Outstanding challenges in the transferability of ecological models

KL Yates, PJ Bouchet, MJ Caley, K Mengersen… - Trends in ecology & …, 2018‏ - cell.com
Predictive models are central to many scientific disciplines and vital for informing
management in a rapidly changing world. However, limited understanding of the accuracy …

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 …

A 'How to'guide for interpreting parameters in habitat‐selection analyses

J Fieberg, J Signer, B Smith… - Journal of Animal …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Habitat‐selection analyses allow researchers to link animals to their environment via habitat‐
selection or step‐selection functions, and are commonly used to address questions related …

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 …

[ספר][B] Animal movement: statistical models for telemetry data

MB Hooten, DS Johnson, BT McClintock, JM Morales - 2017‏ - taylorfrancis.com
The study of animal movement has always been a key element in ecological science,
because it is inherently linked to critical processes that scale from individuals to populations …

Roles of raptors in a changing world: from flagships to providers of key ecosystem services

JA Donázar, A Cortés-Avizanda, JA Fargallo… - Ardeola, 2016‏ - BioOne
Birds of prey have been, in comparison to other avian groups, an uncommon study model,
mainly due to the limitations imposed by their conservative life strategy (low population …

Species-Habitat Associations: Spatial data, predictive models, and ecological insights

J Matthiopoulos, JR Fieberg, G Aarts - 2023‏ - conservancy.umn.edu
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 …

Habitat selection patterns are density dependent under the ideal free distribution

T Avgar, GS Betini, JM Fryxell - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Are we telling the same story? Comparing inferences made from camera trap and telemetry data for wildlife monitoring

SB Bassing, M DeVivo, TR Ganz… - Ecological …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Estimating habitat and spatial associations for wildlife is common across ecological studies
and it is well known that individual traits can drive population dynamics and vice versa …

Behavioural state‐dependent habitat selection and implications for animal translocations

S Picardi, P Coates, J Kolar, S O'Neil… - Journal of Applied …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Post‐release monitoring of translocated animals is often used to inform future translocation
protocols. Quantifying habitat selection of translocated individuals may help identify features …