I would like to make you aware of an excellent compendium of papers
guest edited by Marck Boyce, Robert Clark and Douglas Morris on
“HABITAT AND HABITAT SELECTION: THEORY, TESTS, AND IMPLICATIONS”
compiled in a special issue of the Israel Journal of Ecology &
Evolution:
Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution. Vol. 54, Nos. 3–4, 2008
HABITAT AND HABITAT SELECTION: THEORY, TESTS, AND IMPLICATIONS
Guest Editors: Mark Boyce, Robert Clark, and Douglas W. Morris
R.D. Holt. IJEE Soapbox: Habitats and seasons
D.W. Morris, R.G. Clark, and M.S. Boyce. Habitat and habitat
selection: Theory, tests, and implications
THEORY
R.D. Holt and M.J. Barfield. Habitat selection and niche conservatism
D. Fortin, D.W. Morris, and P.D. McLoughlin. Habitat selection and
the evolution of specialists in heterogeneous environments
TESTS
D. Moorhead, J. Herman, and E. Pisarczyk. Simulation studies of ideal
free distribution and competition
T.W. Knight, D.W. Morris, and R.L. Haedrich. Inferring competitive
behavior from population census and habitat data
G. Blouin-Demers and P.J. Weatherhead. Habitat use is linked to
components of fitness through the temperature-dependence of
performance in ratsnakes (Elaphe obsoleta)
V. China, B.P. Kotler, N. Shefer, J.S. Brown, and Z. Abramsky. Density-
dependent habitat and patch use in gerbils: Consequences of safety in
numbers?
IMPLICATIONS
C.L. Aldridge and M.S. Boyce. Accounting for fitness: Combining
survival and selection when assessing wild-life–habitat relationships
A.H. Hirzel. Using relative capacity to measure habitat suitability
D.W. Howerter, J.J. Rotella, M.G. Anderson, L.M. Armstrong, and J.H.
Devries. Mallard nest-site selection in an altered environment:
Predictions and patterns
N. Jonzén Habitat selection: Implications for monitoring, management,
and conservation
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If you wish to learn more about this journal and other special
issues: http://israelsciencejournals.com/eco.htm
Leon Blaustein
Community Ecology Laboratory
Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and
Environmental Biology
Faculty of Sciences
University of Haifa, Haifa 31905 Israel
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