University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the Study of Animal Populations -- Population estimates -- Absolute and related estimates -- Relative estimates -- Population indices -- Errors and confidence -- The Sampling Programme and the Measurement and Description of Dispersion -- Preliminary sampling -- Planning and fieldwork -- Statistical aspects -- The sampling programme -- The number of samples per habitat unit (e.g. plant, host, or puddle) -- The sampling unit, its selection, size, and shape -- The number of samples -- The pattern of sampling -- The timing of sampling -- Data processing -- Jackknife and bootstrap techniques -- Dispersion -- Mathematical distributions that serve as models -- Biological interpretation of dispersion parameters -- Nearest-neighbour and related techniques: measures of departure from randomness of the distribution -- Sequential sampling -- Sampling numbers -- Presence or absence sampling -- Sampling a fauna -- Absolute Population Estimates Using Capture-Recapture Experiments -- Capture-recapture methods -- Assumptions common to most methods -- Estimating closed populations -- Estimations for open populations -- Methods of marking animals -- Handling techniques -- Release -- Surface marks using paints and solutions of dyes -- Dyes and fluorescent substances in powder form -- Marking formed by ingestion or absorption of dyes -- Marking by injection, Panjet, or tattooing -- External tags -- Branding -- Mutilation -- Natural marks, parasites, and genes -- Rare elements -- Radioactive isotopes -- Radio and sonic tags.