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ECOLOGIA ANIMAL [3 records]

Record 1 2023-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

Behavioural ecology is an evolutionary approach to the study of animal behaviour; the rationale being that behaviour evolves through natural selection to increase fitness within given ecological, social and historical constraints.

Key term(s)
  • behavioral ecology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Étude scientifique du comportement animal, principalement en milieu naturel, notamment dans une perspective évolutionniste.

Key term(s)
  • éco-éthologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento animal
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
CONT

La ecología del comportamiento es el estudio del comportamiento animal desde un punto de vista evolutivo, es decir, cómo las estrategias comportamentales adoptadas por los animales constituyen adaptaciones a su ambiente particular, o lo que es lo mismo, cómo la conducta afecta, influye o determina la aptitud de los animales.

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Record 2 2019-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Zoology
DEF

The study of the [interactions] between animals and their environment ...

OBS

animal ecology: term extracted from the "Glossaire de l'agriculture" and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Key term(s)
  • ecology of animals

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Zoologie
OBS

écologie animale : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l'agriculture» et reproduit avec l'autorisation de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Zoología
DEF

[...] estudio de la relación entre animales y el [medio] ambiente que los circunda.

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Record 3 2019-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

The science that deals with the interrelations of communities of animals and plants with their environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Écologie (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
CONT

Bioecología [...] En el desarrollo de la ecología en cuanto ciencia, es la tendencia de reunir en un solo cuerpo de doctrina a la ecología animal(zooecología) y a la ecología vegetal(fitoecología).

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