Larix 12
laricina 169
Larrea divaricata 17
Larus
argentatus31, 95
fuscus 31
ridibundus95, 177
Lasiorhinus
krefftii 35
latifrons 57
lechwe 53, 97– 8
Lefkovitch matrix 247
lemming 16, 51
Lemmus 16
Leontopithecus rosalia 330
leopard 169, 315
snow 16
Lepomis macrochirus 69
Lepus
americanus12, 109, 368, 377
arcticus 16
californicus 156
europaeus187, 191
timidus 190
Leslie matrix 244, 245–6
life history traits 19
life table 84 – 8, 115
direct 84 –5
indirect 85 –7
parameters 87– 8
relationship between parameters 87
life-table estimation 84 –7
African buffalo 86 –7
assumptions 87
caribou 85 – 6
direct methods 84
indirect methods 85 –7
likelihood 256 –64
maximum 258
model 263
negative log- 257 –62
profile 258
limitation 111
limiting factor 112
linnet 143
lion 34, 39, 40, 84, 173, 176, 296, 309,
371, 373
harvesting of 309
Litocranius walleri17, 52
liver fluke 192, 195
Lobelia 17
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loggerhead sea turtle 248, 250 –1
logistic model 348
Gompertz 261
Ricker 257
theta- 259 – 60, 263
logistic population growth model 121–2,
336
longclaw, yellow-throated 22
louping ill virus 192
Loxia curvirostra 40
Loxodonta africana81, 188, 220
Loxops 152
Lutra lutra 54
lx 82
Lycaon pictus91, 188, 191, 369
Lycodon aulicus 360
Lyme disease 187
lynx
Canadian 12, 214
Iberian 367
Lynx canadensis 12Macaca radiata 192
Macquarie Island 306
Macronyx croceus 22
macroparasites 179
Macropus
greyi 315
robustus161, 330
rufus17, 97
Macrozamia 14
Madoqua kirkii52, 373
magpie, black-billed 175
mahogany tree 352
major histocompatibility complex 29
malaria 190, 192
avian 321
Malthus, Thomas 88
mammoth 25
Mammut americanum 12
Mammuthus
columbi 25
primigenius 25
manakin, long-tailed 28
manatee 18
Manorina
melanocephala 383
melanophrys 369
maple 13
Margarops fuscatus 193
marginal value theorem 67
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