Abstract. Understanding habitat quality for birds is crucial for ecologists and managers, but
few papers have explored the advantages and disadvantages of different ways to measure …

We argue that population growth rate is the key unifying variable linking the various facets of
population ecology. The importance of population growth rate lies partly in its central role in …

We offer suggestions to avoid misuse of information-theoretic methods in wildlife laboratory
and field studies. Our suggestions relate to basic science issues and the need to ask deeper …

Summary 1 Resource selection estimated by logistic regression is used increasingly in
studies to identify critical resources for animal populations and to predict species …

Recent declines in numbers and juvenile recruitment in many elk (Cervus elaphus) herds in
the western US has sparked interest in factors that may cause these declines. Inadequate …

Degradation, fragmentation, and loss of native sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) landscapes have
imperiled these habitats and their associated avifauna. Historically, this vast piece of the …

The term “habitat restoration” appears frequently in conservation and landscape
management documents but is often poorly articulated. There is a need to move to a clearer …

Multi‐scale resource selection modeling is used to identify factors that limit species
distributions across scales of space and time. This multi‐scale nature of habitat suitability …

Detailed empirical models predicting both species occurrence and fitness across a
landscape are necessary to understand processes related to population persistence. Failure …

It has been suggested that patterns of habitat selection of animals across spatial scales
should reflect the factors limiting individual fitness in a hierarchical fashion. Animals should …