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Agricultural Science focuses on the selection, breeding, and management of plants and animals for human use as well as the examination of efficiencies and process improvements. It includes the science behind soil properties, crop production, animal husbandry, environmental concerns, ecological sustainability, cultivation of plants and livestock, and other aspects. This broad field encompasses agronomy, agroecology, animal science, crop science, entomology, forestry, horticulture, plant pathology, plant science, soil science, and wildlife science.

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Ecology and Management of Terrestrial Vertebrate Invasive Species in the United States

William C. Pitt, James Beasley, Gary W. Witmer
October 30, 2017

Vertebrate invasive species are important ecologically, socially, and scientifically throughout much of the globe. However, the interdiction and options for management of invasive species are driven by localized regulation at the country or even state level and thus the management of species must...

Ecology and Management of Blackbirds (Icteridae) in North America

George M. Linz, Michael L. Avery, Richard A. Dolbeer
June 12, 2017

Shortlisted for the 2018 TWS Wildlife Publication Awards in the edited book category The various species of new world blackbirds, often intermingled in large foraging flocks and nighttime roosts, collectively number in the hundreds of millions and are a dominant component of the natural and...

Ecological Consequences of Climate Change: Mechanisms, Conservation, and Management

Erik A. Beever, Jerrold L. Belant
June 07, 2017

Contemporary climate change is a crucial management challenge for wildlife scientists, conservation biologists, and ecologists of the 21st century. Climate fingerprints are being detected and documented in the responses of hundreds of wildlife species and numerous ecosystems around the world. To...

Wilderness of Wildlife Tourism

Johra Kayeser Fatima
May 02, 2017

Wildlife tourism is a growing multimillion-dollar industry within the hospitality and tourism industry. Wildlife　tourism, in its simplest sense, is the creation of tour packages for watching　wild animals　in their natural　habitats, and is particularly important in African and South American...

Animal Movement: Statistical Models for Telemetry Data

Mevin B. Hooten, Devin S. Johnson, Brett T. McClintock, Juan M. Morales
January 17, 2017

Shortlisted for the 2018 TWS Wildlife Publication Awards in the authored book category The study of animal movement has always been a key element in ecological science, because it is inherently linked to critical processes that scale from individuals to populations and communities to ecosystems....

The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem, Fourth Edition

Thomas E. Lodge
December 22, 2016

"This fourth edition covers the key subjects of previous editions with major updates of the new science and understanding. If there ever was a necessary book for Everglades advocates, students, authors, members of government and their agencies, The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the...

Comparative Bone Identification: Human Subadult to Nonhuman

Diane L. France
November 04, 2016

Building on the success, and maintaining the format, of the best-selling Human and Nonhuman Bone Identification: A Color Atlas (ISBN: 978-1-4200-6286-1), Comparative Bone Identification: Human Subadult to Nonhuman presents new images of human bones representing many states of maturation from...

Urban Wildlife Management, Third Edition

Clark E. Adams
April 05, 2016

Shortlisted for the 2018 TWS Wildlife Publication Awards in the authored book category Urban development is one of the leading worldwide threats to conserving biodiversity. In the near future, wildlife management in urban landscapes will be a prominent issue for wildlife professionals. This new...

Wildlife Habitat Management: Concepts and Applications in Forestry, Second Edition

Brenda C. McComb
August 11, 2015

Shortlisted for the 2018 TWS Wildlife Publication Awards in the authored book category In recent years, conflicts between ecological conservation and economic growth forced a reassessment of the motivations and goals of wildlife and forestry management. Focus shifted from game and commodity...

Behaviour and Management of European Ungulates

Rory Putman, Marco Apollonio
October 13, 2014

Ungulates are an extraordinarily important group of animals worldwide. In many cases, they are keystone species with a disproportionate effect on the functioning of the wider ecological systems of which they form a part. They can also serve as dominant species acting as ecological engineers and as...

Human Diseases from Wildlife

Michael R. Conover, Rosanna M. Vail
September 18, 2014

Human Diseases from Wildlife presents information on the most prevalent and serious zoonotic diseases in the US and Canada, some of which have been national headline news like anthrax, influenza, and West Nile virus. Diseases that are caused by pathogens with the ability to infect both humans and...

Ecology and Conservation of the Maned Wolf: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Adriana G. Consorte-McCrea, Eliana Ferraz Santos
October 24, 2013

Wolves are controversial figures worldwide and much effort has focused on how to conserve them while addressing public concerns. With its solitary habits and fruit-eating diet, the endangered maned wolf roams the South American grasslands and swamps, playing a vital part in maintaining biodiversity...

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