Conservation of Wildlife Populations

by L. Scott Mills

Book by L. Scott Mills

Genres: Science

424 pages, Paperback

First published December 22, 2006

About the author

Dr. Mills is a wildlife population ecologist who combines wildlife biology field studies with molecular genetics and quantitative ecology modeling tools to evaluate large-scale conservation questions centered on wildlife population ecology processes. In 2002 he testified to the US Congress (House Committee on Natural Resources) regarding ethics in conservation biology and wildlife biology research. He has served on the Board of Governors for the North American Section of the Society for Conservation Biology, and was an invited contributor to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report (IPCC) report. In 2009 he received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship to help build capacity for ecological and conservation science in Bhutan. His research in population ecology, conservation genetics, and wildlife biology has been covered widely by media outlets including Newsweek, National Geographic, The New York Times, Discovery Channel, and National Public Radio. His website can be found at: http://research.cnr.ncsu.edu/sites/mi...

Reviews

[Elise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well I read about 5 chapters from this book and it was less boring than most textbooks.

[Alison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must-read textbook for anyone going into wildlife ecology.

[Jeannie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite good. Sassy! Anyone who quotes John Steinbeck and Gary Larson (among others) in a biology textbook is all right with me.