436
I N D E X
bovine tubercolosis, 336
brown bear, 121, 177–79
California Quail, 124
capybara, 338, 354, 355
caribou, 3, 134, 141, 265
cat, 355, 356, 357–61, 363
chimpanzee, 348
chipmunks, 121
“cimento,” 254, 281
cognitive map, 66–67, 74–75, 84, 89,
101
colonial group, 355
compensatory mortality, 258–59
cottontail rabbit, 258
cowbird, 135
coyote, 73, 182
crab-eating zorro, 137
cyclic fluctuations, 260
D’Ancona, Umberto, 260
deer, 306
delta method, 320
demographic trajectories, 257–58
demographic variation, 295–97, 304,
307, 313–14; binomial model 294
density, 144–46, 148–49
density–dependence: delayed, 199–203;
detection, 193–99; effect, 145;
factors, 191; paradigm, 6; processes,
191–92; time lags in, 199; use of
experimental manipulations, 205,
208
deterministic events, 408
dickcissel, 145
diet overlap, indices, 181–82
diet profile, 173–74
digestibility coefficients, 173
digestion correction factors, 173–74
digitization errors, 415
dominance: hierarchy, 351–54, 372;
related to body size, 353
Dungeness crab, 257
dwarf mongoose, 71, 355
ecological signature, 398
effect size in statistics, 9
Egyptian mongoose, 141
elephant, 319, 336
elk, 121, 258, 266
environmental: selection, 406; space,
393–94; variation, 291, 300
equilibrium: dynamics, 256; paradigm, 8
error: accumulation and propagation,
419–21, 424; matrix, 415–18
Ethiopian wolf, 355
ethogram, 343–45
experiment, defined, 2
extinction: probability of, 288–89, 293;
risk of, 292; time to, 288–89
facts, defined, 2
familiar area, 66, 69, 101
fecal: analysis, 171–72, 182–83; pH, 171
fish feeding trials, 268
fisher, 120, 141
fistulation, 175
Florida Scrub jay, 149
flower thrip, 194
food habits methods: cafeteria
experiments, 176; direct observation,
166–67; exclosures, 170; experimental
manipulations of food availability,
177–78; feces or pellets, 170–74;
feeding site surveys, 167–69;
gastrointestinal samples, 174–75;
isotope ratios, 177; lead animals, 167,
176–77; mitochondrial DNA, 171;
postingestion samples, 170–75;
relative volume of prey remains, 172
food habits studies: availability versus
abundance, 175–76; sample
resolution, 181–83; use, selection,
preference, 175
I N D E X
bovine tubercolosis, 336
brown bear, 121, 177–79
California Quail, 124
capybara, 338, 354, 355
caribou, 3, 134, 141, 265
cat, 355, 356, 357–61, 363
chimpanzee, 348
chipmunks, 121
“cimento,” 254, 281
cognitive map, 66–67, 74–75, 84, 89,
101
colonial group, 355
compensatory mortality, 258–59
cottontail rabbit, 258
cowbird, 135
coyote, 73, 182
crab-eating zorro, 137
cyclic fluctuations, 260
D’Ancona, Umberto, 260
deer, 306
delta method, 320
demographic trajectories, 257–58
demographic variation, 295–97, 304,
307, 313–14; binomial model 294
density, 144–46, 148–49
density–dependence: delayed, 199–203;
detection, 193–99; effect, 145;
factors, 191; paradigm, 6; processes,
191–92; time lags in, 199; use of
experimental manipulations, 205,
208
deterministic events, 408
dickcissel, 145
diet overlap, indices, 181–82
diet profile, 173–74
digestibility coefficients, 173
digestion correction factors, 173–74
digitization errors, 415
dominance: hierarchy, 351–54, 372;
related to body size, 353
Dungeness crab, 257
dwarf mongoose, 71, 355
ecological signature, 398
effect size in statistics, 9
Egyptian mongoose, 141
elephant, 319, 336
elk, 121, 258, 266
environmental: selection, 406; space,
393–94; variation, 291, 300
equilibrium: dynamics, 256; paradigm, 8
error: accumulation and propagation,
419–21, 424; matrix, 415–18
Ethiopian wolf, 355
ethogram, 343–45
experiment, defined, 2
extinction: probability of, 288–89, 293;
risk of, 292; time to, 288–89
facts, defined, 2
familiar area, 66, 69, 101
fecal: analysis, 171–72, 182–83; pH, 171
fish feeding trials, 268
fisher, 120, 141
fistulation, 175
Florida Scrub jay, 149
flower thrip, 194
food habits methods: cafeteria
experiments, 176; direct observation,
166–67; exclosures, 170; experimental
manipulations of food availability,
177–78; feces or pellets, 170–74;
feeding site surveys, 167–69;
gastrointestinal samples, 174–75;
isotope ratios, 177; lead animals, 167,
176–77; mitochondrial DNA, 171;
postingestion samples, 170–75;
relative volume of prey remains, 172
food habits studies: availability versus
abundance, 175–76; sample
resolution, 181–83; use, selection,
preference, 175