Wildlife Ecology and Management (5th Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Eric G. Bolen, William Robinson
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Category: Book
List Price: $126.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 154532
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 634
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 013066250X
Dewey Decimal Number: 639.9
EAN: 9780130662507
Publication Date: July 20, 2002
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Condition: Great Condition
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Product Description
This exceptionally comprehensive, single-source introduction to the art, science, theories, practices, and issues of wildlife management is ideal for the novice in the subject. Features full-chapters on predators, urban wildlife, policy, water, soil, diseases, conservation biology. New, up-to-date issues covered include the removal of dams, global warming, emerging diseases among elk and deer, adaptive harvest management, animal rights groups, women hunters, population data, migratory animals and more. For anyone interested in an exceptionally comprehensive introduction to wildlife management and conservation.
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 good content, bad writing May 15, 2008
This book has good, useful content, however I found the quality of Bolen's writing to be horrid. There were many run-ons, incomplete sentences, bad syntax and LONG sentences combining sometimes unrelated ideas. I know this isn't a grammar or English book, but his writing style made it difficult for me to read, not to mention understand what he's trying to say. I've read a good deal of textbooks, and many of them were much better written than this one. He also tries to write figuratively at times, and personally when I'm trying to learn, I don't care about figurative speech and just want the raw concept. Additionally, the text was swamped with examples (most of the academic ideas were in the forms of examples) and while examples help remember material, when they come one after another, and never end, it just creates confusion. If Mr. Bolen spent more time editing his material for grammar and comprehension rather than using "pretty" words, this would be a much better text. Otherwise, it was definitely not worth the $100-some it cost.
 Wildlife Ecology and Management Review March 12, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This textbook is very easy to read and includes a great deal of diagrams, pictures and illustrations to increase understanding. It explans technical terms thoroughly, and provides the scientific names of animals in the text.
Wildlife Ecology and Management March 19, 2006
It's a textbook! I have no basis for comparison or description of how good this book is. It reads Well, though...easy to read, that is.
Interesting...meant to be read by an American- appeals to an American reader through examples and case studies, but could still be interesting and of course, useful to anyone studying North America and Europe.
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