Index
accuracy assessment of species distribution
models, 402–403, 413–22
acorn woodpecker, 304, 313
adaptive management, 273–74
African wild dog, 356
aggregation group, 355
Akaike’s Information Criterion, 271
Allee effect, 318–19
allogrooming, 340–42, 347, 350–51, 352
American coot, 27
Animal Care and Use Committees, 16
aphid, 140
Arctic fox, 69
area of occupancy, 390, 425
autocorrelation: function (ACF), 200;
location data, 77, 89; partial function
(PACF), 200; spatial, 300
autogrooming, 349–50
baboon, 141
badger, 35, 73, 336–37, 350–55;
vocalisation, 344
bald eagle, 137
banteng, 135
Bayesian statistics, 273
beaver, 71
behavior predictability, 376–78
behavior sampling: ad libitum, 365;
continuous recording, 364–65; focal
sampling, 365–66; one-zero sampling,
366–67; scan sampling, 367; time
sampling, 366
behavioral measurement, techniques for,
368–69
behavioral parameters, 340–61
beta distribution, 297–98
bighorn sheep, 292
bile acid differences, 171
bioclim, 410
black bear, 67, 71, 73, 89, 98–100, 121,
134
blackbirds, 95
blackbuck, 256, 259
black-tailed deer, 133
Blanford’s fox, 126
bobcat, 134, 182
bobwhite, 258
Bonferroni confidence intervals, 115, 124
bootstrap: sampling procedure, 313–14;
parametric, 320–21; parametric
bootstrap likelihood ratio test, 196
boundary error, 419
bout, 340–43; exponential distribution of,
342