SCALE‐DEPENDENT SPATIAL DYNAMICSMARINE BIRDS IN THE BERING SEA
Summary One of the major developments in ecology has been the recognition of the importance of spatial and temporal scale in describing patterns of distribution and abundance. This article develops a quantitative framework that includes both spatial and temporal scale, then uses it to review what ha...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1469-185x.1993.tb01245.x 2024-06-02T08:04:20+00:00 SCALE‐DEPENDENT SPATIAL DYNAMICSMARINE BIRDS IN THE BERING SEA SCHNEIDER, DAVID C. 1993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185x.1993.tb01245.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-185X.1993.tb01245.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-185X.1993.tb01245.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Biological Reviews volume 68, issue 4, page 579-598 ISSN 1464-7931 1469-185X journal-article 1993 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185x.1993.tb01245.x 2024-05-03T11:14:42Z Summary One of the major developments in ecology has been the recognition of the importance of spatial and temporal scale in describing patterns of distribution and abundance. This article develops a quantitative framework that includes both spatial and temporal scale, then uses it to review what has been learned about a well studied group of mobile organisms — marine birds in the Bering Sea. Review showed that lateral gradients in density are by far the most frequently measured property of birds away from colonies in the Bering Sea. Gradients are related to a variety of environmental factors, depending on spatial scale. Review within a quantitative framework showed that the assumptions for interpreting the spatial dynamics responsible for observed patterns are rarely stated, that interpretations of pattern at sea have focused on individual movements in relation to food concentration, and that little is known about wind and water‐driven movements, or rates of death and recruitment away from colonies. Several lines of evidence support the hypothesis that distribution and feeding are linked to the rate of resupply of nekton to birds near the sea surface. The framework provided here permits the relative importance of competing processes to be stated and evaluated as a function of spatial scale. The framework should be useful in summarizing the spatial dynamics of other groups of mobile organisms. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Sea Wiley Online Library Bering Sea Biological Reviews 68 4 579 598 |
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Summary One of the major developments in ecology has been the recognition of the importance of spatial and temporal scale in describing patterns of distribution and abundance. This article develops a quantitative framework that includes both spatial and temporal scale, then uses it to review what has been learned about a well studied group of mobile organisms — marine birds in the Bering Sea. Review showed that lateral gradients in density are by far the most frequently measured property of birds away from colonies in the Bering Sea. Gradients are related to a variety of environmental factors, depending on spatial scale. Review within a quantitative framework showed that the assumptions for interpreting the spatial dynamics responsible for observed patterns are rarely stated, that interpretations of pattern at sea have focused on individual movements in relation to food concentration, and that little is known about wind and water‐driven movements, or rates of death and recruitment away from colonies. Several lines of evidence support the hypothesis that distribution and feeding are linked to the rate of resupply of nekton to birds near the sea surface. The framework provided here permits the relative importance of competing processes to be stated and evaluated as a function of spatial scale. The framework should be useful in summarizing the spatial dynamics of other groups of mobile organisms. |
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SCALE‐DEPENDENT SPATIAL DYNAMICSMARINE BIRDS IN THE BERING SEA |
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SCALE‐DEPENDENT SPATIAL DYNAMICSMARINE BIRDS IN THE BERING SEA |
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SCALE‐DEPENDENT SPATIAL DYNAMICSMARINE BIRDS IN THE BERING SEA |
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SCALE‐DEPENDENT SPATIAL DYNAMICSMARINE BIRDS IN THE BERING SEA |
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SCALE‐DEPENDENT SPATIAL DYNAMICSMARINE BIRDS IN THE BERING SEA |
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scale‐dependent spatial dynamicsmarine birds in the bering sea |
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