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Movement Ecology Of An Intercontinental Migratory Bird During Spring Stopover, Emily Beth Cohen
Movement Ecology Of An Intercontinental Migratory Bird During Spring Stopover, Emily Beth Cohen
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Movement ecology is a component of nearly all aspects of animal behavior and an animal’s decision to move is likely influenced by a complex combination of exogenous and endogenous factors. Therefore, an examination of the causes and consequences of organismal movement provides a conceptual framework for understanding complex behavioral strategies. My dissertation research is focused on the movement ecology of an intercontinental migratory songbird during spring migration. I adopted experimental approaches to study the factors influencing how a songbird migrant, red-eyed vireos (Vireo olivaceus), makes decisions in unfamiliar landscapes from the initiation of spring stopover.
I simulated the …