ISBN: 9780195159363

This book explores the factors affecting the survival of small populations. As the human impact on Earth expands, populations of many wild species are being squeezed into smaller and smal… More...

This book explores the factors affecting the survival of small populations. As the human impact on Earth expands, populations of many wild species are being squeezed into smaller and smaller habitats. As a consequence, they face an increasing threat of extinction. National and internationalconservation groups rush to add these populations, species and sub-species to their existing endangered and threatened lists. In nations with strong conservation laws, listing often triggers elaborate plans to rescue declining populations and restore their habitats. The authors review thesetheoretical ideas, the existing data, and explore the question: how well do small and isolated populations actually perform? Their case study group is the song sparrows of Mandarte Island, British Columbia. This population is small enough and isolated enough so that all individuals can be uniquelymarked and their survival and reproduction monitored over many generations. This is one of the strongest long-term ecological studies of a contained vertebrate population, now in its 31st year. | Conservation and Biology of Small Populations by James N. M. Smith Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Science & Nature > Science > Life Sciences > Zoology P10117, James N. M. Smith<

ISBN: 9780195159363

Hardback, [PU: Oxford University Press Inc], As the human impact on Earth expands, populations of many wild species are being squeezed into smaller and smaller habitats. As a consequence,… More...

Hardback, [PU: Oxford University Press Inc], As the human impact on Earth expands, populations of many wild species are being squeezed into smaller and smaller habitats. As a consequence, they face an increasing threat of extinction. This book explores the factors affecting the survival of small and isolated populations., Birds (ornithology), Conservation Of Wildlife & Habitats, Wildlife: Birds & Birdwatching<

2006, ISBN: 9780195159363

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006-03-09. Hardcover. New. HARDCOVER, BRAND NEW, Perfect Shape, No Black Remainder Mark, Oxford University Press, USA, 2006-03-09, 6

2006, ISBN: 9780195159363

Oxford University Press, USA. New. Fine. Hardcover with pictorial boards. 2006. Originally published at $85.00., Oxford University Press, USA, 6