Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-555) and index.
Social systems and status -- Habitat and density regulation -- Territorial behaviour and density limitation -- Density-dependence -- Habitat fragments and metapopulations -- Food-supply -- Nest-sites -- Predation -- Parasites and pathogens -- Weather -- Inter-specific competition -- Interactions between different limiting factors -- Hunting and pest control -- Pesticides and pollutants -- Extinction.