Monitoring behavior: assessing population status with rapid behavioral assessment

摘要: Despite years of effort from behavioral ecologists, animal behavior has not been fully integrated into the field conservation biology. We propose a novel framework to join these fields through use demographic models. present three strategies for incorporating in models, outline costs each strategy decision analysis, and build on previous work ecology demography. then provide practical recommendations applying this management programs. First, relevant mechanisms should be included models used making. Second, rapid assessment is useful tool approximate parameters regression phenomena observations related behaviors. Behaviorally estimated may population viability analysis management. Finally, indices can as indicators trends. Rapid holds promise cost-effective tool, but also represents cost model accuracy. implementing case studies reproductive, foraging, antipredator decision-theoretic approach quantitative rules identifying when metrics more meaningful than traditional assessment.