Habitat Selection Among Higher Vertebrates and Its Relation to Intraspecific Variation
- 1 January 1942
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The American Naturalist
- Vol. 76 (762) , 25-35
- https://doi.org/10.1086/281011
Abstract
In addition to physical and biotic factors that isolate populations of vertebrate animals and influence thereby intra-specific variations, there are psychologic factors that come into play in choosing and adhering to a particular habitat. Habitat selection may limit the occurrence of a species far short of limits imposed by requirements of nutrition, reproduction and protection from predators. Both instinctive and learned habitat preferences effect partial isolation of populations.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: