Behavioral bases of habitat selection in birds and mammals of the boreal forest

北方森林鸟类和哺乳动物栖息地选择的行为基础

• 批准号: 170173-2008
• 负责人: Desrochers, André
• 金额: $ 2.51万
• 依托单位: Université Laval
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2011-01-01 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=476196
• 关键词: Behavioral; bases; habitat; selection; birds

Recent theoretical and technological advances have led to rapid progress in the fields of Landscape Ecology and Behavioral Ecology. My research integrates those two fields of research and is right at their frontier, where new ideas are developed and scrutinized. My lab has been interested in behavioral processes that may explain why forest birds, and increasingly, mammals, occur where they do in boreal forest landscapes. What makes certain birds avoid small and isolated forest patches surrounded by clearcuts? Is it mostly because they have difficulty reaching those habitats in the first place, or simply because those habitats are of poor quality?

最近的理论和技术进步导致景观生态学和行为生态学领域的快速发展。我的研究整合了这两个研究领域，并处于它们的前沿，在那里新的想法被开发和审查。我的实验室一直对行为过程感兴趣，这可以解释为什么森林鸟类，以及越来越多的哺乳动物，出现在北方森林景观中。是什么让某些鸟类避开被皆伐地包围的小而孤立的森林？这主要是因为它们很难到达那些栖息地，还是仅仅因为那些栖息地的质量很差？