{"product_id":"monitoring-plant-and-animal-populations-a-handbook-for-field-biologists-9780632044429","title":"Monitoring Plant and Animal Populations: A Handbook for Field Biologists","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Caryl L. Elzinga\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Life Sciences - Biology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonitoring Plant and Animal Populations\u003c\/i\u003e offers an overview of population monitoring issues that is accessible to the typical field biologist and land managers with a modest statistical background.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text includes concrete guidelines for ecologists to follow to design a statistically defensible monitoring program.\u003c\/p\u003e  *User-friendly, practical guide, written in a highly readable format. *The authors provide an interdisciplinary scope to address the current, widespread interest in monitoring in many environmental fields, including pure and applied ecology, conservation biology, and wildlife management. *Emphasizes the role of monitoring in adaptive management. *Defines important terminology and contrasts monitoring with other data-collection activities. Covers the applicable principles of sampling and shows how to design a monitoring project. *Provides a step-by-step overview of the monitoring process, illustrated by flow charts and references. The authors also offer guidelines for analyzing and interpreting monitoring data. *Illustrates the foundation of management objectives and describes their components, types, and development. *Describes common field techniques for measuring important attributes of animal and plant populations. *Reviews different methods for recording monitoring data in the field, managing the data, and communicating data to policy makers.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Spiral","offer_id":45203267059863,"sku":"9780632044429","price":8740.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780632044429.webp?v=1767308004","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/monitoring-plant-and-animal-populations-a-handbook-for-field-biologists-9780632044429","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}