relevant+animal+behaviors

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 * 1)  Reproduction (only universally constant function)
 * 1)  number
 * 1)  frequency
 * 1)  requirements
 * 1)  partner (may be necessary, but not modeled)
 * 1)  minimum health
 * 1)  Death
 * 1)  probabilistic
 * 1)  potentially as a function of x (age, health, location, etc)
 * 1)  point source (i.e. eaten by other agent, killed by competitive conspecific, etc)
 * 1)  Movement
 * 1)  motivation
 * 1)  reproduction
 * 1)  mate-seeking
 * 1)  long distance dispersal (preserve/enrich gene pool)
 * 1)  competition avoidance
 * 1)  feeding
 * 1)  social or not?
 * 1)  move independently
 * 1)  influenced to some degree by a flocking-type mechanism
 * 1)  habitat preference
 * 1)  safety
 * 1)  habitat preference (probability of predation)
 * 1)  limits
 * 1)  territoriality
 * 1)  hard boundary (?)
 * 1)  distance to origin (central place foraging)
 * 1)  scent-defined (marten)
 * 1)  distance
 * 1)  food / energy limitation
 * 1)  time
 * 1)  linear distance
 * 1)  Feeding
 * 1)  type
 * 1)  hunting
 * 1)  browsing
 * 1)  representation of resource availability
 * 1)  individuals
 * 1)  bulk resource as a function of habitat (population model)
 * 1)  influenced by habitat change
 * 1)  natural succession of habitats
 * 1)  exogenous modification (i.e. by humans, catastrophic events like fire, windstorms)
 * 1)  influenced by target species (ie reduction by foraging)
 * 1)  basic population modeling (ie. voles)
 * 1)  Social structure
 * 1)  tolerances
 * 1)  sex-specific
 * 1)  familial
 * 1)  age-specific
 * 1)  intolerant behaviors
 * 1)  avoidance
 * 1)  fighting
 * 1)  to death
 * 1)  to submission
 * 1)  reinforce social structure
 * 1)  reduce health
 * 1)  result in avoidance
 * 1)  inter-specific interactions
 * 1)  ignore
 * 1)  compete
 * 1)  Environmental Perception
 * 2) what can they sense
 * 3) other individuals
 * 4) habitat differences
 * 5) with what fidelity
 * 6) habitat types
 * 7) age/sex of individuals
 * 8) how far they can sense them
 * 9) if they are able to sense (ie. see) differentially in different habitats
 * 10) how can one see across a clearing?