Agent‐based modeling may help to merge research traditions in foraging ecology in Europe and North America
ABSTRACT Although ducks have long been popular research subjects in both North America and Europe, geographical divergences in research orientation have developed during the past several decades for studying foraging ecology. In North America, foraging studies largely focused on the population level...
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| author | Matthieu Guillemain Johan Elmberg Claire A. Pernollet Celine Arzel John M. Eadie |
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| description | ABSTRACT Although ducks have long been popular research subjects in both North America and Europe, geographical divergences in research orientation have developed during the past several decades for studying foraging ecology. In North America, foraging studies largely focused on the population level with an emphasis on foraging energetics aimed at improving waterfowl production through increased carrying capacity of wetlands in breeding areas, an approach later expanded to nonbreeding grounds. In Europe, studies have instead focused on inter‐individual differences in behavior of foraging ducks, with an emphasis on individual efficiency (e.g., methods, intake rate, patch choice) within the framework of optimal foraging theory. We suggest that agent‐based models (also termed individual‐based behavior models), which aim to predict habitat use from the heterogeneous behavior of different individual agents, can help to unify these approaches and would benefit considerably from increased collaboration and integration of the approaches of both North American and European researchers. © 2017 The Wildlife Society. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-751e8ad18ee240bda33a81f0693087bd2025-08-20T02:36:34ZengWileyWildlife Society Bulletin2328-55402017-03-0141117017610.1002/wsb.736Agent‐based modeling may help to merge research traditions in foraging ecology in Europe and North AmericaMatthieu Guillemain0Johan Elmberg1Claire A. Pernollet2Celine Arzel3John M. Eadie4Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune SauvageUnité Avifaune Migratrice, La Tour du ValatLe SambucFR‐13200 ArlesFranceNatural SciencesKristianstad UniversitySE‐291 88KristianstadSwedenInstitut de Recherche de la Tour du ValatLe SambucFR‐13200 Arles, France; and Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, Unité Avifaune Migratrice, La Tour du ValatLe SambucFR‐13200 ArlesFranceSection of EcologyUniversity of TurkuFI‐20014 Turku, Finland; and Wetland Ecology Group, Department of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 27 (Latokartanonkaari 7)FI‐00014 University of HelsinkiFinlandDepartment of WildlifeFish & Conservation BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCA95616‐8627USAABSTRACT Although ducks have long been popular research subjects in both North America and Europe, geographical divergences in research orientation have developed during the past several decades for studying foraging ecology. In North America, foraging studies largely focused on the population level with an emphasis on foraging energetics aimed at improving waterfowl production through increased carrying capacity of wetlands in breeding areas, an approach later expanded to nonbreeding grounds. In Europe, studies have instead focused on inter‐individual differences in behavior of foraging ducks, with an emphasis on individual efficiency (e.g., methods, intake rate, patch choice) within the framework of optimal foraging theory. We suggest that agent‐based models (also termed individual‐based behavior models), which aim to predict habitat use from the heterogeneous behavior of different individual agents, can help to unify these approaches and would benefit considerably from increased collaboration and integration of the approaches of both North American and European researchers. © 2017 The Wildlife Society.https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.736agent‐based modelsbehaviorducksenergeticsindividual‐based modelsoptimal foraging |
| spellingShingle | Matthieu Guillemain Johan Elmberg Claire A. Pernollet Celine Arzel John M. Eadie Agent‐based modeling may help to merge research traditions in foraging ecology in Europe and North America Wildlife Society Bulletin agent‐based models behavior ducks energetics individual‐based models optimal foraging |
| title | Agent‐based modeling may help to merge research traditions in foraging ecology in Europe and North America |
| title_full | Agent‐based modeling may help to merge research traditions in foraging ecology in Europe and North America |
| title_fullStr | Agent‐based modeling may help to merge research traditions in foraging ecology in Europe and North America |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agent‐based modeling may help to merge research traditions in foraging ecology in Europe and North America |
| title_short | Agent‐based modeling may help to merge research traditions in foraging ecology in Europe and North America |
| title_sort | agent based modeling may help to merge research traditions in foraging ecology in europe and north america |
| topic | agent‐based models behavior ducks energetics individual‐based models optimal foraging |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.736 |
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