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Essentials
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 Welcome. A "Table" is two dimensional. A Table of Contents just lists the things in a book, one darn thing right after another. In this unit you can (and ought to) hop around, studying things of interest today, returning to others later for contemplation and work. This is a hypertext. Maybe one day it will have hypermedia. There is some logic to the way the topics or units (not chapters) are listed but that is the perspective of only one person. It all goes together; I encourage you to work on it as a whole.
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Essentials is under development....so? So is the Contents

The Essentials of an Alternative Wildlife Management is an undergraduate course under development by the author. There are believed to be many kinds, varieties, or versions of wildlife management now taught and practiced. The essentials of a preferred alternative are presented.

  1. Index
  2. Preface
  3. Detailed Objectives for an Introductory Course
  4. The List of the Differences Between the Alternative and Other Wildlife Managements
  5. Omega Theory: Toward a Satisfactory Condition - 1
  6. Omega Theory: Situation01?
  7. Omega Theory:Toward a Satisfactory Condition - 2
  8. Omega Theory: Details
  9. Omega Theory: The Beaver Myth
  10. On Knowing: Epistemology
  11. Omega Theory: Epistemology
  12. Contents2 of Essentials of Wildlife Management - Second stage of the Contents (after the bug has been "killed")
  13. Sustainability
  14. Disclaimer
  15. What is Wildlife Management? (Perspectives) This Alternative?
  16. The Alternatives: (Kinds or Types of Wildlife Management)
  17. The Enterprise Paradigm
  18. Working the Triangle (Populations, Faunal Space, and People)
  19. The Resource
  20. Managing the Animals
  21. The Principles
  22. The Fundamentals or Major Concepts
  23. Performance Measures
  24. Review - Objectives 1
  25. Review - Objectives 2
  26. Variety : Diversity and its Alternatives
  27. Knowing the Words
  28. Review - Names and Anatomy
  29. Review - Population Ecology Concepts
  30. General Review of Principles and Concepts
  31. The Concept of the Maximum

    Managing Faunal Spaces

  32. Reconnaissance
  33. Managing Faunal Space
  34. Permutations and the Importance of Sequences
  35. Ecosystem Services
  36. Tractor Buying - The Managerial Decision
  37. Alpha Units and Watershed Management
  38. Habitat Suitability Index Models
  39. Nearness Sequences in Habitat Analysis
  40. Edges
  41. Review - Production Functions and Edge

    Managing Populations

  42. Population Ecology Outline
  43. Species-Area Relationships
  44. Population Dynamics
  45. Stocking Game
  46. Review - Hunting Concepts
  47. Review - Hunting Concepts?
  48. Vertebrate Damage Management
  49. Bounties
  50. Pathology and Health

    Managing People

  51. Access
  52. Human Populations at the Edges of Protected Areas
  53. Studies and Research: Notes
  55. A Personal Library
  56. Rationally Robust
  57. The Role of Subversion in Wildlife Management

    Course Administration

  58. Questions for Students
  59. Answers to Questions about Tests and Exams in the Course
  60. Assignments
  61. Review - Major Review of Course
  62. A List of the Differences Between Conventional and Alternatives Faunal Resource Management
  63. Competency of the Faunal Resource Manager
  64. Posted Scores of Students Who Have Made High Grades on the Final Exam
  65. Your Future in Wildlife Management
  66. Links to Employment Sources
  67. Student Scholarships to Assist in Wildland Studies and Toward Advanced Degrees
  68. The Suggestion Box

    Extra Resources: Supplements

  69. A 1999 Speech to Wildlife Information Specialists at a Lake Tahoe Conference
  70. Peculiar Manor: Essays from A Virginia Mountain Cabin


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by R. H.Giles Last revision April 17, 2001; moved to Modern Wild Faunal Management materials, March, 2008