Population Viability Analysis (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

As human populations and the resources required to support them continue to grow, an increasing number of plant and animal species around the world are facing extinction. Given limited time, space, and money, how do we estimate the degree of risk facing threatened species and decide which management actions will be most effective to avert extinctions?
In this book, many of the world's leading conservation and population biologists evaluate what has become a key tool in estimating extinction risk and evaluating potential recovery strategies-population viability analysis, or PVA. PVA integrates data on the life history, demography, and genetics of a species with information on environmental variability, using computer models ranging from simple measures of population growth rate to complex spatial simulations, to predict whether a given population will remain viable under various scenarios. A synthetic and objective overview of the latest theoretical and methodological advances, "Population Viability Analysis" will be crucial reading for conservationists, land managers, and policy makers.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2002
First published:	May 2002
Editors:	Steven R. Beissinger • Dale R. McCullough
Dimensions:	225 x 158 x 3mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	593
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-04178-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Promotions
LSN:	0-226-04178-6
Barcode:	9780226041780

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