Describing distribution and abundance is requisite to exploring interactions between
organisms and their environment. Recently, the resource selection function (RSF) has …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews how the question of animal distributions has been
approached from the point of view of individual behavior. The basis for much of the work on …

Opinions differ on the empirical success of the Ideal Free Distribution. The Ideal Free model
predicts that the distribution of organisms between resource sites should match the …

1. Theoretical arguments suggest that distributions of migratory birds in winter should match
patterns of food availability, but in reality the match between migrants and their food may be …

This paper describes the feeding behaviour and foraging strategy of the sibling mouse-
eared bat speciesMyotis myotisandM. blythiiunder natural conditions. In the Swiss Alps, the …

In clonal plants, genetically identical ramets arise from a common stolon or rhizome.
Anatomical connection often allows physiological integration, the translocation of resources …

The struggle for existence occurs through the vital rates of population growth. This basic fact
demonstrates the tight connection between ecology and evolution that defines the emerging …

Habitat-selection theory can be applied to solve numerous problems in the conservation and
management of wildlife. Many of the solutions involve the use of habitat isodars, graphs of …

The producer-scrounger paradigm applies to an array of interactions influencing the
economics of sociality; we apply the concept to group foraging. Producers generate …

Understanding how animals make decisions is a fundamental question in behavioral
ecology which has cascading effects on how animals respond to environmental variation. An …