Towards a behavioral ecology of ecological landscapes.

نویسندگان

  • S L Lima
  • P A Zollner
چکیده

Recent developments in landscape-level ecological modeling rest upon poorly understood behavioral phenomena. Surprisingly, these phenomena include animal movement and habitat selection, two areas with a long history of study in behavioral ecology. A major problem in applying traditional behavioral ecology to landscape-level ecological problems is that ecologists and behaviorists work at very different spatial scales. Thus a behavioral ecology of ecological landscapes would strive to overcome this inopportune differential in spatial scales. Such a landscape-conscious behavioral undertaking would not only establish more firmly the link between behavior and ecological systems, but also catalyze the study of basic biological phenomena of Interest to behaviorists and ecologists alike.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Trends in ecology & evolution

دوره 11 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1996