I am the most driven by animal studies, whether that be animal behavior, the interactions between each other and the environment, and the evolution of different species. Personally I am keeping my options open after college in which area I work in, however I plan to work with animals in some aspect of research or rehabilitation. For research I am primarily interested in birds, especially raptor species, so would find it fascinating to study how birds are able to stand such extreme temperatures or how certain species are able to spot another member of its own species from a quarter of a mile way and know it is a female. Every part of this field relates to ecology because in order to understand these wild animals species, for instance why they migrate annually from location A to location B, we need to first understand the behavior or the animal itself and also the balance between the abiotic factors and the biotic factors. Perhaps it is migrating because there are not enough available resources in location A for a mother to nurse her young. We would need to understand what resources the animal needs in order to survive in a particular environment, as well as the climates it is able to withstand. Different environmental pressures may cause the individuals to move. And then this migration itself may also prove to be essential for other species to exist. It is a balance. However if some human activity disrupts this migration, is it essential we understand these interactions between species so that we may take the proper actions to counter it. I also feel that personally if I go into a wildlife rehabilitation field, I would need knowledge in ecology to be able to release a particular species into the correct environment, and also understand if the individual is fit to be released into its natural ecosystem.
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