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Spatially Explicit Habitat Selection: Contagion and the Ideal Free Distribution

Document Type

Article

Degree

M.S. in Biological Science

Publication Date

3-15-2019

Abstract

First described in 1972, the Ideal Free Distribution is an incredibly influential model in the fields of ecology, wildlife biology, and conservation. It has been cited over 4,000 times, is taught in ecology classes across the world, and is still used in many species management plans today. Despite this, researchers have shown that systems can deviate from the Ideal Free Distribution (Kennedy and Gray 1993). The purpose of my research is to contribute to our understanding of habitat selection and to improve modeling of population dynamics.

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