Following Darwin's original insights regarding sexual selection, studies of intrasexual
competition have mainly focused on male competition for mates; by contrast, female …

▪ Abstract Intraspecific variation in territory size and shape can have strong effects on
population structure and dynamics. The traditional theoretical approach to the study of …

Current methods for evaluating habitat selection from animal space‐use observations ignore
possible interactions between time allocation patterns relative to different resources, their …

Ecology is characterized by a rapidly growing complexity and diversity of facts, aspects,
examples, and observations. What is badly needed is the development of common patterns …

We reviewed papers that compared intraspecific variation in territoriality vs. alternative forms
of spatial or behavioral organization with three goals:(1) to discover which ecological …

Recent research on space use and social behavior of small mammals has revealed
pronounced differences in the degree of territoriality between species and between sexes …

Both species and populations within species display variation in spacing patterns, and the
number of published reports documenting this variation is increasing rapidly. The potential …

In microtine rodents, formation of communal groups often is associated with environmental
stresses of winter or high population density. Social organization of the prairie vole (Microtus …

Statistical models of environment‐abundance relationships may be influenced by spatial
autocorrelation in abundance, environmental variables, or both. Failure to account for spatial …

Home ranges of animals are associated with the spatial distribution of limiting resources on
a landscape, yet no mechanistic models representing this relationship exist. We present …