Geographic range size is often conceptualized as a fixed attribute of a species and treated as such for the purposes of quantification of extinction risk; species occupying smaller geographic ranges are assumed to have a higher risk of extinction, all else being equal. However many species are mobile, and their movements range from relatively predictable to-and-fro migrations to complex irregul...

Digital nomads (DNs) are independent professionals who rely heavily on digital media and communications, not bound to the constraints imposed by traditional organizations, prioritize variables such as cheaper living costs when deciding where live. Communication technologies enable emergence of this lifestyle that is characterized high mobility, self-efficacy, location-independent resource-shari...

– The aim of this paper is the presentation of an approach of firms-territories relationships in terms of firms' nomadism and territorial anchorage of technological and industrial activities. Such an approach is founded on the necessity to overcome the “volatile” firm's level of analysis, in which firm's mobility is investigated from the sole point of view of the leaven location. On the contrar...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Globally, children aged under five years are prone to malnutrition. Maasai are a nomadic community in Kenya still upholding traditional and has a high rate of child undernutrition. Consideration of cultural practices is a pre-condition for ensuring appropriate dietary practices. However, information on the influence of culture on dietary practices among Maasai children...

BACKGROUND Because empirical studies of animal movement are most-often site- and species-specific, we lack understanding of the level of consistency in movement patterns across diverse taxa, as well as a framework for quantitatively classifying movement patterns. We aim to address this gap by determining the extent to which statistical signatures of animal movement patterns recur across ecologi...

BACKGROUND Accurate predictions of species distributions are essential for climate change impact assessments. However the standard practice of using long-term climate averages to train species distribution models might mute important temporal patterns of species distribution. The benefit of using temporally explicit weather and distribution data has not been assessed. We hypothesized that short...

Abstract Migrating animals occur along a continuum from species that spend the nonbreeding season at fixed location to are nomadic during season, essentially continuously moving. Such variation is likely driven by economics of territoriality or heterogeneity in environment. The Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) known for its complex seasonal movements, and thus an excellent model test these ideas, as...

The nomos of the post-city forms specific phenomenologies spatial development that go beyond classical interpretations concepts biosphere and noosphere. ontology planetarity is based on “inclusiveness” any planetary object due to its localization, determined both by conditions co-spatiality planet within intelligible explored cosmos. Post-urban co–spatialities are ontological “base” for emergen...

Pig domestication and management strategy has been increasingly discussed in recent years, focusing on the temporal-spatial differences of pig strategies. The East Liao River Basin with diverse ecosystems, cultural exchanges, collisions plays an important role development, exchange, integration processes between Northeast China Central Plains. Multiple studies have revealed that various forms s...

Title of Document: ANIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS AND MOVEMENT BEHAVIORS IN RELATION TO RESOURCE DYNAMICS Thomas Mueller, Ph.D., 2008 Directed By: Professor William F. Fagan Department of Biology Animal movements, whether spatially constrained or spread across broad spatial scales, are often motivated by a need for resources. This thesis seeks to explore the role spatial and temporal resource dynamics ma...