Movement patterns related to spatial structures

Abstract

Neither theory nor empirical knowledge on animal movement patterns are sufficiently developed to serve as a mechanistic basis for landscape ecology. Combining elements from different approaches (eg incorporating optimal search algorithms into simulation models to predict dispersal movements), may allow the development of theoretical models that more accurately predict movement responses to spatial heterogeneity. But, most importantly, more solid empirical data are needed both for suggesting more biologically realistic models and for testing several fundamental questions about spatial structure-movement relations that are still basically untested. -from Author