Behavioral ecologists generally agree that animals derive benefits from familiarity with
spaces that they inhabit or visit, yet site familiarity is rudimentary or lacking in most models of …

▪ Abstract Intraspecific variation in territory size and shape can have strong effects on
population structure and dynamics. The traditional theoretical approach to the study of …

Habitat selection is a crucial process in the life cycle of animals because it can affect most
components of fitness. It has been proposed that some animals cue on the reproductive …

Recent insights from habitat selection theory may help conservation managers encourage
released animals to settle in appropriate habitats. By all measures, success rates for captive …

We reviewed papers that compared intraspecific variation in territoriality vs. alternative forms
of spatial or behavioral organization with three goals:(1) to discover which ecological …

Territorial behavior is widespread throughout the animal kingdom, with responses to
conspecific intruders differing depending on various ecological, life history, and social …

Public information (PI), a form of indirect social information, is used by individuals to estimate
the quality of environmental parameters. It can be acquired in two ways. One way is by …

Classical models of breeding habitat selection rarely deal with the question of information
gathering for patch quality assessment. In this paper, we present two models comparing the …

Despite the innumerable ecological problems and large economic costs associated with
biological invasions, the proximate causes of invasion success are often poorly understood …

In international relations, unlike the natural sciences, there are few fundamental principles or
laws. The world map, however, reveals at least one iron law of global politics: human …