In The Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, John L. Hoogland draws on sixteen years of research at
Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, in the United States to provide this account of …

According to classical exploitation theory, an increase of primary productivity should result in
increased herbivore grazing pressure, thus maintaining a low plant standing crop. However …

In systems ranging from lakes and woodlands to coral reefs, the long-term ecosystem state
may often be determined largely by rare extreme events such as wet ENSO years, droughts …

Individuals of social and partially social species typically reduce their vigilance activity when
foraging in groups. As a result, per capita risk of predation decreases and individuals …

A number of studies demonstrate that plant cover provides prey animals with refuges to
decrease vulnerability to predators. However, others suggest plant cover to visually obstruct …

Trade-offs between foraging and predator avoidance may affect an animal's survival and
reproduction. These trade-offs may be influenced by differences in vegetative cover …

The activity budget of an individual is the allocation of time to all its activities, and is
expected to vary in response to both internal and environmental factors that influence its …

Patterns of activity and influences on these patterns were examined in a population of nine-
banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) from northern Florida, using records of …

Food acquisition is among the most important tasks faced by free-ranging animals.
Predation and thermal risks, however, can make foraging a costly endeavor and foraging …

Plant community structure is often the result of interactions between succession,
disturbance, and dispersal. While some disturbances may be highly stochastic (eg, flooding …