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Book The Wildlife Techniques Manual

Download or read book The Wildlife Techniques Manual written by Nova J. Silvy and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 1133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its original publication in 1960, The Wildlife Techniques Manual has remained the cornerstone text for the professional wildlife biologist. Now fully revised and updated, this seventh edition promises to be the most comprehensive resource on wildlife biology, conservation, and management for years to come. Superbly edited by Nova J. Silvy, the thirty-seven authoritative chapters included in this work provide a full synthesis of methods used in the field and laboratory. Chapter authors, all leading wildlife professionals, explain and critique traditional and new methodologies and offer thorough discussions of a wide range of relevant topics, including: • experimental design • wildlife health and disease • capture techniques • population estimation • telemetry • vegetation analysis • conservation genetics • wildlife damage management • urban wildlife management • habitat conservation planning A standard text in a variety of courses, the Techniques Manual, as it is commonly called, covers every aspect of modern wildlife management and provides practical information for applying the hundreds of methods described in its pages. To effectively incorporate the explosion of new information in the wildlife profession, this latest edition is logically organized into a two-volume set: Volume 1 is devoted to research techniques and Volume 2 focuses on management methodologies. The Wildlife Techniques Manual is a resource that professionals and students in wildlife biology, conservation, and management simply cannot do without. Published in association with The Wildlife Society

Book Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases

Download or read book Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases written by and published by Geological Survey (USGS). This book was released on 1999 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases in the Southeastern United States

Download or read book Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases in the Southeastern United States written by William R. Davidson and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Foundations of Wildlife Diseases

Download or read book Foundations of Wildlife Diseases written by Richard G. Botzler and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foundations of Wildlife Diseases is a comprehensive overview of the basic principles that govern the study of wildlife diseases. The authors integrate theoretical foundations with a thorough examination of the factors that can affect the health and fitness of animals. They include specific information on a wide array of infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, arthropods, fungi, protista, and helminths, as well as immunity to these agents. Also provided is a foundation for the study of noninfectious diseases, cancers, and prion diseases that affect wildlife. Supporting students, faculty, and researchers in areas related to wildlife management, biology, and veterinary sciences, this volume fills an important gap in wildlife disease resources, focusing on mammalian and avian wildlife while also considering reptiles and amphibians. Foundations of Wildlife Diseases provides students with a structure for thinking about and understanding infective agents and their interactions with wildlife. Each chapter includes an outline, select definitions and concepts, an overview and summary, and literature cited. Ê

Book Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases   General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds

Download or read book Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds written by Milton Friend and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DO WILDLIFE DISEASES REALLY MATTER? The waterfowl manager who wakes up one morning to find ten thousand dead and dying birds in the marsh would think so. Yet virtually every wild bird and mammal harbors at least a few parasites seemingly without obvious adverse consequences. Parasites, viruses, bacteria, and fungi are component parts of the ecosystems in which wildlife are found, but do not necessarily cause disease. Millennia of coevolution have engendered a modus vivendi that assures the survival of both host and parasite populations. Then why the ten thousand sick and dying birds? Ecosystems are changing. Waterfowl are concentrated on shrinking wetlands and remain there for longer periods of time, facilitating bird-to-bird spread of the bacteria that cause avian cholera. Or permitting the buildup of parasites in their hosts from a small, relatively benign number to massive numbers that cause disease and death. Water quality of wetlands changes, favoring the production of deadly botulinum toxin by bacteria and its mobilization up the food chain to waterfowl. New, totally artificial habitats are created with unpredictable results. The extreme temperature, salinity, and other conditions of the Salton Sea have created an unusual ecosystem in which botulism occurs in fish and in birds through biological cycles that are not yet understood. Wetland loss in southern California leaves few alternative places for waterbirds to go, so they are attracted to the Salton Sea. Behavior changes. Mallard ducks take up residence on the ponds and lakes of city parks and lose their migratory habits. They share these bodies of water with exotic species, such as Muscovy ducks that have also taken up residence there after introduction by people, setting the scene for outbreaks of duck plague, and creating the risk of spread to migratory waterfowl that also use these areas. Raccoons and skunks become well adapted to urban life, bringing rabies and canine distemper with them into the city. The environment changes the physiology of wild animals. Human activity introduces into wildlife habitats chemical compounds that adversely affect physiological processes such as reproduction and immune responsiveness. These compounds become incorporated into the ecosystems, often becoming more concentrated as they move up food chains. Their effects can influence wildlife populations. Some of these endocrine-disrupting chemicals, such as chlorinated hydrocarbons (DDE, PCBs), interfere with normal endocrine function by mimicking natural hormones, with resulting eggshell thinning and breakage. Effects of these chemical compounds on immune-system responses to infectious and parasitic agents are less well understood. What to do? Incorporating disease-prevention measures into wildlife management practices requires more information than is usually available. The information-gathering process must begin in the field. Field biologists must monitor disease occurrence. This Field Manual is a valuable aid in identifying the diseases that are likely to be present, and in giving guidance on the gathering and treatment of specimens needed to establish the diagnosis in the laboratory. But the wildlife field biologist is in a position to provide valuable information that goes beyond the collection of samples from sick and dead individuals. Although diseased individuals are the basic unit of surveillance, the occurrence of disease must be put into ecological perspective. A careful description of the ecological setting in which the disease is occurring, and any changes that have occurred over time, are ultimately as important as a careful description of the lesions observed in the individual, if the epidemiology of that disease is to be understood, and the disease prevented through sound wildlife-management practices.

Book Manual of Common Parasites  Diseases and Anomalies of Wildlife in Ontario

Download or read book Manual of Common Parasites Diseases and Anomalies of Wildlife in Ontario written by Fyvie, Audrey and published by Ontario : Department of Lands and Forests. This book was released on 1969 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Manual of Common Wildlife Diseases in Colorado

Download or read book Manual of Common Wildlife Diseases in Colorado written by Colorado. Division of Wildlife and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Common Wildlife Diseases and Parasites

Download or read book Common Wildlife Diseases and Parasites written by John Russell and published by . This book was released on 1970* with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Field Guide to Common Wildlife Diseases and Parasites in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut

Download or read book A Field Guide to Common Wildlife Diseases and Parasites in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut written by Northwest Territories. Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and published by . This book was released on 1999* with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wildlife Diseases

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  • Author : Leslie Page
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  • Release : 2014-01-15
  • ISBN : 9781475716573
  • Pages : 704 pages

Download or read book Wildlife Diseases written by Leslie Page and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases

Download or read book Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases written by Milton Friend and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases in the Southeastern United States

Download or read book Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases in the Southeastern United States written by William R. Davidson and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: