ArticleConservation physiology2015
Toward a mechanistic understanding of animal migration: incorporating physiological measurements in the study of animal movement.
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- Striving for population-level conservation: integrating physiology across the biological hierarchy.Conservation physiology · 2020Article
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- An ecophysiologically informed model of seed dispersal by orangutans: linking animal movement with gut passage across time and space.Conservation physiology · 2018Article
- Integrating physiological stress into the movement ecology of migratory ungulates: a spatial analysis with mule deer.Conservation physiology · 2018Article
- Crossing boundaries in conservation physiology.Conservation physiology · 2018Article
- Conservation physiology of animal migration.Conservation physiology · 2016Article
- Forecasting Ecological Genomics: High-Tech Animal Instrumentation Meets High-Throughput Sequencing.PLoS biology · 2016Article
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Abstract
Movements are a consequence of an individual's motion and navigational capacity, internal state variables and the influence of external environmental conditions. Although substantial advancements have been made in methods of measuring and quantifying variation in motion capacity, navigational capacity and external environmental parameters in recent decades, the role of internal state in animal migration (and in movement in general) is comparatively little studied. Recent studies of animal movement in the wild illustrate how direct physiological measurements can improve our understanding of the mechanisms underlying movement decisions. In this review, we synthesize and provide examples of how recent technical advances in the physiology-related fields of energetics, nutrition, endocrinology, immunology and ecotoxicology provide opportunities for direct measurements of physiological state in the study of animal movement. We then propose a framework for practitioners to enable better integration of studies of physiological state into animal movement ecology by assessing the mechanistic role played by physiology as both a driver and a modulator of movement. Finally, we highlight the current limitations and research priorities for better integration of direct measurements of animal physiological state into the study of animal movement.
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