Habitat selection is a fundamental animal behavior that shapes a wide range of ecological
processes, including animal movement, nutrient transfer, trophic dynamics and population …

Quantifying current and future overlap between human activities and wildlife is a core and
growing aim of ecological study, spurring ever more spatial data collection and …

Ecologists develop species-habitat association (SHA) models to understand where species
occur, why they are there and where else they might be. This knowledge can be used to …

Despite being widely used, habitat selection models are rarely reliable and informative
when applied across different ecosystems or over time. One possible explanation is that …

Wildland fire is a disturbance that shapes frequent-fire forest ecosystems and the life-
histories of wildlife species that inhabit them. The California spotted owl (Strix occidentalis …

Outdoor recreation is increasingly recognized to impact nature and wildlife, yet few studies
have examined recreation within large natural landscapes that are critical habitat to some of …

The forage maturation hypothesis (FMH) states that energy intake for ungulates is
maximised when forage biomass is at intermediate levels. Nevertheless, metabolic allometry …

Climate change will lead to more frequent and more severe fires in some areas of boreal
forests, affecting the distribution and availability of late‐successional forest communities …

When navigating heterogeneous landscapes, large carnivores must balance trade‐offs
between multiple goals, including minimizing energetic expenditure, maintaining access to …

Machine learning algorithms are often used to model and predict animal habitat selection—
the relationships between animal occurrences and habitat characteristics. For broadly …