Modern Wild Faunal Resource System Management
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Since the definition of wildlife or wildlife management is in doubt, the limits of the library of the faunal resource system person are very difficult to find. The Wildlife Society has published the Journal of Wildlife Management for many years. It contains research and a little management advice.The Widlife Society Bulletin contains more managerial advice than the Journal. Wildlife Monographs are long research papers similar to those found within the Journal.
The literature of wildlife management was extensively treated in the previous Techniques of Wildlife Management texts, but that has been cut from recent editions. Depending on interests and orientations, there are avian journals, mammalian journals, agricultural journals, forestry journals, range management journals, toxicological volumes, ecological journals … soil, water, climate, GIS, surveying, radiotelemetry... even conservation biology and environmental management.
The field is so broad and some of the literature specialized so that a librarian with special interest and time devoted to the topic(s) is needed in major research groups and institutes. The Wildland Knowledge Base has been suggested as one means to address the difficulties.
Wildlife Biology is a European journal. Issues prior to 2001 may be available.
William C.G. Burns, (Co-Chair American Society of International Law - Wildlife Interest Group) has a bibliography on the impacts of environmental change (which they define as climate change and ozone depletion ) on flora and fauna species (including agricultural species) has been updated, with over 450 citations added since its last incarnation in March. The citations encompass both peer-reviewed and selected gray literature and hyperlinks are provided to the source where available.
The bibliography now has over 3400 citations, is searchable, and will soon be downloadable into bibliographic software databases.
Within each of the wildlife information systems now held by many states, there is a References section. It may be efficient to use the state database just for the likely species or related animal references.
See the references cited at the end of many units of this webs site and in the References section.
Use the Internet to link to the major managerial and science publishing houses to see latest books available.
Blackwell issues reprints of out-of-press books of interest to those in wildlife work.
Amazon.com sells books and the funds spent on professional publications can often be deducted from annual income taxes.
See ideas of Giles on a for-profit Rural Knowledge Base.
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