| Description |
1 online resource (206 pages) |
| Series |
Conservation Science and Practice |
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Conservation science and practice series.
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| Contents |
Applied Population and Community Ecology; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Population ecology and community ecology theory; People; Research activities and questions; Methods of study; Feral pigs as a model system for studying applied ecology; Structure of the book; Chapter 2 Applied Population and Community Ecology; Distribution; Invasion; Dispersion; Population density; Dynamics; Demography; Diminishing returns; Species-area relationships; Abundance, association and size of species; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Environment; Location; Climate; Vegetation and land use; Wildlife |
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Chapter 4 Population Ecology of Feral Pigs; Distribution; Invasion; Dispersion; Population density; Dynamics; Demography; Movements; Diet; Predation; Parasites and pathogens; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Ground Disturbance and Feral Pigs; Ground rooting and gradients; Damage (ground rooting) and density (feral pigs); Levy walks; Extent and dynamics of ground rooting; Ground rooting as an ecological process; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Feral Pig Population Management; Warfarin poisoning; Other poisons; Trapping; Hunting and other control; Control as an ecological process; Shooting and hunting; Poisoning |
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Nontoxic and toxic (poisoned) food; Eradication; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Community Ecology; Ground rooting and plant community ecology; Bird community structure; Bird species-area relationship; Frequency distribution of recording of birds; Bird community dynamics; Birds and exotic pines; Birds and feral pig control; Short-term effects; Long-term effects and the species-area relationship; Birds and fox control; General bird discussion; Conclusion; Chapter 8 The Future: Management Options; Feral pig dynamics; Modelling of feral pig control; Lethal control; Nonlethal control; Ecological interactions |
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Management aims and monitoring; Conclusion; Chapter 9 Conclusions; Applied population ecology; Advance 1: demographic rates; Advance 2: survey methods; Advance 3: damage-density relationship; Advance 4: short-term effects of control on pest density; Advance 5: wildlife abundance and the ratio of nontoxic to toxic food eaten; Advance 6: effectiveness of pest control; Advance 7: pest eradication; Advance 8: rates of decline of a pest population and their damage; Advance 9: threshold host density; Applied community ecology; Advance 10: biodiversity-disturbance relationship |
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Advance 11: biodiversity-pest control relationship; Predictions and observations; Gaps in our knowledge; Appendix A Long-term Data on Feral Pigs and Ground Rooting in Namadgi National Park, Australia; Appendix B Association Matrix of Birds Observed at Study Sites in Namadgi National Park, Australia; References; Index; Colour plates |
| Summary |
Part of the Zoological Society of London's Conservation Science and Practice Series, Applied Population and Community Ecology evaluates theory in population and community ecology using a case study of feral pigs, birds and plants in the high country of south-eastern Australia. In sequence, the book reviews the relevant theory and uses long-term research over a quarter of a century on the population ecology of feral pigs and then community ecology of birds and plants, to evaluate the theory. The book brings together into one volume, research results of many observational, experimental and modell |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Feral swine -- Ecology -- Australia
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Biotic communities -- Australia
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Vertebrate populations -- Australia
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Biotic communities
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Feral swine -- Ecology
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Vertebrate populations
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118329719 |
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1118329716 |
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