Mammal population studies : the proceedings of a symposium held at the Zoological Society of London on 28th and 29th November 1986
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Mammal population studies : the proceedings of a symposium held at the Zoological Society of London on 28th and 29th November 1986
（Symposia of the Zoological Society of London, no. 58）
Published for the Zoological Society of London by Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1987
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
This volume presents a series of case histories illustrating the methodology and problems of population work in mammals. The topics covered fall into two main categories; firstly, a broad range of techniques is considered for estimating and monitoring population size in both land and marine mammals. Problems associated with this kind of work are also discussed. Secondly, methods and models for predicting change in populations and the problem of relating population dynamics to disease and to environmental change are also covered. Many of the chapters use rare and endangered species as case studies; others discuss those species cropped as a resource - red deer, for example - and some species, such as coypus, that are regarded as pests because of their impact on the production of food or timber, or as vectors of human disease. A broad range of zoologists, naturalists and environmental scientists.
Table of Contents
- R.J. Berry: Population studies of mammals
- R.E. Stebbings & H.R. Arnold: Assessment of trends in size and structure of a colony of the greater horseshoe bat
- W.I. Montgomery: The application of Capture-Mark-Recapture methods to the enumeration of small mammal populations
- D.P. Cowan: Patterns of mortality in a free-living rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) population
- Stephen Tapper: Cycles in game-bag records of hares and rabbits in Britain
- L.M. Gosling & S.J. Baker: Planning and monitoring an attempt to eradicate coypus from Britain
- Emilio A. Herrera & David W. Macdonald: Group stability and the structure of a capybara population
- Brian W. Staines & Philip R. Ratcliffe: Estimating the abundance of red deer ( Cervus elaphus L.) and roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus L.) and their current status in Great Britain
- Philip R. Ratcliffe: Red deer population changes and the independent assessment of population size
- R.J. Putman & S.K. Sharma, Long-term changes in New Forest deer populations and correlated environmental change
- A.J. Ward, D. Thompson & A.R. Hiby: Census techniques for grey seal populations
- A.R. Hiby & J.S. Jeffery: Census techniques for small populations, with special reference to the Mediterranean monk seal
- P. Rothery & T.S. McCann: Estimating pup production of elephant seals at South Georgia
- P.S. Hammond: Techniques for estimating the size of whale populations
- J.W.H. Conroy & D.D. French: The use of spraints to monitor populations of otters ( Lutra lutra L.)
- H. Kruuk, J.W.H. Conroy & A. Moorhouse: Seasonal reproduction, mortality and food of otters Lutra lutra L. in Shetland
- C.L. Cheeseman, J. Ryan, J.W. Wilesmith & P.J. Mallinson: Badger population dynamics in a high-density area
- Stephen Harris & W.J. Cresswell: Dynamics of a suburban badger ( Meles meles ) population
- Stephen Harris & G.C. Smith: The use of sociological data to explain the distribution and numbers of urban foxes ( Vulpes vulpes ) in England and Wales
- Denis Mollison: Population dynamics of mammalian diseases
- M.L. Gorman: Summary.
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