Abstract

The purpose of this study is to quantify the importance of turbulent kinetic energy, strain, water velocity, fish depth, and fish distance to wood to the decision making process of overwintering coho salmon during habitat selection. Although many studies have evaluated this habitat selection of salmon, few have included hydraulic variables in the equation, while recent research indicates that t...

Recovery of large carnivores remains a challenge because complex spatial dynamics that facilitate population persistence are poorly understood. In particular, recovery of the critically endangered red wolf (Canis rufus) has been challenging because of its vulnerability to extinction via human-caused mortality and hybridization with coyotes (Canis latrans). Therefore, understanding red wolf spac...

March 27, 2015 Version 1.8.17 Date 2015-03-27 Title Analysis of Habitat Selection by Animals Author Clement Calenge, contributions from Mathieu Basille, Stephane Dray and Scott Fortmann-Roe Maintainer Clement Calenge Depends R (>= 2.10.0), ade4, tkrplot, shapefiles, sp, graphics Suggests spatstat, MASS, CircStats Description A collection of tools for the analysis...

Both sexual selection and natural selection can influence the form of dimorphism in secondary sexual traits. Here, we used a comparative approach to examine the relative roles of sexual selection and natural selection in the evolution of sexually dimorphic coloration (dichromatism) and ornamentation in agamid lizards. Sexual dimorphism in head and body size were used as indirect indicators of s...