Overview
- First book on studbook analyses
- Integrated approach combining demographics, genetics and husbandry
- Extensive statistical tests on studbooks analyses, for validity and comparative studies
- Combines theory with practical examples based on real studbooks
- Book accompanied by dedicated (open source) software for population analyses and statistics (in R)
Part of the book series: Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation (TOBC, volume 17)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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About this book
Many endangered species of wild animals are managed in captivity through studbooks. In this book these data-rich resources are mined in innovative, integrated and statistically tested ways to maximise information gain for conservation practice – whether for captive or released/reintroduced or managed wild populations. This book is thus an important tool for all species managers, and for students and researchers in small population biology and wildlife conservation.
The book's studbook analyses are grouped in three interrelated sections: natural history, demography and genetics. Statistical tests to determine the significance of results or to compare results between subgroups are undertaken throughout. Real studbooks of a variety of species, e.g. cranes, wolverines, blesbok, illustrate the practical applications and interpretations of the analyses and statistics. The “natural history” section presents analyses to determine baseline species information such as litter size, inter-birth interval, longevity and seasonality. “Demography” covers census(-style) analyses, age-class based life tables, comparative survival analyses and population projections. Solutions for dealing with small sample sizes are included.Inbreeding depression and unconscious selection form the main focus of the “genetics” section. Survival and life table analyses are used to assess inbreeding effects. Quantitative genetics methods are applied to natural history traits as a tool to monitor genetic variation. A fourth section on “conservation” shows how data from captive populations can be used where natural history data from wild populations are missing. A real example uses studbook data to inform Population Viability Analysis. The final section deals with issues related to incomplete and missing data and statistical topics.
The purpose-written open-source software programs “Population Management Library (PML)” and “studbookR” used for analyses in the book, are available at www.princee.com.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Exploring Studbooks for Wildlife Management and Conservation
Authors: F.P.G. Princée
Series Title: Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50032-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50031-7Published: 30 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84302-5Published: 30 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50032-4Published: 20 December 2016
Series ISSN: 1875-1288
Series E-ISSN: 1875-1296
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 291
Number of Illustrations: 79 b/w illustrations
Topics: Conservation Biology/Ecology, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management, Applied Ecology, Animal Ecology