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Landscape heterogeneity at multiple scales: effects on movement patterns and habitat selection of eleodid beetles

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dc.contributor.authorMcIntyre, Nancy E., author
dc.contributor.authorWiens, John A., advisor
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Thomas (Tom) G., committee member
dc.contributor.authorKondratieff, Boris C., committee member
dc.contributor.authorHobbs, Nicholas Thompson (Tom), committee member
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:44:42Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:44:42Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractI combined observational studies with field experiments to investigate how landscape heterogeneity influences habitat selection in eleodid beetles of the shortgrass prairie of Colorado. I examined correlations in spatio-temporal patterns of habitat occupancy, population density, and community structure in eleodids with spatial and abiotic features of the landscape; I then explored how variations in spatial structure could affect how animals move through a landscape, accounting for the observed patterns of habitat occupancy. I combined these observations with experimental manipulations of several landscape features that affect the movement behaviors of beetles. The results from these experiments show how interactions among animal behavior, landscape composition and configuration, and the scale of spatial structure determine where animals occur in a heterogeneous environment.
dc.format.mediumdoctoral dissertations
dc.identifier1998_Spring_McIntyre_Nancy.pdf
dc.identifierETDF1998700046ECOL
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/87747
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relationCatalog record number (MMS ID): 991004541339703361
dc.relationQH541.15.L35.M25 1998
dc.relation.ispartof1980-1999
dc.relation.referencesStapp, Paul, SGS-LTER Live arthropod pitfall trapping across a double catena on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1995-1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10217/83402
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dc.subject.lcshLandscape ecology
dc.subject.lcshEleodes -- Habitat
dc.subject.lcshSpatial ecology
dc.titleLandscape heterogeneity at multiple scales: effects on movement patterns and habitat selection of eleodid beetles
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thesis.degree.disciplineEcology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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