Mammalogy

  1. Ecology and Biogeography
    1. Population Ecology
      1. Population Growth
        1. Exponential Growth
          1. Intrinsic Rate of Increase
            1. J-Shaped Curves
            2. Logistic Growth
              1. Carrying Capacity
                1. S-Shaped Curves
                2. Population Fluctuations
                  1. Cycles and Oscillations
                    1. Boom-Bust Dynamics
                  2. Population Regulation
                    1. Density-Dependent Factors
                      1. Competition
                        1. Predation
                          1. Disease
                            1. Parasitism
                            2. Density-Independent Factors
                              1. Weather
                                1. Natural Disasters
                                  1. Habitat Destruction
                                2. Population Density
                                  1. Measurement Methods
                                    1. Direct Counts
                                      1. Indirect Estimates
                                        1. Mark-Recapture
                                        2. Influencing Factors
                                          1. Resource Availability
                                            1. Habitat Quality
                                              1. Predation Pressure
                                            2. Demographics
                                              1. Age Structure
                                                1. Age Pyramids
                                                  1. Cohort Analysis
                                                  2. Sex Ratios
                                                    1. Primary Sex Ratio
                                                      1. Secondary Sex Ratio
                                                        1. Operational Sex Ratio
                                                        2. Survivorship Curves
                                                          1. Type I Curves
                                                            1. Type II Curves
                                                              1. Type III Curves
                                                          2. Community Ecology
                                                            1. Interspecific Competition
                                                              1. Resource Partitioning
                                                                1. Spatial Partitioning
                                                                  1. Temporal Partitioning
                                                                    1. Dietary Partitioning
                                                                    2. Competitive Exclusion
                                                                      1. Gause's Principle
                                                                        1. Niche Overlap
                                                                        2. Character Displacement
                                                                          1. Morphological Shifts
                                                                            1. Behavioral Shifts
                                                                          2. Predator-Prey Dynamics
                                                                            1. Functional Responses
                                                                              1. Type I Response
                                                                                1. Type II Response
                                                                                  1. Type III Response
                                                                                  2. Numerical Responses
                                                                                    1. Population Changes
                                                                                      1. Aggregative Responses
                                                                                      2. Predator-Prey Cycles
                                                                                        1. Lotka-Volterra Models
                                                                                          1. Time Lags
                                                                                        2. Symbiotic Relationships
                                                                                          1. Mutualism
                                                                                            1. Obligate Mutualism
                                                                                              1. Facultative Mutualism
                                                                                              2. Commensalism
                                                                                                1. One-Sided Benefits
                                                                                                  1. Neutral Effects
                                                                                                  2. Parasitism
                                                                                                    1. Ectoparasites
                                                                                                      1. Endoparasites
                                                                                                        1. Host-Parasite Coevolution
                                                                                                      2. Keystone Species
                                                                                                        1. Ecological Impact
                                                                                                          1. Disproportionate Effects
                                                                                                            1. Community Structure
                                                                                                            2. Examples in Mammals
                                                                                                              1. Large Herbivores
                                                                                                                1. Top Predators
                                                                                                            3. Habitat and Niche
                                                                                                              1. Habitat Selection
                                                                                                                1. Microhabitat Preferences
                                                                                                                  1. Vegetation Structure
                                                                                                                    1. Substrate Type
                                                                                                                      1. Microclimatic Conditions
                                                                                                                      2. Habitat Suitability
                                                                                                                        1. Resource Availability
                                                                                                                          1. Predation Risk
                                                                                                                            1. Competition Levels
                                                                                                                          2. Habitat Use
                                                                                                                            1. Temporal Variation
                                                                                                                              1. Seasonal Changes
                                                                                                                                1. Daily Patterns
                                                                                                                                2. Resource Availability
                                                                                                                                  1. Food Resources
                                                                                                                                    1. Water Sources
                                                                                                                                      1. Shelter Sites
                                                                                                                                    2. Niche Partitioning
                                                                                                                                      1. Spatial Partitioning
                                                                                                                                        1. Vertical Stratification
                                                                                                                                          1. Horizontal Segregation
                                                                                                                                          2. Dietary Partitioning
                                                                                                                                            1. Food Type Specialization
                                                                                                                                              1. Foraging Method Differences
                                                                                                                                              2. Temporal Partitioning
                                                                                                                                                1. Activity Time Separation
                                                                                                                                                  1. Seasonal Differences
                                                                                                                                              3. Biogeography
                                                                                                                                                1. Historical Biogeography
                                                                                                                                                  1. Dispersal Events
                                                                                                                                                    1. Active Dispersal
                                                                                                                                                      1. Passive Dispersal
                                                                                                                                                        1. Jump Dispersal
                                                                                                                                                        2. Vicariance
                                                                                                                                                          1. Geographic Barriers
                                                                                                                                                            1. Continental Drift
                                                                                                                                                              1. Climate Change
                                                                                                                                                            2. Patterns of Mammalian Distribution
                                                                                                                                                              1. Continental Patterns
                                                                                                                                                                1. Latitudinal Gradients
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Altitudinal Gradients
                                                                                                                                                                  2. Endemic Species
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Geographic Isolation
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Adaptive Radiation
                                                                                                                                                                    2. Faunal Regions
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Nearctic
                                                                                                                                                                        1. North American Fauna
                                                                                                                                                                          1. Characteristic Species
                                                                                                                                                                          2. Neotropical
                                                                                                                                                                            1. Central and South American Fauna
                                                                                                                                                                              1. High Diversity
                                                                                                                                                                              2. Palearctic
                                                                                                                                                                                1. Eurasian Fauna
                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Temperate Adaptations
                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Afrotropical
                                                                                                                                                                                    1. African Fauna
                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Savanna Specialists
                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Indomalayan
                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Southeast Asian Fauna
                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Tropical Diversity
                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Australasian
                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Australian and New Guinea Fauna
                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Marsupial Dominance
                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Island Biogeography
                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Species-Area Relationships
                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Island Size Effects
                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Habitat Diversity
                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Endemism
                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Isolation Effects
                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Adaptive Radiation
                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Extinction and Colonization Dynamics
                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Turnover Rates
                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Equilibrium Theory

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