Habitat Selection by Sympatric Spruce and Ruffed Grouse in North Central Minnesota
Title | Habitat Selection by Sympatric Spruce and Ruffed Grouse in North Central Minnesota PDF eBook |
Author | P. J. Pietz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 13 |
Release | 1982 |
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Resource Selection by Animals
Title | Resource Selection by Animals PDF eBook |
Author | B.F. Manly |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2007-05-08 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0306481510 |
We have written this book as a guide to the design and analysis of field studies of resource selection, concentrating primarily on statistical aspects of the comparison of the use and availability of resources of different types. Our intended audience is field ecologists in general and, in particular, wildlife and fisheries biologists who are attempting to measure the extent to which real animal populations are selective in their choice of food and habitat. As such, we have made no attempt to address those aspects of theoretical ecology that are concerned with how animals might choose their resources if they acted in an optimal manner. The book is based on the concept of a resource selection function (RSF), where this is a function of characteristics measured on resourceunits such that its value for a unit is proportional to the probability of that unit being used. We argue that this concept leads to a unified theory for the analysis and interpretation of data on resource selection and can replace many ad hoc statistical methods that have been used in the past.
Resource Selection by Animals
Title | Resource Selection by Animals PDF eBook |
Author | B.B. Manly |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9401115583 |
We have written this book as a guide to the design and analysis of field studies of resource selection, concentrating primarily on statistical aspects of the comparison of the use and availability of resources of different types. Our in tended audience is field ecologists in general and wildlife biologists in particular who are attempting to measure the extent to which real animal populations are selective in their choice of food and habitat. As such, we have made no attempt to address those aspects of theoretical ecology that are concerned with how animals might choose their resources if they acted in an optimal manner. The book is based on the concept of a resource selection function, where this is a function of characteristics measured on resource units such that its value for a unit is proportional to the probability of that unit being used. We argue that this concept leads to a unified theory for the analysis and interpretation of data on resource selection and can replace many ad hoc statistical methods that have been used in the past.
Habitat Suitability Index Models
Title | Habitat Suitability Index Models PDF eBook |
Author | Brian S. Cade |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Grouse |
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Proceedings--Conifer Tree Seed in the Inland Mountain West Symposium, Missoula, Montana, August 5-6, 1985
Title | Proceedings--Conifer Tree Seed in the Inland Mountain West Symposium, Missoula, Montana, August 5-6, 1985 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 914 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Conifers |
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General Technical Report INT.
Title | General Technical Report INT. PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Forests and forestry |
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Wildlife Review
Title | Wildlife Review PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 876 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Natural history |
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