Ecological Monographs articles

Recent articles from Ecological Monographs

FORAGING ECOLOGY OF NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS.
August 1, 2000... Abstract. Sexual segregation in foraging is predicted from the great size disparity of male and female northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris. Our aim was to test this prediction by measuring diving and foraging behavior, foraging locations, and distribution of the sexes during...

THE INTERACTION OF HABITAT FRAGMENTATION, PLANT, AND SMALL MAMMAL SUCCESSION IN AN OLD FIELD.
August 1, 2000... E. WILLIAM SCHWEIGER [1,4] JAMES E. DIFFENDORFER [2] ROBERT D. HOLT [1] RAYMOND PIEROTTI [1] MICHAEL S. GAINES [3] Abstract. We compared the density and spatial distribution of four small mammal species (Microtus ochrogaster, Peromyscus maniculatus, Sigmodon hispidus,...

CORRIDORS AND MAMMAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ACROSS A FRAGMENTED, OLD-GROWTH FOREST LANDSCAPE.
August 1, 2000... DAVID R. PERAULT [1,3] MARK V. LOMOLINO [1,2] Abstract. We studied the influence of corridors on the community structure of old-growth forest mammals across a fragmented ecosystem, the Olympic National Forest, Washington, USA. This region of once contiguous forest has been...

LANDSCAPE-SCALE DISTURBANCES AND CHANGES IN BIRD COMMUNITIES OF BOREAL MIXED-WOOD FORESTS.
August 1, 2000... PIERRE DRAPEAU [1] ALAIN LEDUC [1] JEAN-FRANCOIS GIROUX [1] JEAN-PIERRE L. SAVARD [2] YVES BERGERON [1] WILLIAM L. VICKERY [1] Abstract. Bird community response to both landscape-scale and local (forest types) changes in forest cover was studied in three boreal...

A VITALITY-BASED MODEL RELATING STRESSORS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROPERTIES TO ORGANISM SURVIVAL.
August 1, 2000... JAMES J. ANDERSON [1] Abstract. A survivorship curve is shaped by the differential survivability of the organisms within the population, and a change in a survivorship curve with a stressor reflects the differential response of the organisms to the stressor. Quantifying this linkage in a...