Help with Understanding Animal Behavior in Changing Environments

[aidenhall]

Hey everyone,

I’ve always been fascinated by wildlife and have been reading about how animal behavior changes in response to environmental shifts—like climate change, urban expansion, and even human technology (surprisingly!). I recently came across a few documentaries and studies. but they left me with more questions than answers.

I’d love to hear your thoughts or suggestions on resources that go deeper into this topic. How do you think tech, like drones or data tracking, has impacted animal studies? And how are animals adapting (or not) to our increasingly tech-driven world? Any recommended reading, podcasts, or documentaries would be awesome!

Looking forward to hearing your insights! ? Reply

[Sully]

(10-17-2024, 11:42 AM)aidenhall Wrote: Hey everyone,

I’ve always been fascinated by wildlife and have been reading about how animal behavior changes in response to environmental shifts—like climate change, urban expansion, and even human technology (surprisingly!). I recently came across a few documentaries and studies. but they left me with more questions than answers.

I’d love to hear your thoughts or suggestions on resources that go deeper into this topic. How do you think tech, like drones or data tracking, has impacted animal studies? And how are animals adapting (or not) to our increasingly tech-driven world? Any recommended reading, podcasts, or documentaries would be awesome!

Looking forward to hearing your insights! ?

This is essentially the whole field of wildlife ecology. As a rule, in ecology the answer is always "it depends". Some animals have no doubt benefitted from human expansion, but the vast majority have suffered due to direct or indirect effects of human activity. I would start with trying to understand the core principles of ecology. The book "30 second Ecology" is a good resource. Establishing these fundamental building blocks will allow you to tackle environmental issues with a critical eye. I would also advise reading random studies that interest you. They will have similarities that you can draw from that will help you synthesise a coherent ecological world view. The Wiley Online Library is good for this, and they have an app which makes this even easier. Reply