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Wildlife Restoration: Techniques for Habitat Analysis and Animal Monitoring
 By Michael L. Morrison
Published May 1, 2002
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About the Book
Wildlife Restoration links restoration ecology and wildlife management in an accessible and comprehensive guide to restoring wildlife and the habitats upon which they depend. It offers readers a thorough overview of the types of information needed in planning a wildlife-habitat restoration project and provides the basic tools necessary for developing and implementing a rigorous monitoring program. The book:
- explains the concepts of habitat and niche: their historic development, components, spatial-temporal relationships, and role in land management
- reviews how wildlife populations are identified and counted
- considers captive breeding, reintroduction, and translocation of animals
- discusses how wildlife and their habitat needs can be incorporated into restoration planning
- develops a solid justification for monitoring and good sampling design in restoration projects
- discusses and critiques case histories of wildlife analysis in restoration projects
The author does not offer a "cookbook" approach, but rather provides basic tools for understanding ecological concepts that can be used to design restoration projects with specific goals for wildlife. He focuses on developing an integrated approach to large-scale landscape restoration. In addition, he provides guidance on where more advanced and detailed literature can be found.
Michael L. Morrison is field station manager at the White Mountain Research Station, University of California, Bishop, and adjunct professor in the School of Forestry at Northern Arizona University. He is co-author of Wildlife-Habitat Relationships (University of Wisconsin Press, 1998) and Wildlife Study Design (Springer-Verlag, 2001).
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