Wildlife Biology
by Raymond Fredric Dasmann, Raymond F. Dasmann
Category: Nature

What good are wild animals?; Wildlife values; Wildlife as a natural resource; The status of wildlife conservation; The ten-thousand year war; Everything tied together; Functioning of ecosystems; Ecosystem development; Change and degradation; Distribution of biotic communities; Ecologic niches; A place to live; Enough to eat; Cover; Water; Quantity versus interspresion; Limiting factors; Introducing wildlife populations; Density and biomass; Population structure; Natality; Mortality; Interaction of population; Characteristics; Turnover; Productivity; Territory and travels; Movements internal to the population area; Movements external to the population; Group size and spacing; Territory; Significance of spacing and movements; Too many mice, too few elephants; New populations in new habitats; Some real life problems; The annual cycle of populations; Shootable surplus; Stocking of game; Stability of populations; Evolutionary strategies; Levelling off; The many meanings of carrying capacity; Declining diversity; Species extinction and area size; Destruction of habitat; Nature reserves; Animal trade; International assistance; The controllers.