کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2418441 1104346 2007 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Predicting the dynamics of animal behaviour in field populations
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Predicting the dynamics of animal behaviour in field populations
چکیده انگلیسی

Many species show considerable variation in behaviour among individuals. We show that some behaviours are largely deterministic and predictable with mathematical models. We propose a general differential equation model of behaviour in field populations and use the methodology to explain and predict the dynamics of sleep and colony attendance in seabirds as a function of environmental factors. Our model explained over half the variability in the data to which it was fitted, and it predicted the dynamics of an independent data set. Differential equation models may provide new approaches to the study of behaviour in animals and humans.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Animal Behaviour - Volume 74, Issue 1, July 2007, Pages 103–110
نویسندگان
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