Home Ranges of Animals Cognitive Maps, Research Approaches, and Insights

About this book

Animals have tremendous agency to understand the world around them and to plan how to best take advantage of that world to meet their requirements. Their perception of the world differs from humans' and includes knowledge emphasising different senses. This book argues that, to understand animals' home ranges, which are integral to the behaviour and ecology of animals, biologists must understand their cognition of their environments.

Presenting diverse, complementary approaches to studying home ranges, this book shows how using multiple approaches sheds a broad light on how and why animals behave as they do. The book also provides many examples showing how hypothesis-driven research provides strong insights into animal behaviour and ecology.

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Biography

After earning his BA from Carleton College and his PhD from the University of Chicago, Roger A. Powell arrived at North Carolina State University, where he is now Professor Emeritus. He teaches courses in Animal Behaviour, Animal Ecology, Evolution, and Wildlife Management in the classroom and in the field. His research emphasises animals' home ranges from diverse perspectives, mostly using predatory mammals as subjects.