Formalization of the basic concepts of animal ecology

✍ Scribed by B. S. Niven

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 606 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1876-2514
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00182672

✦ Synopsis

Five primitive (undefined) notions are used including "animal", "offspring" and "habitat", the latter in the sense of Charles Elton. The defining equations for the environment of one animal are first given, then niche (in the Elton sense) is formally defined in terms of the environment. The fifth primitve notion "habitat" is then introduced in order to define the remaining concepts.