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Environmental conditions change considerably in the course of 24 h with respect to abiotic factors and intra- and interspecific interactions. These changes result in limited time windows of opportunity for animal activities and, hence, the question of when to do what is subject to fitness maximisation. This volume gives a current overview of theoretical considerations and empirical findings of activity patterns in small mammals, a group in which the energetic and ecological constraints are particularly severe and the diversity of activity patterns is particularly high. Following a comparative ecological approach, for the first time activity timing is consequently treated in terms of behavioural and evolutionary ecology, providing the conceptual framework for chronoecology as a new subdiscipline within behavioural ecology. An extensive Appendix gives an introduction to methods of activity modelling and to tools for statistical pattern analysis.
Mammals --- Behavior --- Evolution. --- Ecology. --- Evolution --- Ecology --- Issue --- Animal ethology and ecology. Sociobiology --- Ecology . --- Animal physiology. --- Animal Physiology. --- Animal physiology --- Animals --- Biology --- Anatomy --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Physiology --- Mammals. --- Behavior, Animal --- Behavior, Animal. --- Biological clocks --- Circadian rythm --- Spatial behavior
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This research level text focuses on the influence of climate variability on the marine ecosystems of the North Atlantic. The ecological impact of climate variability on population dynamics is addressed at the full range of trophic levels, from phytoplankton through zooplankton and fish to marine birds. Climate effects on biodiversity and community structure are also examined. 40 scientists from around the world synthesise what is currently known about how climate affects the. ecological systems of the North Atlantic and then place these insights within a broader ecological perspective. Many of
Marine ecology --- Climatic changes --- Marine animals --- Environmental aspects --- Climatic factors. --- North Atlantic Ocean --- Climate. --- 574.5 --- 551.583 --- 574.3 --- 574.3 Populations and environment. Population dynamics --- Populations and environment. Population dynamics --- 551.583 Variations of climate. Climatic change --- Variations of climate. Climatic change --- 574.5 Hydrobiology. Aquatic biocoenoses and ecosystems. Food chains --- Hydrobiology. Aquatic biocoenoses and ecosystems. Food chains --- Marine fauna --- Ocean animals --- Sea animals --- Aquatic animals --- Marine organisms --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Biological oceanography --- Marine ecosystems --- Ocean --- Aquatic ecology --- Ecology --- Atlantic Ocean --- Global environmental change
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