Conceptual and methodological advances in habitat‐selection modeling: guidelines for ecology and evolution

JM Northrup, E Vander Wal, M Bonar… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat selection is a fundamental animal behavior that shapes a wide range of ecological
processes, including animal movement, nutrient transfer, trophic dynamics and population …

Applications of step-selection functions in ecology and conservation

H Thurfjell, S Ciuti, MS Boyce - Movement ecology, 2014 - Springer
Recent progress in positioning technology facilitates the collection of massive amounts of
sequential spatial data on animals. This has led to new opportunities and challenges when …

Accounting for individual‐specific variation in habitat‐selection studies: Efficient estimation of mixed‐effects models using Bayesian or frequentist computation

S Muff, J Signer, J Fieberg - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Popular frameworks for studying habitat selection include resource‐selection functions
(RSFs) and step‐selection functions (SSFs), estimated using logistic and conditional logistic …

Integrated step selection analysis: bridging the gap between resource selection and animal movement

T Avgar, JR Potts, MA Lewis… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A resource selection function is a model of the likelihood that an available spatial unit will be
used by an animal, given its resource value. But how do we appropriately define …

Practical guidance on characterizing availability in resource selection functions under a use–availability design

JM Northrup, MB Hooten, CR Anderson Jr… - Ecology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat selection is a fundamental aspect of animal ecology, the understanding of which is
critical to management and conservation. Global positioning system data from animals allow …

Should we consider individual behavior differences in applied wildlife conservation studies?

MJ Merrick, JL Koprowski - Biological Conservation, 2017 - Elsevier
Individually distinctive behavioral traits, or personalities, contribute to population-level
processes and ecological interactions important in applied wildlife conservation research …

Relative selection strength: Quantifying effect size in habitat‐and step‐selection inference

T Avgar, SR Lele, JL Keim, MS Boyce - Ecology and evolution, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat‐selection analysis lacks an appropriate measure of the ecological significance of the
statistical estimates—a practical interpretation of the magnitude of the selection coefficients …

Establishing the link between habitat selection and animal population dynamics

J Matthiopoulos, J Fieberg, G Aarts… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Although classical ecological theory (eg, on ideal free consumers) recognizes the potential
effect of population density on the spatial distribution of animals, empirical species …

Habitat selection by spotted owls after a megafire reflects their adaptation to historical frequent-fire regimes

GM Jones, HA Kramer, SA Whitmore, WJ Berigan… - Landscape …, 2020 - Springer
Context Climate and land-use change have led to disturbance regimes in many ecosystems
without a historical analog, leading to uncertainty about how species adapted to past …

Identifying indirect habitat loss and avoidance of human infrastructure by northern mountain woodland caribou

JL Polfus, M Hebblewhite, K Heinemeyer - Biological Conservation, 2011 - Elsevier
Understanding the impact of indirect habitat loss resulting from avoidance of human
infrastructure is an important conservation priority. We evaluated resource selection for 10 …