Activity Patterns in Small Mammals An Ecological Approach
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 whe
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Activity Patterns in Small Mammals An Ecological Approach
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Prof. Dr. Stefan Halle Institute of Ecology Friedrich-SchUler-University Jena Domburger Str. 159 07743 Jena Germany Prof. Dr. Nils Christian Stenseth Department of Biology Division of Zoology University of Oslo P.O. Box 1050, Blindem 03160 Oslo 3 Norway
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Activity patterns in small mammals: an ecological approach I S. Halle. N. C. Stenseth (eds.) p. cm. (Ecological studies. ISSN 0070-8356 ; v. 141) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 354059244X (alk. paper) 1. Mammals - Behaviour - Evolution. 2. Mammals - Ecology. I. Halle. S. (Stefan). 1956II. Stenseth. Nils Chr. III. Series. QL739.3 .A28 2000; 599.l5-dc21; 99-058890 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved. whether the whole or part of the material is concerned. specifically the rights of translation. reprinting. reuse of illustrations. recitation. broadcasting. reproduction on microfilm or in any other way. and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9. 1965. in its current version. and permissions for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Coryright Law. Springer-Verlag is a company in the BertelsmannSpringer publishing group. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000
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Preface Stefan Halle and Nils Chr. Stenseth
The study of animal activity behaviour represents a small but active field of research, partly relating to ecology, but somewhat isolated from the main ecological developments. Modern ecology, focusing on the performances of individuals, assumes, nonetheless, some understanding of individual activity patterns, but pays little implicit attention to the study of activity behaviour and the evolutionary ecology of temporal strategies. Our purpose with this book is to help to bridge this gap - or, to put it differently: we aim at seeing the activity patterns of i
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