... defined, 215 ; index-abundance relationships, 214 17 ; non-linear (asymptotic)relationship, 215 ; sampling errors, 217 , 223, 226; saturationphenomena, 215 17 ; thresholdrelationship, 215 17 ; types of indices, 214 ; ... 260–62macro-microhabitat, 11 9–20, 14 6Mahalanobis distance, 407–408mallard duck, 12 4, 376Manly-Chesson index, 11 5, 12 6, 12 8–30mapping accuracy, 416 – 21, 424mara, 356marker evaluation studies, 15 , ... 69, 10 1fecal: analysis, 17 1–72, 18 2–83; pH, 17 1fish feeding trials, 268fisher, 12 0, 14 1fistulation, 17 5Florida Scrub jay, 14 9flower thrip, 19 4food habits methods: cafeteriaexperiments, 17 6;...