Migration or residency? the evolution of movement behavior and information usage in seasonal environments

Date

2013

Authors

Shaw, Allison
Couzin, Iain D

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University of Chicago Press

Abstract

Migration, the seasonal movement of individuals among different locations, is a behavior found throughout the animal kingdom. Although migration is widely studied at taxonomically restricted levels, cross-taxonomic syntheses of migration are less common.

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Keywords: animal; evolutionarily stable strategy; fitness; heterogeneity; life history trait; migratory population; movement; patchiness; seasonal variation; seasonality; taxonomy; animal; article; biological model; environment; evolution; genetic selection; popula Individual-based model; Information usage; Migration; Movement; Resource heterogeneity; Seasonality

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The American Naturalist

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Journal article

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2037-12-31