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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) Foraging and Movement Ecology in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) Foraging and Movement Ecology in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Yazar:
Geary, Brock John, author.
ISBN:
9780438074316
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 electronic resource (114 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: B.
Advisors: Jordan O. Karubian Committee members: Michael J. Blum; Paul L. Leberg; Caroline M. Taylor.
Özet:
Animal movements shape individual fitness and population-level trends, and current work seeks to improve our understanding of movement in natural systems at a variety of observational scales. Individuals are assumed to move in ways that maximize fitness, but the environmental and ecological conditions that they experience often divert them from optimal outcomes. Describing the ways in which behaviors are adjusted in response to these dynamic conditions offers insights ranging from individual-level fitness outcomes to broader patterns of gene flow across species' ranges. In this dissertation, I utilize genetic data, individual animal tracking, and species distribution modeling to examine the movement and foraging ecology of the brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), a top predator in the northern Gulf of Mexico, a highly dynamic environment impacted by human activities, seasonal change, and other more punctuated disturbances. With these approaches, I characterize regional, individual, and population-level patterns of movement in relation to environmental change as well as individual energetic demands. My findings provide a more comprehensive understanding of pelican behavioral ecology, and demonstrate the degree to which novel methodologies can be leveraged to further a broader understanding of animal movement in dynamic natural systems.
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School code: 0494
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