Disturbance and habitat use: Is edge more important than area?
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The effects of habitat disturbance on foraging behavior are evaluated by imagining an initially homogeneous environment that is altered to create patches of different sizes. The adaptive behaviors affect the dynamics of populations, the structure of communities and patterns of distribution of landscapes, therefore behaviorally-mediated trophic interactions with plant communities might alter the landscape itself and thereby feedback onto evolution of the vole niche.
Publication Name: Oikos
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0030-1299
Year: 2006
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Reciprocating dispersal by habitat-selecting white-footed mice
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Reciprocating dispersal by habitat-selecting white-footed mice is examined. The results support a conditional dispersal strategy linked to a density-dependent habitat selection, but also suggest the possibility of multiple coexisting strategies.
Publication Name: Oikos
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0030-1299
Year: 2004
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Dispersal among habitats varying in fitness: Reciprocating migration through ideal habitat selection
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Stochastic simulations and analytical models of reciprocating dispersal demonstrated fitness among habitats. The pattern of dispersal varied and each was consistent with an underlying strategy of density-dependent habitat selection.
Publication Name: Oikos
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0030-1299
Year: 2004
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