Research Techniques in Animal Ecology - Chapter 11 pps
Research Techniques in Animal Ecology - Chapter 11 pps
... the
decreasing need to classify land in homogeneous categories. In other words,
species-specific habitat mapping is increasingly incorporating independent
environmental databases processed using information ... 1977. Testing land-use map accuracy. Photographic
Engineering and Remote Sensing 43: 113 5 113 7.
Van Genderen, J. L., B. F. Lock, and P. A. Vass. 1978. Remote sensing: Statistical...
Research Techniques in Animal Ecology - Chapter 2 ppsx
... banding, col-
laring, wing tagging, harnessing, gluing, tying, suturing, clamping, and
implanting (Kenward 1987; Samuel and Fuller 1994). Since the earliest uses
of radiomarking in birds, it ... clip-
ping, web-punching, feather clipping), no guidelines for use of this technique
have been provided.
Marking fish, reptiles, and amphibians using techniques such as tissue
removal, branding, .....
Research Techniques in Animal Ecology - Chapter 3 ppsx
... and N. A. Slade. 1985a. Testing for independence of observations in animal
movements. Ecology 66: 117 6 118 4.
Swihart, R. K. and N. A. Slade. 1985b. In uence of sampling interval on estimates of ... diverse as research and
management questions. Knowing animals’ home ranges provides significant
insight into mating patterns and reproduction, social organization and inter-
actions, for...
Research Techniques in Animal Ecology - Chapter 10 ppsx
... recorded
during social interactions. In this we explore interactions during grooming and
dominance. In the fourth section we explore methods used for gathering data
on social interaction and then, in ... simultaneously recip-
rocal allogrooming bouts for one individual (A) with other individuals (B, C, D, and E) and all com-
bined (All) in a group-grooming huddle. (The grooming intera...
Research Techniques in Animal Ecology - Chapter 1 pot
... of hypotheses in eco-
logical research.
Hypothesis Testing in Ecology
3
What Is a Hypothesis?
Hypotheses must be universal in their application, but the meaning of univer-
sal in ecology is far ... of angels-on-the-pinhead, and you could waste your scien-
tific life trying to find an answer to it. But you will find in the literature almost
no discussion of which types of questi...
Research Techniques in Animal Ecology - Chapter 4 pdf
... zibethicus) during a general population increase swelled 3 0- to 9 0-
fold in low-quality habitats but much less in high-quality habitats.
Considering that, in general, animals in poor-quality habitats ... con-
straints) to consider both of these levels of selection.
Alldredge and Ratti (1986, 1992) compared four methods (including the
chi-square, Johnson’s, and two others based...
Research Techniques in Animal Ecology - Chapter 7 pptx
... that
trends in populations are fixed and linear. This is appropriate in certain situa-
tions, such as declining endangered species or increasing introduced species,
whose populations often follow deterministic ... detecting trends that
might occur in the population index? In other words, are estimates of popula-
tion indices obtained across a representative sampling of habitats and wit...
Research Techniques in Animal Ecology - Chapter 8 pptx
... response that again is evaluated by
monitoring. And the process of perpetual modeling, manipulating, monitor-
ing, evaluating, and revising the model continues indefinitely. Given the com-
plexity of ... and higher-order terms are a consequence of trophic-level interactions.
Certainly the autoregression coefficients do not yield to such simple interpre-
tations, but work is just beginning in...
Research Techniques in Animal Ecology - Chapter 9 doc
... varia-
tion model developed earlier in this chapter. Instead of each animal having
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mates used in the model. Uncertainty about the model is not included in this
confidence interval ... a
declining population. Most populations for which we are concerned about
extinction probabilities have suffered a serious decline in numbers. The geno-
types remaining after a severe...
research techniques in animal ecology - luigi boitani
... than in other scientific
endeavors. Nonetheless, there is no good justification for studying animal pop-
ulations without greater discipline.
These intrinsic difficulties in studying animal ecology ... ani-
mals establish and maintain home ranges: The benefits of maintaining a home
range exceed the costs. Let C
D
be the daily costs for an animal, excluding the
costs, C
R
, of monitorin...