Thursday, April 23, 2009
shape of territories
shape of territories
In the theoretical situation of uniform terrain, and uniform population of, say, Robins, what would their
territories work out to be?
I guess the answer would be standard hexagons, filling the plane.
It fills the plane and minimises the boundary to be defended.
Of course, there is no such thing as a uniform terrain, and the presence of linear constraints
might lead to more of a square filling pattern at those edges.
Anyway each pair is likely to have 4 to 6 neighbours.
When they are singing I rarely hear that number of responses from their neighbours. Does
this mean that they rarely sing from the centre of their territory.
just some fun thoughts
cheers
martinw
