While the mechanistic links between animal movement and population dynamics are
ecologically obvious, it is much less clear when knowledge of animal movement is a …

Carrying capacity encompasses a broad collection of approaches used to better understand
biotic interactions in ecosystems and is often applied with no explicit regard to its historical …

Birds of prey have been, in comparison to other avian groups, an uncommon study model,
mainly due to the limitations imposed by their conservative life strategy (low population …

Fleas are one of the most interesting and fascinating taxa of ectoparasites. All species in this
relatively small order are obligatory haematophagous (blood-feeding) parasites of higher …

1. There is a clear need to increase our ability to predict the consequences of environmental
change. The seven main approaches that are currently used are: extrapolation, experiments …

The main objective of many conservation programs is to increase population size by
improving a species' survival and reproduction. However, density dependence of …

Over the past 40 years, the study of animal populations has shifted from a relatively simple
science that assumed the most crucial regulating mechanisms were the intrinsic properties …

Explaining the “prior-residence effect”(automatic owner status of individuals who arrived first
in an area) was one of the very first applications of game theory in animal behavior. These …

Calls to understand the links between ecology and evolution have been common for
decades. Population dynamics, ie the demographic changes in populations, arise from life …

Spatial patterns are essential for examining the sustainability derived from land systems.
Constructing spatial patterns for sustainable land development is now high on the global …