Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2008

Keywords

Animal behavior, Differential equation model, Diurnal distribution, Environmental forcine, Habitat patches, Larus qlaucescens, Steady-state dynamics

Abstract

We constructed differential equation models for the diurnal abundance and distribution of breeding glaucous-winged gulls (Larus glaucescens) as they moved among nesting and non-nesting habitat patches. We used time scale techniques to reduce the differential equations to algebraic equations and connected the models to field data. The models explained the data as a function of abiotic environmental variables with R2=0.57. A primary goal of this study is to demonstrate the utility of a methodology that can be used by ecologists and wildlife managers to understand and predict daily activity patterns in breeding seabirds.

Journal Title

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering

Volume

5

Issue

4

First Page

831

Last Page

842

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3934/mbe.2008.5.831

First Department

Mathematics

Second Department

Biology

Acknowledgements

Retrieved February 24, 2021 from https://www.andrews.edu/~henson/Moore2008reprint.pdf

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