Integrating animal behavior and conservation biology: A conceptual framework

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 236-239

  Berger Tal, Oded ^a   Polak, Tal ^a   Oron, Aya ^a   Lubin, Yael ^a   Kotler, Burt P ^a   Saltz, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

adaptive behavior; behavior based management; behavioral indicators; conceptual model; conservation behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PARADIGM SHIFT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79953867192     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq224     Document Type: Article

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