is designed to prepare wildlife students for careers in which they will be charged with maintaining healthy animal populations; finding ways to restore depleted populations while reducing overabundant, introduced, or pest species; and managing relationships among various human stakeholders.

Topics covered in this book include

 The definitions of wildlife and management
 Human dimensions of wildlife management
 Animal behavior
 Predator-prey relationships
 Structured decision making
 Issues of scale in wildlife management
 Wildlife health
 Historical context of wildlife management and conservation
 Hunting and trapping
 Nongame species
 Nutrition ecology
 Water management
 Climate change
 Conservation planning