Essays about: "animal ecology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 82 essays containing the words animal ecology.

  1. 1. Pigeon Tales : An Exploration of Humanimal Entanglement in Urban Spaces

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Anna Hoekman; [2023]
    Keywords : Pigeons; humanimal relations; animal rights; posthumanism; companion species; historical ecology;

    Abstract : This thesis is an exploration of the humanimal entanglements between humans and pigeons in the urban setting. It traces human-pigeon histories from pigeons’ domestication forward to the contemporary conceptions of pigeons as a pest animal. READ MORE

  3. 2. Animal personality in ants : Does the red wood ant (Formica rufa) express personality traits?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Malin Sjöberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Animal personality; Scototaxis; Formica rufa;

    Abstract : A recent theory within behavioural ecology suggests that some animal behaviour traits are consistent over time and over different contexts as part of an animals’ “personality”. Animal personality has generally been accepted within vertebrates, but the idea of invertebrates expressing personality has long been meet with scepticism. READ MORE

  4. 3. Hårfällor för järv : en studie i alternativa inventeringsmetoder

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Tove Hydén; [2023]
    Keywords : järv; inventering; stora rovdjur; DNA; DNA-inventering; hårfälla;

    Abstract : Järv är ett mytomspunnet djur som vi vet relativt lite om i jämförelse med andra stora rovdjur. Järven tillhör mårddjuren och har en cirkumpolär utbredning i Europa, Asien och Nordamerika. i Skandinavien förekommer den främst kring fjällkedjan men utbredningsområdet ökar. READ MORE

  5. 4. Spatial patterns in animal territoriality : competitive behaviour in a shell dwelling cichlid

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Samuel Malm; Ida Nordstrand; [2023]
    Keywords : Behavioural ecology; Edge effect; Neolamprologus Multifasciatus; Predation; Territoriality; Territory maintenance;

    Abstract : Sociality among animals is a common phenomenon which has both costs and benefits. More and more studies are published that uses shell dwelling cichlids as a proxy for other taxa because of their convenience when studying, unique evolution and large variety in species. READ MORE

  6. 5. Nodulation and biomass development of yellow and blue lucerne under pH stress

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Production Ecology

    Author : Katarina Boström; [2023]
    Keywords : lucerne; blue lucerne BL ; yellow lucerne YL ; E. meliloti; nodulation; pH;

    Abstract : Approximately 77% of global arable land use is devoted to forage cultivation, which is the basis for animal production and global food security. Therefore a sustainable and biologically diverse forage cultivation is needed. Feed for cattle needs to contain a good balance between fibre, energy and protein. READ MORE