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As science, ecology is often accused of being weak because of its basic lack of predictive power (Peters 1991) and the many ecological concepts judged vague or tautological (Shrader-Frechette and McCoy 1993). Also, important paradigms that dominated the ecological scene for years have been discarded in favor of new concepts and theories that swamp the most recent ecological literature (., the abandoning of the island biogeography theory in favor of the metapopulations theory; Hanski and Simberloff 1997). The apparent ease with which such changes seem to be accepted could be taken as an intrinsic weakness of ecological disciplines; in fact, many ecologists seem to have an inferiority complex with. | Research Techniques in Animal Ecology Methods and Cases in Conservation Science Mary C. Pearl Editor Methods and Cases in Conservation Science Tropical Deforestation Small Farmers and Land Clearing in the Ecuadorian Amazon Thomas K. Rudel and Bruce Horowitz Bison Mating and Conservation in Small Populations Joel Berger and Carol Cunningham Population Management for Survival and Recovery Analytical Methods and Strategies in Small Population Conservation Jonathan D. Ballou Michael Gilpin and Thomas J. Foose Conserving Wildlife International Education and Communication Approaches Susan K. Jacobson Remote Sensing Imagery for Natural Resources Management A First Time User s Guide David S. Wilkie and John T. Finn At the End of the Rainbowl Gold Land and People in the Brazilian Amazon Gordon MacMillan Perspectives in Biological Diversity Series Conserving Natural Value Holmes Rolston III Series Editor Mary C. Pearl Series Advisers Christine Padoch and Douglas Daly Research Techniques in Animal Ecology Controversies and Consequences Luigi Boitani and Todd K. Fuller Editors kC COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW .