Behavioural responses to a changing world : mechanisms and consequences /

Human-induced environmental change currently represents the single greatest threat to global biodiversity. Species are typically adapted to the local environmental conditions in which they have evolved. Changes in environmental conditions initially influence behaviour, which in turn affects species...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Candolin, Ulrika (Editor ), Wong, Bob B. M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edición:First editon.
Temas:
Animal behavior.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Animals > Adaptation.
Environmental psychology.
Homme > Influence sur la nature.
Animaux > Adaptation.
Psychologie de l'environnement.
environmental psychology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Understanding behavioural responses and their consequences / Andrés López-Sepulcre and Hanna Kokko
  • Environmental disturbance and animal communication / Gil G. Rosenthal and Devi Stuart-Fox
  • Endocrine system: can homeostasis be maintained in a changing world? / Katherine L. Buchanan and Jesko Partecke
  • Experience and learning in changing environments / Culum Brown
  • Dispersal / Alexis S. Chaine and Jean Clobert
  • Migration / Phillip Gienapp
  • Foraging / Ronald C. Ydenberg and Herbert H.T. Prins
  • Reproductive behavior / Anders Pape Moeller
  • Social behaviour / Daniel T. Blumstein
  • Species interaction / Shelley E.R. Hoover and Jason M. Tylianakis
  • Behavioural plasticity and environmental change / Josh Van Buskirk
  • Population consequences of individual variation in behaviour / Fanie Pelletier and Dany Garant
  • Ecosystem consequences of behavioural plasticity and contemporary evolution / Eric P. Palkovacs and Christopher M. Dalton
  • The role of behavioural variation in the invasion of new areas / Ben L. Phillips and Andrew V. Suarez
  • Sexual selection in changing environments: consequences for individuals and populations / Ulrika Candolin and Bob Wong
  • Evolutionary rescue under environmental change? / Rowan D.H. Barrett and Andrew P. Hendry
  • Ecotourism, wildlife management, and behavioural biologists: changing minds for conservation / Richard Buchholz and Edward M. Hanlon.

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