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Essentials
of an Alternative Wildlife Resource Management

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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.
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
  11. On Knowing: Epistemology
  12. Omega Theory: Epistemology
  13. Contents2 of Essentials of Wildlife Management - Second stage of the Contents (after the bug has been "killed")
  14. Sustainability
  15. Disclaimer
  16. What is Wildlife Management? (Perspectives) This Alternative?
  17. The Alternatives: (Kinds or Types of Wildlife Management)
  18. The Enterprise Paradigm
  19. Working the Triangle (Populations, Faunal Space, and People)
  20. The Resource
  21. Managing the Animals
  22. The Principles
  23. The Fundamentals or Major Concepts
  24. Performance Measures
  25. Review - Objectives 1
  26. Review - Objectives 2
  27. Variety : Diversity and its Alternatives
  28. Knowing the Words
  29. Review - Names and Anatomy
  30. Review - Population Ecology Concepts
  31. General Review of Principles and Concepts
  32. The Concept of the Maximum

    Managing Faunal Spaces

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

    Managing Populations

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

    Managing People

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

    Course Administration

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

    Extra Resources: Supplements

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


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