Quantifying Diets of Wildlife and Fish - Practical and Applied Methods

In an effort to encourage researchers to consider new approaches to stuying animal diets, this book focuses on the techniques, rather than on particular groups of organisms or specific environments. With contributions from leading ecologists, chapters explore experimental design, observational techniques (including new technologies), stomach contents and fecal analysis, eDNA, tracers and stable isotopes. They also cover the latest multivariate methods of analyses suitable for describing animal diets and feeding relationships, as well as testing hypotheses relevant to ecological theory, environmental management and biological conservation. The examples in this book cover a range of vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as different environments, to open these methods up for novice ecologists and stimulate lateral thinking in more experienced researchers.

Riassunto

The analysis and study of food webs is a fundamental part of the discipline of ecology and is vital for the understanding of how ecosystems function. This book gives a description of all the latest experimental and analytical techniques available to researchers today.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Michael (Murdoch University Calver (Editore), Neil (Murdoch University Loneragan (Editore)
• Editore: CABI Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781800625105
• ISBN: 978-1-80062-510-5
• Pagine: 240
• Dimensioni: 270 mm x 210 mm x 14 mm
• Peso: 694 g
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Tecnica edile e ambientale