Dedicated solely to the managerial (vs. ecological), aspects of wildlife management, this detailed text covers all the basic components of wildlife management—from its history and evolution to conservation ideas, population dynamics, decimating and welfare factors, population models, and an array of important issues at play in the field today.

Introduction to Wildlife Management: The Basics is a textbook for beginning and advanced wildlife students, and a reference for professionals who want to brush up on the basics of their profession.

Contents

1. Defining Wildlife Management.
2. Evolution of Wildlife Management: Our Roots.
3. The Conservation Idea.
4. The Professional Wildlife Biologist.
5. Basic Concepts of Population Dynamics.
6. Rate of Increase and Population Growth.
7. The Concept of Carrying Capacity.
8. Leopold's Population Model.
9. Decimating Factors: Predation.
10. Decimating Factors: Hunting.
11. Decimating Factors: Disease.
12. Decimating Factors: Accidents and Starvation.
13. Welfare Factors: Forage.
14. Welfare Factors: Water, Cover, and Special Factors.
15. Censusing Wildlife Populations.
16. The Basics of Habitat.
17. Economics in Wildlife Management.
18. Contemporary and Classical Issues in Wildlife Management.
19. Wildlife Management in the Twenty-First Century

Appendix
Glossary
Index

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