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Resource Selection by Animals

Statistical Design and Analysis for Field Studies

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Bryan F. J. Manly

    1. Western EcoSystems Technology Inc., Cheyenne, USA

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  2. Lyman L. McDonald

    1. Western EcoSystems Technology Inc., Cheyenne, USA

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  3. Dana L. Thomas

    1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA

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  4. Trent L. McDonald

    1. Western EcoSystems Technology Inc., Cheyenne, USA

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  5. Wallace P. Erickson

    1. Western EcoSystems Technology Inc., Cheyenne, USA

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction to Resource Selection Studies

    Pages 1-15

  3. Statistical Modelling Procedures

    Pages 16-26

  4. Examples of the Use of Resource Selection Functions

    Pages 27-45

  5. Studies with Resources Defined by Several Categories

    Pages 46-82

  6. Resource Selection Functions from Logistic Regression

    Pages 83-117

  7. Resource Selection over Several Time Periods

    Pages 118-138

  8. Log-Linear Modelling

    Pages 139-149

  9. Discrete Choice Models with Changing Availability

    Pages 150-163

  10. Applications Using Geographic Information Systems

    Pages 164-170

  11. Discriminant Function Analysis

    Pages 171-178

  12. Analysis of the Amount of Use

    Pages 179-191

  13. Some Other Types of Analysis

    Pages 192-199

  14. Risk Assessment and Population Size Estimation

    Pages 200-204

  15. Computing

    Pages 205-209

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 210-221
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Western EcoSystems Technology Inc., Cheyenne, USA

    Bryan F. J. Manly, Lyman L. McDonald, Trent L. McDonald, Wallace P. Erickson

  • Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA

    Dana L. Thomas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Resource Selection by Animals

  • Book Subtitle: Statistical Design and Analysis for Field Studies

  • Authors: Bryan F. J. Manly, Lyman L. McDonald, Dana L. Thomas, Trent L. McDonald, Wallace P. Erickson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48151-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0677-7Published: 30 June 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6044-0Published: 03 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-48151-2Published: 08 May 2007

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 222

  • Topics: Ecology, Statistics, general, Zoology, Environmental Management

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