List of Illustrations
1.1 Classic illustration of the density-dependent paradigm of population
regulation
3.1 Location estimates for adult female bear 61 in the Pisgah Bear Sanctuary, North Carolina
3.2 Location estimates and contours for the probability density function
for adult female black bear 87
3.3 Locations of (a) an adult female black bear, (b) an adult wolf, and (c)
an adult male stone marten
3.4 A complex, simulated home range
3.5 The 95% fixed kernel home range for adult female black bear 61 in
1983
3.6 Possible relationships between probability of use and percentage of
home range
3.7 Core area and home range for an adult female bear
4.1 Hypothetical movements of an animal overlaid on five habitat types
4.2 Hypothetical relationships between area and use of habitat
4.3 The assumed linear relationship between use and availability of
resources
4.4 The assumed linear relationship between use and availability of habitats
5.1 Comparison of four methods used to investigate prey use by wolves
5.2 Relationship between 13 C signatures of the diet of equilibrated plasma
in black bears and polar bears
5.3 Relationship between 15 N signatures of the diet of equilibrated plasma
in black bears and polar bears