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Theoretical advances, made in the 1970s in relation to habitat selection behaviour and its ecological consequences in terms of spatial distribution patterns, also had an influence on animal production. Ideas from foraging theory, community ecology, and hierarchy theory were absorbed by researchers in the field of range management. This chapter deals only with applications to domestic species involved in animal production. There are other studies applicable to management of wild and game species that will not be considered (e.g. Bristow and Ockenfels 2004; Larsen et al. 2007). This chapter is divided into five sections related to foraging behaviour, landscape predictors, quantitative analyses, species models, and species assemblages’ approaches, all applied to the link between livestock distribution and animal production.
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Cassini, M.H. (2013). Distribution Ecology in Animal Production. In: Distribution Ecology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6415-0_11
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