Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Mammals

1st edition softback with stiff wrappers As New large octavo xxvii + 409pp., b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Provides a comprehensive manual for designing and implementing inventories of mammalian biodiversity anywhere in the world and for any group, from rodents to open-country grazers. Emphasizes formal estimation approaches, which supply data that can be compared across habitats and over time. Beginning with brief natural histories of the twenty-six orders of living mammals, the book details their field techniques observation, & capture. Neat ownership stamp o/w a very nice copy.