Bio3520
Chapter 13
Habitat Selection, Territoriality, and Migration
Many biotic and
factors affect habitat
choice
in animals.
The
free
distribution model predicts that animal distribution should be
proportional
to the availability of resources on a patch, or habitat.
Territorial
neighbors
may become
dear
if they face common enemies, such as other
.
Some animals choose not to defend territories, but pursue mating
strategies
as
and
.
Sometimes a territory owner chooses to
share
it with a
if the latter helps defend it against other intruders.
Territory ownership may be "inherited" through a family
, especially among cooperatively breeding
animals.
Animal
migration
may be guided by cues such
as
,
and
, and may have
genetic
as
well
as
learned
components.