Predicting the dynamics of animal behaviour in field populations

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-110

  Henson, Shandelle M ^a   Dennis, Brian ^b   Hayward, James L ^a   Cushing, J M ^c   Galusha, Joseph G ^d  

^a ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Walla Walla College   (United States)

Author keywords

colony occupancy; differential equation; dynamic modelling; glaucous winged gull; habitat ecology; Larus glaucescens; mathematical modelling; sleep; territory attendance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COLONY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD; SLEEP; TERRITORY;

ANIMALIA; LARUS GLAUCESCENS;

EID: 34347269222     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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