Big-data approaches lead to an increased understanding of the ecology of animal movement

R Nathan, CT Monk, R Arlinghaus, T Adam, J Alós… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Understanding animal movement is essential to elucidate how animals interact, survive, and
thrive in a changing world. Recent technological advances in data collection and …

Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

MA Tucker, K Böhning-Gaese, WF Fagan, JM Fryxell… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Animal movement is fundamental for ecosystem functioning and species survival, yet the
effects of the anthropogenic footprint on animal movements have not been estimated across …

Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns

MA Tucker, AM Schipper, TSF Adams, N Attias, T Avgar… - Science, 2023 - science.org
COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020 reduced human mobility, providing an opportunity to
disentangle its effects on animals from those of landscape modifications. Using GPS data …

Corridors or risk? Movement along, and use of, linear features varies predictably among large mammal predator and prey species

M Dickie, SR McNay, GD Sutherland… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Space‐use behaviour reflects trade‐offs in meeting ecological needs and can have
consequences for individual survival and population demographics. The mechanisms …

Cascading impacts of large-carnivore extirpation in an African ecosystem

JL Atkins, RA Long, J Pansu, JH Daskin, AB Potter… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Populations of the world's largest carnivores are declining and now occupy mere fractions of
their historical ranges. Theory predicts that when apex predators disappear, large …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape management of fire and grazing regimes alters the fine-scale habitat utilisation by feral cats

HW McGregor, S Legge, ME Jones, CN Johnson - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Intensification of fires and grazing by large herbivores has caused population declines in
small vertebrates in many ecosystems worldwide. Impacts are rarely direct, and usually …

What determines variation in home range size across spatiotemporal scales in a large browsing herbivore?

FM van Beest, IM Rivrud, LE Loe… - Journal of Animal …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Most studies of intraspecific variation in home range size have investigated only a single or
a few factors and often at one specific scale. However, considering multiple spatial and …

Transcending scale dependence in identifying habitat with resource selection functions

NJ DeCesare, M Hebblewhite… - Ecological …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Multi‐scale resource selection modeling is used to identify factors that limit species
distributions across scales of space and time. This multi‐scale nature of habitat suitability …

A guide to pre‐processing high‐throughput animal tracking data

PR Gupte, CE Beardsworth, O Spiegel… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modern, high‐throughput animal tracking increasingly yields 'big data'at very fine temporal
scales. At these scales, location error can exceed the animal's step size, leading to mis …

Temperature-mediated habitat use and selection by a heat-sensitive northern ungulate

FM van Beest, B Van Moorter, JM Milner - Animal behaviour, 2012 - Elsevier
The behavioural response of animals to unfavourable climatic conditions has received
increased attention recently. While many studies have examined the behavioural responses …