Knowra Wildlife management Wildlife management Wildlife management is the planned alteration of wild animal populations and habitats to meet defined ecological, social, or economic goals. It uses monitoring and interventions such as habitat restoration, harvest regulation, and species reintroduction.
Wildlife population monitoring : The systematic collection of data on wild animal abundance, distribution, survival, and reproduction. Population estimates and trends help determine whether management actions are meeting their goals.
Wildlife conservation : The protection and recovery of wild species, populations, and the ecological processes that sustain them. Conservation supplies goals for management when populations or habitats are at risk.
Preservationism : An approach that seeks to protect nature from human use or modification. It contrasts with interventions intended to direct wildlife populations toward specified goals.
Trophic cascade : An ecological chain reaction in which changes at one trophic level alter populations at other levels. Changing predator or herbivore abundance can produce effects beyond the managed species.
Climate change and wildlife : The effects of changing climate on wildlife distributions, populations, behavior, and ecological relationships. Shifting ranges and conditions can make historical management plans unreliable.
Carrying capacity : The population size an environment can sustain over time under specified conditions. Food, shelter, and other limiting resources constrain populations that managers seek to influence.
Game management : The management of hunted species and their habitats to sustain populations and regulate harvest. It applies population and habitat tools to species valued for hunting.
Conservation biology : The scientific study of protecting biological diversity and preventing species loss. Its focus on biodiversity can differ from management goals such as sustained harvest or conflict reduction.
Wildlife corridor : A habitat connection that allows animals to move between separated areas. Habitat planning can maintain movement and gene flow between fragmented populations.
Minimum viable population : The smallest population size estimated to have a specified probability of persisting over a defined period. Risk thresholds depend on uncertain demographic and environmental assumptions.
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