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DESCRIPTION:Movement allows organisms to access resources and avoid unfavou
 rable environmental conditions\, predators\, and competition\, while facil
 itating the redistribution of nutrients\, energy\, and species across ecos
 ystems that are kilometres to continents apart. However\, movement comes a
 t a cost\, and increasing attention is being paid to both the factors that
  determine this cost and its implications for these ecological processes. 
 Over the past eight years at the MPI-AB\, I have focused on quantifying ho
 w physical characteristics of the landscape and atmosphere shape the cost 
 of movement - what we refer to as the energy landscape – specifically in
  flying animals. Despite the use of atmospheric energy to reduce flight co
 st is well known for specific guilds of birds\, the extent to which this s
 trategy can be employed across taxa had only been hypothesised. I began my
  PhD by investigating how the energy landscape influences the flight behav
 iour of a single bird species\, and then extended this question across sca
 les and flying taxa. These studies shared two common denominators: a conce
 ptual one - that actually most flying species can\, to some extent\, explo
 it atmospheric energy to reduce their flight costs\; and a methodological 
 one – the frequent mismatch in resolution between the behavioural data w
 e collect and the environmental data we use to explain and predict them. S
 tarting a new postdoc in January has given me the opportunity to reflect o
 n where I began\, what I have learned so far\, and how I would like this t
 o shape the direction of my future research. From understanding the enviro
 nmental factors determining flight cost\, what can we infer about their ca
 scading effects on ecosystem dynamics? In this talk\, I would like to shar
 e some of these reflections with you.\nSpeaker: Martina Scacco
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LOCATION:MPI-AB Möggingen\, Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Möggingen + Online
ORGANIZER;CN=Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior:mailto:cbaldoni@ab.mpg
 .de
SUMMARY:Institute Seminar by Martina Scacco: Describing the energy landscap
 e for flying animals: a tale of environmental proxies\, scale and resoluti
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