Cover -- Half-title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Statistical analysis in behavioral ecology -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Specifying the population -- Superpopulations -- 1.3 Inferences about the population -- Objectives -- Definitions -- Measures of error -- 1.4 Extrapolation to other populations -- 1.5 Summary -- 2 Estimation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Notation and definitions -- 2.3 Distributions of discrete random variables -- 2.4 Expected value -- Rules -- 2.5 Variance and covariance -- 2.6 Standard deviation and standard error -- 2.7 Estimated standard errors -- 2.8 Estimating variability in a population -- 2.9 More on expected value -- 2.10 Linear transformations -- 2.11 The Taylor series approximation -- Examples -- 2.12 Maximum likelihood estimation -- Standard errors -- 2.13 Summary -- 3 Tests and confidence intervals -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Statistical tests -- Interpretation of significance -- Two-sample tests -- Additional issues -- Degrees of freedom -- One-and two-tailed tests -- 3.3. Confidence intervals -- Utility -- Relationship to hypothesis tests -- Ratio of two random variables -- 3.4 Sample size requirements and power -- Calculating power after the data have been collected -- 3.5 Parametric tests for one and two samples -- Single estimate -- Two independent estimates -- Paired data -- Partially paired data -- Performance when assumptions are not met -- 3.6 Nonparametric tests for one or two samples -- 3.7 Tests for more than two samples -- 3.8 Summary -- 4 Survey sampling methods -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Overview -- 4.3 The finite population correction -- 4.4 Sample selection methods -- Simple random sampling -- Nonrandom sampling -- Systematic sampling -- Selection with unequal probabilities -- 4.5 Multistage sampling -- Sample selection methods.

Weighting of estimates from primary units -- Equally weighted primary units -- Unequally weighted primary units -- Problems caused by having too few primary units -- Alternative definitions of the population -- 4.6 Stratified sampling -- Estimation -- Construction of strata -- Use in behavioral ecology -- Poststratification -- Estimated stratum sizes -- 4.7 Comparison of the methods -- 4.8 Additional methods -- Ratio and regression estimators -- Visual estimates -- 4.9 Notation for complex designs -- 4.10 Nonrandom sampling in complex designs -- 4.11 Summary -- 5 Regression -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Scatterplots and correlation -- 5.3 Simple linear regression -- Formal models -- Inference -- Examining assumptions -- 5.4 Multiple regression -- Formal models -- Inference and interpretation -- Partial correlation -- Examining assumptions -- Categorical variables -- Stepwise regression -- 5.5 Regression with multistage sampling -- 5.6 Summary -- 6 Pseudoreplication -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Power versus generality -- 6.3 Fish, fish tanks, and fish trials -- 6.4 The great playback debate -- 6.5 Causal inferences with unreplicated treatments -- 6.6 Summary -- 7 Sampling behavior -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Defining behaviors and bouts -- 7.3 Allocation of effort -- 7.4 Obtaining the data -- 7.5 Analysis -- 7.6 Summary -- 8 Monitoring abundance -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Defining 'the trend' -- 8.3 Estimating standard errors -- 8.4 Outliers and missing data -- 8.5 Index methods -- 8.6 Pseudoreplication -- 8.7 Summary -- 9 Capture-recapture methods -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Rationale -- 9.3 Capture histories and models -- 9.4 Model selection -- 9.5 Closed population models -- 9.6 Open population models -- SURGE -- Other parameters -- 9.7 Summary -- 10 Estimating survivorship -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Telemetry studies -- 10.3 Nesting success.

10.4 Summary -- 11 Resource selection -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Population units and parameters -- Proportion of type i units that are used… -- Proportion of units used… -- Proportion of the population comprising each type… -- Proportion used/proportion available… -- Other parameters -- Defining availability -- 11.3 Several animals -- 11.4 Multivariate definition of resources -- 11.5 Summary -- 12 Other statistical methods -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Adaptive sampling -- 12.3 Line transect sampling -- 12.4 Path analysis -- 12.5 Sequential analysis -- 12.6 Community analysis -- 12.7 Summary -- Appendix One Frequently used statistical methods -- Appendix Two Statistical tables -- Appendix Three Notes for Appendix One -- Box 3 -- Box 5 -- Box 6 -- Hypothesis tests -- Box 7 -- Box 8 -- Box 10 -- References -- Index.