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Journal articles on the topic "Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation"

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Chadwick, Elizabeth. "Otters: Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation." Freshwater Biology 53, no. 9 (September 2008): 1914–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.01998.x.

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Herrera, James, and Charles L. Nunn. "Behavioural ecology and infectious disease: implications for conservation of biodiversity." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 374, no. 1781 (July 29, 2019): 20180054. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0054.

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Behaviour underpins interactions among conspecifics and between species, with consequences for the transmission of disease-causing parasites. Because many parasites lead to declines in population size and increased risk of extinction for threatened species, understanding the link between host behaviour and disease transmission is particularly important for conservation management. Here, we consider the intersection of behaviour, ecology and parasite transmission, broadly encompassing micro- and macroparasites. We focus on behaviours that have direct impacts on transmission, as well as the behaviours that result from infection. Given the important role of parasites in host survival and reproduction, the effects of behaviour on parasitism can scale up to population-level processes, thus affecting species conservation. Understanding how conservation and infectious disease control strategies actually affect transmission potential can therefore often only be understood through a behavioural lens. We highlight how behavioural perspectives of disease ecology apply to conservation by reviewing the different ways that behavioural ecology influences parasite transmission and conservation goals. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Linking behaviour to dynamics of populations and communities: application of novel approaches in behavioural ecology to conservation’.

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Tobias, Joseph A., and Alex L. Pigot. "Integrating behaviour and ecology into global biodiversity conservation strategies." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 374, no. 1781 (July 29, 2019): 20190012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0012.

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Insights into animal behaviour play an increasingly central role in species-focused conservation practice. However, progress towards incorporating behaviour into regional or global conservation strategies has been more limited, not least because standardized datasets of behavioural traits are generally lacking at wider taxonomic or spatial scales. Here we make use of the recent expansion of global datasets for birds to assess the prospects for including behavioural traits in systematic conservation priority-setting and monitoring programmes. Using International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List classifications for more than 9500 bird species, we show that the incidence of threat can vary substantially across different behavioural categories, and that some types of behaviour—including particular foraging, mating and migration strategies—are significantly more threatened than others. The link between behavioural traits and extinction risk is partly driven by correlations with well-established geographical and ecological factors (e.g. range size, body mass, human population pressure), but our models also reveal that behaviour modifies the effect of these factors, helping to explain broad-scale patterns of extinction risk. Overall, these results suggest that a multi-species approach at the scale of communities, continents and ecosystems can be used to identify and monitor threatened behaviours, and to flag up cases of latent extinction risk, where threatened status may currently be underestimated. Our findings also highlight the importance of comprehensive standardized descriptive data for ecological and behavioural traits, and point the way towards deeper integration of behaviour into quantitative conservation assessments. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Linking behaviour to dynamics of populations and communities: application of novel approaches in behavioural ecology to conservation’.

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Blumstein, Daniel T., L. Morris Gosling, and William J. Sutherland. "Behaviour and Conservation." Journal of Wildlife Management 65, no. 3 (July 2001): 601. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3803114.

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LIVINGSTONE, BRIAN. "The Chinese Alligator, Ecology, Behaviour, Conservation and Culture." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164, no. 3 (February 28, 2012): 714–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00797.x.

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Elliott, Paul. "Behaviour and Conservation." Biological Conservation 96, no. 2 (December 2000): 260–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3207(00)00052-5.

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Isabirye-Basuta, G. "The Chimpanzees of Budongo Forest: Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation." African Journal of Ecology 45, no. 2 (February 12, 2007): 231–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00746.x.

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Donald, Paul F., Marta De Ponte, Maria J. Pitta Groz, and Roy Taylor. "Status, ecology, behaviour and conservation of Raso Lark Alauda razae." Bird Conservation International 13, no. 1 (March 2003): 13–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959270903003022.

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In October 2001, the world population of Raso Lark Alauda razae, confined to the uninhabited, arid islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands, was estimated at between 128 and 138 birds, of which 61–66% were males. The biased sex ratio was confirmed by standardized observations of randomly selected birds. The male-dominated sex ratio may result from differences in bill morphology and feeding methods. The males spent much time digging for the bulbs of the nutsedge Cyperus bulbosus, whereas females were seen to dig far less frequently. These differences may have been due to significant sexual differences in bill size. Both sexes also took a range of invertebrate prey, particularly lepidopteran larvae. Unpaired males showed differences in behaviour to paired males, particularly with respect to song flight length. Measurement of museum skins suggested significant seasonal changes in bill size, possibly related to changes in diet or feeding methods. Bill sizes in both sexes were highly variable, but significantly more variable in males. Nest predation, almost certainly by a near-endemic gecko, was extremely high, Mayfield estimates suggesting a nest survival rate of less than 5% between the onset of laying and the end of incubation. Cats and dogs were thought to be absent, although analysis of droppings shows that both have been present in the recent past. Analysis of historical data shows a strong correlation between population size and rainfall, and numbers of birds have fallen to extremely low levels during droughts. The conservation of the species is discussed in the light of these findings.

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Stephens, Philip A., and William J. Sutherland. "Consequences of the Allee effect for behaviour, ecology and conservation." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 14, no. 10 (October 1999): 401–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0169-5347(99)01684-5.

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Bro-Jørgensen, Jakob, Daniel W. Franks, and Kristine Meise. "Linking behaviour to dynamics of populations and communities: application of novel approaches in behavioural ecology to conservation." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 374, no. 1781 (July 29, 2019): 20190008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0008.

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The impact of environmental change on the reproduction and survival of wildlife is often behaviourally mediated, placing behavioural ecology in a central position to quantify population- and community-level consequences of anthropogenic threats to biodiversity. This theme issue demonstrates how recent conceptual and methodological advances in the discipline are applied to inform conservation. The issue highlights how the focus in behavioural ecology on understanding variation in behaviour between individuals, rather than just measuring the population mean, is critical to explaining demographic stochasticity and thereby reducing fuzziness of population models. The contributions also show the importance of knowing the mechanisms by which behaviour is achieved, i.e. the role of learning, reasoning and instincts, in order to understand how behaviours change in human-modified environments, where their function is less likely to be adaptive. More recent work has thus abandoned the ‘adaptationist’ paradigm of early behavioural ecology and increasingly measures evolutionary processes directly by quantifying selection gradients and phenotypic plasticity. To support quantitative predictions at the population and community levels, a rich arsenal of modelling techniques has developed, and interdisciplinary approaches show promising prospects for predicting the effectiveness of alternative management options, with the social sciences, movement ecology and epidemiology particularly pertinent. The theme issue furthermore explores the relevance of behaviour for global threat assessment, and practical advice is given as to how behavioural ecologists can augment their conservation impact by carefully selecting and promoting their study systems, and increasing their engagement with local communities, natural resource managers and policy-makers. Its aim to uncover the nuts and bolts of how natural systems work positions behavioural ecology squarely in the heart of conservation biology, where its perspective offers an all-important complement to more descriptive ‘big-picture’ approaches to priority setting. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Linking behaviour to dynamics of populations and communities: application of novel approaches in behavioural ecology to conservation’.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation"

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Stephens, Philip Andrew. "Behaviour based models population dynamics and the conservation of social mammals." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251708.

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Neri-Arboleda, Irene. "Ecology and behaviour of Tarsius syrichta in Bohol, Philipppines : implications for conservation." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2001. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AS/09asn445.pdf.

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Mäki-Petäys, H. (Hannaleena). "Conservation and management of populations in a fragmented forest landscape:behavioural ecology meets population genetics." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2007. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514283482.

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Abstract The effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on the genetic structure and vulnerability of populations strongly depend on the behaviour of a particular species. In this thesis, I examined the effects of forest fragmentation on genetic population structure with the aim of identifying and evaluating the different genetic and behavioural factors important for species conservation and management on different geographical scales. The species studied were the mound building red wood ants Formica lugubris and F. aquilonia, and a lekking bird, the capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus. Habitat loss and fragmentation affected the genetic structure in both wood ants and capercaillie. In general, the effects were related to the time since fragmentation and to the level of habitat loss and isolation from the other existing populations. The loss of genetic diversity due to population fragmentation was less observable than the differences in population structure. The response to habitat fragmentation was further dependent on species characteristics such as dispersal and mating behaviour. Sociality affected the genetic vulnerability of wood ant populations by decreasing gene diversity, increasing inbreeding depression and restricting gene flow between subpopulations. The results on the capercaillie in turn suggested that lekking behaviour restricts dispersal of both sexes, thus elevating the occurrence of inbreeding between individuals. The present study provided important information on species conservation and management in terms of better understanding species' biology and behaviour, as well as increased knowledge concerning the genetic issues that should be taken into account when planning conservation actions. By examining the genetic structure of the species it was possible to clarify the conservation status including the effective population size, the question of origin, and the genetic vulnerability (genetic diversity, inbreeding and inbreeding depression) of the populations and/or species. Overall, the results emphasised the importance of preserving the effective population size and the connectivity of habitat patches when planning species specific management strategies. There were great differences in conservation needs among the species, which should be taken into account especially in local management actions.

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Lea, James Simon Eaton. "Migratory behaviour and spatial dynamics of large sharks and their conservation implications." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/8334.

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Determining the dynamic nature of animal movement has been an important component in a wider understanding of animal population ecology. Generally, this is because temporal change in the density of a population at a specific geographic location is not only a function of births and deaths but also of movements, including migration. The increased availability of remote telemetry and biologging systems in recent years has enabled many studies tracking marine predators, such as turtles, seabirds and marine mammals, but a general understanding of spatial dynamics in large sharks remains less well developed. This is in part due to few studies having achieved sufficiently long-term, multi-year tracks to detect changes in movement behaviour over time. Determining the timing, repeatability and potential motivations for movements of large sharks is necessary to understand the ecological and evolutionary role of such behaviour more generally in marine predators. Furthermore, given global concerns of declining shark populations, a detailed appreciation of shark movements can reveal the extent 6 of overlap with area-focused human activities (e.g. fishing), as well as inform assessments of population trends and spatial management options. In order to demonstrate how shark migratory behaviour and spatial dynamics can vary dramatically depending on the species and location, with subsequent contrasting conservation implications, the present work used longterm, remote telemetry to reveal detailed patterns in shark movement behaviour at two very different geographical scales: broad-scale movements of larger species that encompass ocean basins, versus fine-scale movements of reef-associated species at a remote atoll. First, using satellite telemetry, it was revealed for the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier, that adult males undertake annually repeated, roundtrip migrations of over 7,500 km in the northwest Atlantic. Second, acoustic telemetry was used to determine the fine-scale spatial dynamics of a multispecies shark assemblage at a small, remote atoll in the Seychelles, Indian Ocean, where a number of species displayed perennial residency. While the fine-scale movements of reef sharks in the Seychelles suggest an MPA of moderate size may be an effective management option, the long-distance migrations of the tiger sharks in the Atlantic reveal that conservation efforts targeting them must account for dynamic fisheries interactions over large geographical scales, potentially requiring time-area closures to be effective. Examining the long-term movement behaviour of different shark species over contrasting geographical scales has emphasised the importance of understanding spatial dynamics when informing management decisions, and has contributed to a wider understanding of the population ecology of these species.

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Santori, Claudia. "Ecology, behaviour and citizen science of Murray River turtles: implications for future conservation and management." Thesis, University of Sydney, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/22964.

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Two of the three turtle species inhabiting the Murray River, Emydura macquarii and Chelodina longicollis, have declined since the 1970s, whilst C. expansa is rare. As much of the ecology of these turtles and their threats are poorly understood, a comprehensive conservation plan is yet to be drafted. Here, I describe a threat to turtles, investigate aspects of their ecology and behaviour, and evaluate methods for public engagement in turtle conservation. These areas are critical for the design of an effective management plan. In Chapter 2, I describe mortality on roads using data collected via citizen science, and show that C. longicollis is most at risk on multiple-lane highways during their nesting season and after rain. I propose testing road signs, eco-passages and artificial nesting grounds to address this issue. In Chapter 3, I evaluate the consequences of the decline of all three species by quantifying their scavenging role, and show that they are key scavengers that positively affect water quality. Hence, areas with few or no turtles are likely to be most affected by unchecked carrion decay, highlighting the need to address the turtle decline. Headstarting hatchlings may be an effective conservation technique. In Chapter 4, I test whether hatchling E. macquarii associate with aquatic vegetation, and whether captivity affects their behaviour and short-term survival, to inform a headstarting plan. I conclude that E. macquarii hatchlings should be released at hatching in areas with abundant aquatic vegetation. In Chapter 5, I show that skills and knowledge gains after participating in the citizen science project TurtleSAT are associated with behavioural and attitudinal changes that may be beneficial for turtle conservation. This thesis justifies the conservation of the turtles of the Murray River, informs a future conservation plan, and provides an example approach for other poorly known species that are likely to play key roles in their ecosystem functioning.

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Derbridge, Jonathan, and Jonathan Derbridge. "Ecology and Conservation of Endangered Territorial Species Under Invasion." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626655.

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Biological invasions threaten biodiversity globally, and degraded ecosystems increase the potential for invaders to compete with threatened native populations. In natural systems, niche partitioning minimizes interspecific competition, but introduced species may alter expected outcomes by competing with ecologically similar species for scarce resources. Where food production is highly variable, coexistence of native and invasive competitors may depend on dietary niche flexibility. Territorial species under invasion face additional challenges to maintain economically defendable territories. From 2011-2016, we conducted removal and behavior experiments to determine effects of non-territorial introduced Abert’s squirrels (Sciurus aberti) on diet, space use, and territoriality of endangered Mount Graham red squirrels (MGRS; Tamiasciurus fremonti grahamensis) in their declining habitat in the Pinaleño Mountains, Arizona. We collected comparative data from Arizona sites of natural syntopy between Abert’s and Fremont’s squirrels (T. fremonti). Stable isotope analysis revealed similar dietary partitioning among populations. Experimental removals did not appear to affect MGRS diet. Space use by MGRS responded inconsistently to removals; territory sizes increased after the first removal, but did not change following the second removal. Territory sizes and body mass of MGRS were sensitive to conspecific population density and food production. Behavioral experiments showed MGRS were more aggressive than other Fremont’s squirrels (hereafter, red squirrels). Dietary flexibility of Abert’s squirrels may have facilitated coexistence with MGRS, possibly due to coevolved resource partitioning with red squirrels. However, aggressive territoriality toward Abert’s squirrels may incur fitness costs for MGRS especially during poor food production years. Climate change may reduce the advantage of ecological specialist species globally, and where introduced species are better-adapted to novel environmental conditions, native species may ultimately be replaced.

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Pople, Robert Grant. "The ecology and conservation of the white-winged nightjar Caprimulgus candicans." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2003. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/225237.

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In the tradition of previous studies of threatened species, this thesis was undertaken with the aim of improving our understanding of the ecology of the White-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus candicans, and providing the information necessary to facilitate conservation efforts on its behalf. In 1998-2001, I studied a population of White-winged Nightjars at Aguará Ñu, an area of cerrado habitats within the Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayù, eastern Paraguay. Over the course of three fieldwork seasons, I captured and ringed a total of 49 nightjars (34 adults and 15 young birds). Young females first bred at approximately one year old, while still in pre-definitive plumage. Young males exhibited a form of delayed plumage maturation, whereby they only attained definitive plumage following a prolonged moult spanning much of their first potential breeding season. No evidence was obtained to suggest that they succeeded in breeding while in this conspicuously intermediate state of moult. Considerable variation was noted in the plumage whiteness of definitive males, but no clear evidence was found for consistent age-related increases in white. During the breeding season, males defended small aggregated display territories, at which they conducted nuptial display flights between late August and early January. Female nightjars were responsible for all the parental care, and apparently visited male display arenas solely to obtain copulations. Chick paternity data confirmed that the study population was polygynous, with patterns of male aggregation suggestive of an exploded lek or 'landmark' mating system. Radio-telemetry studies showed that nightjars utilised home ranges of at least 20 to 40 hectares during the eight to ten months for which they were monitored. Home ranges contained a disproportionately large amount of young campo cerrado vegetation, but no forest or old campo cerrado habitats. When selecting foraging sites within their ranges, nightjars preferred younger and avoided older campo cerrado vegetation; wet grassland was utilised roughly in proportion to its availability. Observed patterns of habitat selection were potentially explained by the greater abundance of insect prey in younger habitats. When selecting daytime roost sites, nightjars preferred vegetation of intermediate age, reflecting their need for a balance between cover and ease of access. A more general analysis of patterns of sexual dimorphism within the Caprimulgidae showed that, although almost 80% of nightjar species exhibit some dimorphism of plumage whiteness, the study species was by far the most extreme case. The striking plumage of the male was partly explained by a strong positive relationship between wing white and openness of breeding habitats within the family. However, this failed to explain the complete absence of white in the female plumage, or the extent of white dimorphism shown by the species. The most likely explanation would appear to be that extreme plumage dimorphism occurred in conjunction with the evolution of polygyny and female-only care in this open-country species. The implications of these findings for the conservation of the White-winged Nightjar are highlighted, and recommendations are proposed for future work and conservation action.

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Håkansson, Jennie. "Behavioural aspects of conservation breeding : Red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) as a case study." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Zoologi, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-10035.

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Ett stort antal utrotningshotade djurarter ingår idag i bevarandeprogram världen över. Små populationer hålls då i skyddade miljöer, exempelvis i djurparker, och i många fall är målet att återintroducera djur till naturen. Dessvärre är det vanligt att det uppstår problem när djur återintroduceras vilket kan bero på beteendemässiga anpassningar som uppkommit under tiden i fångenskap. Syftet med den här studien var därför att undersöka beteendemässiga aspekter på bevarandeavel och försöka ta reda på om och hur djur påverkas beteendemässigt av att hållas i skyddade fångenskapsmiljöer. I projektet användes röda djungelhöns (Gallus gallus) som en fallstudie. En granskning av beteendevariation mellan olika populationer av röda djungelhöns i fångenskap konstaterade skillnader i antipredatorbeteende, socialt beteende och födosöksbeteende. Vid en genetisk studie av samma populationer upptäcktes dessutom ett samband mellan genetisk diversitet och beteendevariation som potentiellt kan vara intressant ur ett bevarandeperspektiv. Socialt beteende, födosöksbeteende och olika aspekter av rädsla studerades vidare i populationer med olika bakgrund som fick växa upp tillsammans i en grupp. Resultaten visade att populationerna bara skilde sig åt i rädslebeteenden vilket antyder att denna typ av beteende i större utsträckning påverkas av långvarig avel i en viss fångenskapsmiljö medan socialt beteende och födosöksbeteende istället kan bero på den omedelbara sociala eller fysiska miljön. Antipredatorbeteende studerades också i en longitudinell studie av två populationer över fyra generationer och det visade sig att populationerna blev mer lika varandra ju längre tiden gick då de hölls under likadana miljöförhållanden. Det verkar alltså som om antipredatorbeteende kan förändras av avel i en viss miljö efter bara ett fåtal generationer. Utöver detta studerades även dagliga beteendemönster i olika djurparksmiljöer samt dygnsrytm av galanden hos både vilda populationer och djurparkspopulationer inom artens naturliga utbredningsområde. Resultaten tyder på att sådana beteendemönster inte påverkas nämnvärt av att djur hålls i fångenskap. Fallstudien som presenteras här är ett av de första försöken att, ur ett bevarandeperspektiv, studera hur fångenskapsmiljöer kan påverka djurs beteende och resultaten talar för att dessa aspekter är viktiga att ta hänsyn till vid planering av bevarandeavel.
A number of endangered species are currently involved in conservation breeding programs worldwide. Conservation breeding deals with propagation of captive populations, often with the ultimate aim of releasing animals into the wild. However, an alarmingly high proportion of reintroductions have not been successful in establishing viable populations, possibly due to behavioural problems caused by genetic adaptation to captivity. The main aim of this thesis was to study behavioural aspects of conservation breeding and investigate whether, and how, maintenance of small populations in captivity cause behavioural modifications, which could affect the success of reintroductions. Throughout the project, the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) was used as a case study, representing animals maintained in captive populations. A screening of behavioural variation revealed that captive populations differ in antipredator, social and exploratory behaviours, all of which are central components of life in the wild. A correlation was also found between genetic diversity and behavioural variation. This has not been reported before and may potentially have interesting implications for conservation breeding. When studying the behaviour of populations with different backgrounds being raised together as one group, the results suggested that fear-related behaviours may be more affected by long-term breeding in a certain captive environment than social and exploratory behaviours which seem to be more influenced by the immediate social or physical environment. A longitudinal study of antipredator behaviour in two populations across four generations revealed that the populations became more similar over time when maintained under identical conditions. This demonstrates that effects of a new environment can appear after only a few generations. Furthermore, daily behavioural routines in different captive environments as well as diurnal crowing rhythms in both wild and captive populations were studied in the species’ natural region of distribution and the results suggest that such behavioural patterns are not affected by the captive environments to any notable extent. The present case study is one of the first attempts to, from a conservation perspective, study how captive environments can affect behaviour and the results imply that these aspects are important to take into consideration in conservation breeding programs.

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Phang, S. C. "Predicting salmonid population ecology from individual fish responses to environmental changes : bridging behaviour, conservation and fisheries management." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2013. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21076/.

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Current habitat-association models used in the management of the socio-economically and ecologically important chalk stream salmonid populations fail to incorporate fish behaviour and the interactions between fish with their environment and this limits their ability predicting management-relevant salmonid population responses to environmental change. A salmonid individual-based model is parameterised to predict fish distributions and growth as the modelling approach address the weaknesses of current models. Virtual forager parameters are derived from published investigations and models of salmonid behaviour and bioenergetics. Data from three field studies at the same chalk stream site are used to describe the environment and initial fish population with subsequent data on fish population patterns used to statistically validate the IBM. I found that current recommendations for population enhancement may be futile beyond a threshold population density and regimes that address habitat quality should be adopted. Potential parasite impacts are investigated theoretically by simulations on the mode of impact on their host and identify the most population damaging parasites as those with high effect on host physiology. The management of salmonid predators in fisheries is predicted to have little benefit to salmonid growth and should not be implemented. Additionally, the removal of the dominant aquatic macrophyte for flood risk management is potentially damaging to salmonid populations and recommendations for a sympathetic design are provided. The model described here can be used to produce robust predictions of salmonid population patterns in riverine habitat and allows users to test the impact of environmental change on salmonids to be used for proactive management in light of current rates of environmental change.

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Methion, Séverine. "Ecology and behaviour of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in a coastal area subject to shellfish farming." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019BORD0368.

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L'étude de l'écologie des cétacés vivant sous la pression d'activités anthropiques est essentielle pour leur conservation. Cependant, il existe peu d'informations sur les cétacés et la conchyliculture. À l'aide d'un ensemble de données collectées à long terme, cette étude examine l'écologie et le comportement d'un cétacé côtier, le grand dauphin (Tursiops truncatus), vivant dans une zone importante pour la conchyliculture (Ría d’Arousa, Nord-Ouest de l'Espagne). Le grand dauphin était présent à l'année dans cette région. Leur abondance saisonnière variait de 56 à 144 individus et leur survie apparente était élevée. Parmi les facteurs environnementaux étudiés, la profondeur et la présence de fermes conchylicoles influaient sur leur utilisation de l’habitat, et la chlorophylle-a et l’oxygène dissous influaient sur leurs modes d’agrégation spatio-temporelle. Leur comportement alimentaire dépendait principalement de la température de la surface de la mer, de l’heure de la journée et du fait que les dauphins s’alimentent dans les zones conchylicoles, les dauphins ayant une probabilité plus élevée de se nourrir à l'intérieur de ces zones, qu'à l'extérieur (57%-43%). Certains individus s’alimentaient plus fréquemment que d'autres autour des fermes conchylicoles. À leur tour, les individus qui se nourrissaient fréquemment autour des fermes avaient des associations plus faibles que les autres. Cette étude génère des informations clés sur l'écologie et le comportement d'un cétacé vivant sous la pression de l'industrie conchylicole, sur les priorités de conservation des cétacés vivant sous de telles pressions, ainsi que sur les réglementations applicables au secteur de la conchyliculture
Studying the ecology of cetaceans living under the pressure of anthropogenic activities is essential for their conservation. Yet, there is a paucity of information on cetaceans and shellfish farming. Using a long-term and year-round dataset, this study investigates the ecology and the behaviour of a coastal cetacean, the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), in an important area for shellfish farming (Ría de Arousa, North-West Spain). A resident population of bottlenose dolphins was present year-round in this area. Their seasonal abundance varied from 56 to 144 individuals and their apparent survival was high. Of the investigated environmental factors, depth and shellfish farms were influencing dolphins habitat use, and chlorophyll-a and dissolved oxygen were influencing their spatio-temporal aggregation patterns. Foraging behaviour was mainly determined by the sea surface temperature, time of the day, and whether the dolphins were foraging within shellfish farm areas. Dolphins were predicted to be more likely found foraging inside these areas than outside (57% vs. 43%). Findings of this study also revealed variation in foraging behaviour among dolphins, with some individuals foraging more frequently than others within the shellfish farms. In turn, individuals that frequently foraged within shellfish farms had weaker associations compared to others. This study generates key insights into the ecology and the behaviour of a coastal cetacean living under the pressure of the shellfish farming industry. It further provides valuable information on conservation priorities for coastal cetaceans living under such pressures as well as regulations for the shellfish farming industry

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Books on the topic "Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation"

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GOULSON, DAVE. Bumblebees: Behaviour, ecology, and conservation. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Gerald, Hinde, ed. Cats of Africa: Behaviour, ecology, and conservation. Cape Town: Struik, 2005.

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Bauer, Erwin A. Elk: Behavior, ecology, conservation. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 1995.

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G, Mitchell, and Erwin J, eds. Behavior, conservation, and ecology. New York: A.R. Liss, 1986.

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Bauer, Erwin A. Whitetails: Behavior, ecology, conservation. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 1993.

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Bauer, Erwin A. Bears: Behavior, ecology, conservation. Stillwater, MN, U.S.A: Voyageur Press, 1996.

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J, Sutherland William. From individual behaviour to population ecology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.

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Magnan, Pierre, Céline Audet, Hélène Glémet, Michel Legault, Marco A. Rodríguez, and Eric B. Taylor, eds. Ecology, behaviour and conservation of the charrs, genus Salvelinus. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1352-8.

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Elephants: Ecology, behavior, and conservation. Hauppauge, N.Y: Nova Science, 2011.

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Peggy, Bauer, ed. Mule deer: Behavior, ecology, conservation. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 1995.

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Book chapters on the topic "Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation"

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Kanwal, Jagmeet S., Zhenzhen Zhang, and Jiang Feng. "Decision-Making and Socioemotional Vocal Behavior in Bats." In Bat Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation, 243–70. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7397-8_13.

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Hristov, Nickolay I., Louise C. Allen, and Brad A. Chadwell. "New Advances in the Study of Group Behavior in Bats." In Bat Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation, 271–91. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7397-8_14.

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Yahner, Richard H., and Carolyn G. Mahan. "Animal Behavior in Fragmented Landscapes." In Applying Landscape Ecology in Biological Conservation, 266–85. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0059-5_15.

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Jochum, Kim, and Falk Huettmann. "Spatial Information Management in Wildlife Ecology: Adding Spatially Explicit Behaviour Data to the Equation?" In Spatial Complexity, Informatics, and Wildlife Conservation, 175–91. Tokyo: Springer Japan, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-87771-4_10.

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Magnan, Pierre, Céline Audet, Hélène Glémet, Michel Legault, Marco A. Rodríguez, and Eric B. Taylor. "Developments in the ecology, evolution, and behaviour of the charrs, genus Salvelinus: relevance for their management and conservation." In Ecology, behaviour and conservation of the charrs, genus Salvelinus, 9–14. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1352-8_1.

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Proulx, Raphaël, and Pierre Magnan. "Physiological performance of two forms of lacustrine brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis, in the open-water habitat." In Ecology, behaviour and conservation of the charrs, genus Salvelinus, 127–36. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1352-8_10.

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Gowan, Charles, and Kurt D. Fausch. "Why do foraging stream salmonids move during summer?" In Ecology, behaviour and conservation of the charrs, genus Salvelinus, 139–53. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1352-8_11.

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Bélanger, Geneviève, and Marco A. Rodríguez. "Local movement as a measure of habitat quality in stream salmonids." In Ecology, behaviour and conservation of the charrs, genus Salvelinus, 155–64. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1352-8_12.

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Svenning, Martin-A., and Nils Gullestad. "Adaptations to stochastic environmental variations: the effects of seasonal temperatures on the migratory window of Svalbard Arctic charr." In Ecology, behaviour and conservation of the charrs, genus Salvelinus, 165–74. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1352-8_13.

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Baril, Michel, and Pierre Magnan. "Seasonal timing and diel activity of lacustrine brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis, spawning in a lake outlet." In Ecology, behaviour and conservation of the charrs, genus Salvelinus, 175–81. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1352-8_14.

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Conference papers on the topic "Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation"

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Barrientos, Rafael, Fernando Ascensão, Marcello D'Amico, Luís Borda-de-Água, and Henrique Miguel Pereira. "Where is Road Ecology going?" In 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. Jyväskylä: Jyvaskyla University Open Science Centre, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.17011/conference/eccb2018/107540.

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Aimé, Emilie. "Publishing in high-quality ecology journals." In 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. Jyväskylä: Jyvaskyla University Open Science Centre, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.17011/conference/eccb2018/109116.

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Regmi, Anil. "Feeding Ecology of Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) in Himalaya." In 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. Jyväskylä: Jyvaskyla University Open Science Centre, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.17011/conference/eccb2018/107179.

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Nagel, Thomas A. "Disturbance ecology and management of temperate forests in Southeastern Europe." In 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. Jyväskylä: Jyvaskyla University Open Science Centre, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.17011/conference/eccb2018/107507.

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Boyer, Stéphane, Marie-Caroline Lefort, and Linton Winder. "Rethinking Ecology, a new journal fostering new thinking in ecological research." In 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. Jyväskylä: Jyvaskyla University Open Science Centre, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.17011/conference/eccb2018/108026.

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Veríssimo, Diogo, Carina Schmid, Fidelcastor Kimario, and Heather Eves. "Evaluating behaviour change interventions delivered through mass media." In 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. Jyväskylä: Jyvaskyla University Open Science Centre, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.17011/conference/eccb2018/107960.

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Isnin, N. S., Z. Zakaria, Z. Mat Yasin, and S. H. Shariff. "Analysis on Gender Differences in Energy Conservation Behaviour." In 2018 IEEE International WIE Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (WIECON-ECE). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/wiecon-ece.2018.8783020.

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Niemi, Marja, Miina Auttila, Tero Sipilä, and Mervi Kunnasranta. "Accurate spatial ecology of endangered Saimaa ringed seals as a base for fishing closure determination." In 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. Jyväskylä: Jyvaskyla University Open Science Centre, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.17011/conference/eccb2018/107535.

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Lemopoulos, Alexandre, Silva Uusi-Heikkilä, Anti Vasemägi, Ari Huusko, Harri Kokko, and Anssi Vainikka. "Genetic causes and consequences of Brown trout migratory behaviour." In 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. Jyväskylä: Jyvaskyla University Open Science Centre, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.17011/conference/eccb2018/107521.

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Fontana, Paolo. "Orthopteroid insects: A perfect group to investigate ecology, conservation, and biogeography." In 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Entomological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ice.2016.94358.

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Reports on the topic "Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation"

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Foster, Michael J., undefined, and undefined. Developing a Conservation and Ecology Leadership Roadmap. The Nature Conservancy, December 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.3411/col.01272250.

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Ralph, C. John, George L. Hunt, Martin G. Raphael, and John F. Piatt. Ecology and conservation of the Marbled Murrelet. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/psw-gtr-152.

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Ruggiero, Leonard F., Keith B. Aubry, Steven W. Buskirk, Gary M. Koehler, Charles J. Krebs, Kevin S. McKelvey, and John R. Squires. Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States. Ft. Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/rmrs-gtr-30.

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Finch, Deborah M., and Scott H. Stoleson. Status, ecology, and conservation of the southwestern willow flycatcher. Ft. Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/rmrs-gtr-60.

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Finch, Deborah M. Population ecology, habitat requirements, and conservation of neotropical migratory birds. Ft. Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/rm-gtr-205.

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Cartron, Jean-Luc E., and Deborah M. Finch. Ecology and conservation of the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl in Arizona. Ft. Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/rmrs-gtr-43.

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Chadde, Steve W., J. Stephen Shelly, Robert J. Bursik, Robert K. Moseley, Angela G. Evenden, Maria Mantas, Fred Rabe, and Bonnie Heidel. Peatlands on National Forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains: Ecology and conservation. Ft. Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/rmrs-gtr-11.

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Trappe, James M., Randy Molina, Daniel L. Luoma, Efren Cázares, David Pilz, Jane E. Smith, Michael A. Castellano, Steven L. Miller, and Matthew J. Trappe. Diversity, ecology, and conservation of truffle fungi in forests of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/pnw-gtr-772.

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Lucas, Brian. Behaviour Change Interventions for Energy Efficiency. Institute of Development Studies, September 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2022.138.

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Behavioural interventions are policies and programmes that incorporate insights from scientists who study human behaviour (such as psychology and behavioural economics), with the aim of encouraging socially desirable behaviours by removing barriers and creating incentives or disincentives (Cornago, 2021). Very few behavioural interventions for energy efficiency have been documented in Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans, and none in North Macedonia. The limited experience that has been documented in the region consists of a few small trials which used behavioural principles to inform households about approaches to energy conservation, but none of these trials have demonstrated a significant effect on behaviour. Behavioural interventions have been widely used elsewhere in the world, particularly in North America, Western Europe, and Australia, and there are many studies evaluating their impacts in these regions (Andor & Fels, 2018, p. 182). This report focuses primarily on household energy efficiency, and particularly on the most widespread and well-documented interventions, which are those related to providing feedback on energy consumption and labelling consumer goods. Although behavioural interventions have been shown to produce significant impacts and to be cost-effective in many situations, the available evidence has some limitations. Many examples that have been documented are small-scale trials or pilot projects; large-scale, institutionalised policy interventions based on behavioural insights are rare (Users TCP and IEA, 2020, p. 22). In many studies, experiments with small sample sizes and short durations show larger impacts than larger and longer-term studies, suggesting that pilot studies may over-estimate the savings that might be achieved by large-scale programmes (Andor & Fels, 2018, p. 182; Erhardt-Martinez et al., 2010, p. iv). The amount of energy saved by behavioural interventions is often fairly small and varies widely from one programme to another, suggesting that the effectiveness of these interventions may be highly dependent on local context and on details of design and implementation. Finally, many studies rely on participants reporting their intentions, and on hypothetical rather than actual purchasing decisions, and some studies have found a divergence between stated intentions and actual behaviour (Grünig et al., 2010, p. 41; Users TCP and IEA, 2020, pp. 75–76; Yang et al., 2015, pp. 21–22).

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Morkun, Volodymyr, Sergey Semerikov, Svitlana Hryshchenko, Snizhana Zelinska, and Serhii Zelinskyi. Environmental Competence of the Future Mining Engineer in the Process of the Training. Medwell Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.31812/0564/1523.

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A holistic solution to the problem of formation of ecological competence of the future engineer requires the definition of its content, structure, place in the system of professional competences, levels of forming and criteria of measurement the rationale for the select on and development of a technique of use of information, communication and learning technologies that promote formation of ecological competence. The study is of interest to environmental competence of future mining engineer as personal education, characterized by acquired in the process of professional preparation professionally oriented environmental knowledge (cognitive criterion), learned the ways of securing environmentally safe mining works (praxiological criterion) in the interests of sustainable development (axiological criterion) and is formed by the qualities of socially responsible environmental behavior (social-behavioral criterion) and consists of the following components: understanding and perception of ethical norms of behaviour towards other people and towards nature (the principles of bioethics); ecological literacy; possession of basic information on the ecology necessary for usage in professional activity the ability to use scientific laws and methods in evaluating the environment to participate in environmental works to cany out ecological analysis of activities in the area industrial activities to develop action plans for the reduction of the anthropogenic impact on the environment; ability to ensure environmentally balanced activities, possession of methods of rational and integrated development georesource potential of the subsoil.

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