Wildlife science: connecting research with management

« The book provides examples of how wildlife research and management policies have succeeded and failed, and represents the first comprehensive collaboration and review of this important topic compiled into a single volume. The objective of the book is to investigate the differing cultural priorities between wildlife research and wildlife management and to provide suggestions for bridging this gap. Section I introduces and characterizes the issue and serves as the thesis for the rest of the volume. Section II investigates the roles of research and management from the perspective of the institutions upon which the wildlife profession is composed: universities, state governments, the federal government, and private organizations. Section III presents species-oriented case studies focusing on the lingering disconnects between northern bobwhite (Colinus virginanus), sage grouse, grassland birds, waterfowl, and deer research and management. Section IV presents place-based and conceptual case studies involving rangelands and ranch management, the role of science in the development of natural resource law and policy, wind energy, and the development of management techniques from field research. Section V provides strategies and tactics for bridging the research and management disconnect and makes recommendations for improving wildlife research and management in order to achieve conservation objectives in the twenty-first century. »--

Section I Introduction -- Chapter 1 A History of the Disconnect between Wildlife Research and Management / Stephen J. DeMaso -- Chapter 2 Strengthening the Ties between Wildlife Research and Management / Paul R. Krausman -- Section II Research and Management Entities -- Chapter 3 Universities and the Disconnect between Wildlife Research and Management / Leonard A. Brennan -- Chapter 4 Southeast State Wildlife Agencies' Research Priorities and Constraints / John Bowers, Chris Baumann, and Reggie Thackston -- Chapter 5 Putting Science into Action on Forest Service Lands / William M. Block, Victoria A. Saab, and Leonard Ruggiero -- Chapter 6 Closing the Gap between Private Land Managers and Wildlife Scientists: The Importance of Private Wildlife Research Institutions / William E. Palmer -- Chapter 7 The Role of Professional Societies in Connecting Science and Management: The Wildlife Society as an Example / Laura Bies, Michael Hutchins, John Organ, and Stephen DeStefano -- Chapter 8 Funding Research as an Investment for Improving Management / Matthew J. Schnupp and David S. DeLaney -- Section III Species Case Studies -- Chapter 9 The Disconnect between Quail Research and Quail Manage…