A Different Approach to Modeling

摘要

Large herbivores play a key role in many ecosystems in a variety of biomes around the world. They are often the focus of harvesting, poaching, or conservation efforts. Their proper management is therefore of the utmost importance, and it requires accurate understanding of their population dynamics. This is especially the case today, with the threats of climate change and an increasing human population. In this context, South African ecologist Norman Owen-Smith's Adaptive Herbivore Ecology is important because it aims at providing a platform for modeling the dynamics of herbivore populations through an explicit link to their foraging behavior.