Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
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Patuxent wildlife software page, a mine of useful packages:
http://www.mbr-pwrc. usgs.gov/
Sampling theory tutorial:
http://stattrek.com/
NASA remote sensing tutorial:
http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/
ESRI's GIS guide (with links to topics, etc.) and conservation page (grants, courses, software):
Radio, satellite and GPS tracking products and information:
http://www. atstrack.com,
StatSoft online tutorial on time-to-event survival analysis:
http://www.statsoft. com/textbook/
Buckland, S.T., Anderson, D.R., Burnham, K.P., Laake, J.L., Borchers, D.L., and Thomas, L.
(2004).
Introduction to Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations
.
Oxford University Press, Oxford. Comprehensive coverage of the theory and application of
this important method. There is an online version of the 1993 edition available for free down-
Hilborn, R., and Walters, C.J. (1992).
Quantitative Fisheries Stock Assessment: Choice Dynamics
and Uncertainty
. Kluwer, Dordrecht. Essential reference and thought-provoking discussion
on how it's done in the commercial fisheries world.
Kenward, R.E. (2001).
A Manual for Wildlife Radio Tagging
. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
A useful summary of the practical and theoretical issues in radio tracking.
Marzluff, J., and Millspaugh, J.J., eds. (2001).
Radio Tracking and Animal Populations
. Academic
Press, San Diego, CA. An edited volume of articles surveying the state of the art in wildlife
radio tracking.
Skalski, J.R., Ryding, K., and Millspaugh, J.J. (2005).
Wildlife Demography: Analysis of Sex, Age
and Count Data
. Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam. A technical tool box of quantitative
methods with an emphasis on those commonly applied to North American game animals.
Sutherland, W.J., ed. (1996).
Ecological Census Techniques
. Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge. A handy overview of field methods, arranged by taxonomic group, including the
measurement of environmental variables.
Thompson, S.K. (2002).
Sampling
. John Wiley and Sons: New York, NY. Comprehensive refer-
ence on the statistical background to getting a decent sample.
Williams, B.K., Nichols, J.D., and Conroy, M.J. (2002).
Analysis and Management of Animal
Populations
. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. Hugely detailed coverage of modern methods
for abundance and demographic analysis, also covering population dynamics and population
management issues.
