Macrobehaviour: behavioural variation across space, time, and taxa

Keith, Sally A.; Drury, Jonathan P.; McGill, Brian J.; Grether, Gregory F.

Abstract

We explore how integrating behavioural ecology and macroecology can provide fundamental new insight into both fields, with particular relevance for understanding ecological responses to rapid environmental change. We outline the field of macrobehaviour, which aims to unite these disciplines explicitly, and highlight examples of research in this space. Macrobehaviour can be envisaged as a spectrum, where behavioural ecologists and macroecologists use new data and borrow tools and approaches from one another. At the heart of this spectrum, interdisciplinary research considers how selection in the context of large-scale factors can lead to systematic patterns in behavioural variation across space, time, and taxa, and in turn, influence macroecological patterns and processes. Macrobehaviour has the potential to enhance forecasts of future biodiversity change.

Citation

Keith, S. A., Drury, J. P., McGill, B. J., & Grether, G. F. (2023). Macrobehaviour: behavioural variation across space, time, and taxa. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.08.007

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 1, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Sep 1, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Deposit Date: Sep 20, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 9, 2024
• Journal: Trends in Ecology & Evolution
• Print ISSN: 0169-5347
• Electronic ISSN: 1872-8383
• Publisher: Cell Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.08.007
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1744072