Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

  1. Habitat Ecology and Requirements
    1. Habitat Definition and Components
      1. Habitat vs. Environment
        1. Essential Habitat Elements
          1. Food Resources
            1. Water Sources
              1. Shelter and Cover
                1. Space Requirements
                2. Habitat Scales
                  1. Microhabitat Features
                    1. Macrohabitat Characteristics
                      1. Landscape Context
                    2. Habitat Selection Processes
                      1. Habitat Preference vs. Use
                        1. Selection Hierarchies
                          1. Geographic Range Selection
                            1. Home Range Selection
                              1. Patch Selection
                                1. Food Item Selection
                                2. Habitat Cues and Assessment
                                  1. Environmental Cues
                                    1. Conspecific Cues
                                      1. Habitat Quality Indicators
                                    2. Habitat Quality Assessment
                                      1. Quality Indicators
                                        1. Reproductive Success
                                          1. Survival Rates
                                            1. Body Condition
                                              1. Population Density
                                              2. Habitat Suitability Models
                                                1. Species Distribution Models
                                                  1. Resource Selection Functions
                                                    1. Habitat Suitability Index
                                                    2. Carrying Capacity Estimation
                                                      1. Biological Carrying Capacity
                                                        1. Cultural Carrying Capacity
                                                      2. Critical Habitat Types
                                                        1. Breeding Habitats
                                                          1. Nesting Sites
                                                            1. Courtship Areas
                                                              1. Nursery Habitats
                                                              2. Foraging Habitats
                                                                1. Feeding Areas
                                                                  1. Hunting Grounds
                                                                    1. Resource Patches
                                                                    2. Shelter Habitats
                                                                      1. Roosting Sites
                                                                        1. Denning Areas
                                                                          1. Thermal Refugia
                                                                          2. Movement Corridors
                                                                            1. Migration Routes
                                                                              1. Dispersal Pathways
                                                                                1. Daily Movement Corridors
                                                                              2. Landscape Ecology Principles
                                                                                1. Landscape Structure
                                                                                  1. Patch Characteristics
                                                                                    1. Matrix Properties
                                                                                      1. Corridor Networks
                                                                                      2. Edge Effects
                                                                                        1. Edge Creation
                                                                                          1. Edge Species vs. Interior Species
                                                                                            1. Edge Influence Distance
                                                                                            2. Habitat Fragmentation
                                                                                              1. Fragmentation Processes
                                                                                                1. Fragment Size Effects
                                                                                                  1. Isolation Effects
                                                                                                  2. Landscape Connectivity
                                                                                                    1. Structural Connectivity
                                                                                                      1. Functional Connectivity
                                                                                                        1. Connectivity Metrics

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                                                                                                    6. Community Ecology and Species Interactions