There is no "sound wildlife management" without ecology and ecologists. There is no Wildlife Management B.S., M.S., or Ph. D without ecology and ecologists.

http://www.ca.uky.edu/forestry/maehrelk.php

http://www.jstor.org/pss/3802704

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/j...TRY=1&SRETRY=0