Exploring Studbooks for Wildlife Management and Conservation
Many endangered species of wild animals are managed in captivity through studbooks. In this book these data-rich resources are mined in innovative, integrated and statistically tested ways to maximise information gain for conservation practice – whether f
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F.P.G. Princée
Exploring Studbooks for Wildlife Management and Conservation
Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation Volume 17
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Exploring Studbooks for Wildlife Management and Conservation
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F.P.G. Princée Population Management and Wildlife Conservation East Rudham, Norfolk, UK
ISSN 1875-1288 ISSN 1875-1296 (electronic) Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation ISBN 978-3-319-50031-7 ISBN 978-3-319-50032-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-50032-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016961290 © Springer International Publishing AG 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
Some 35 years ago, I became involved in conservation of endangered animal species. It all started while I was a biology student at the Biological Department of the Royal Rotterdam Zoological and Botanical Gardens (“Blijdorp Zoo”). It was around the time that the international zoo world introduced cooperative species management programmes, based on demographic and genetic science, in order to establish self-sustaining populations of endangered species. This created an environment in which applied and fundamental research were intertwined and which shaped my scientific background in population genetics. The introduction of personal computers opened a “new” creative platform that allowed me to develop the skills of computer programming. This resulted in developing simulation models to explore population genetic processes in real populations with their complex pedigrees. The first computer program that I developed was followed by the next, and the next, etc. resulting in studbook software that included a range of demographic and genetic analyses. The catalyst for writing this bo
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