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 …

Animal movement tools (amt): R package for managing tracking data and conducting habitat selection analyses

J Signer, J Fieberg, T Avgar - Ecology and evolution, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in tracking technology have led to an exponential increase in animal location
data, greatly enhancing our ability to address interesting questions in movement ecology …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Cumulative effects of human footprint, natural features and predation risk best predict seasonal resource selection by white-tailed deer

S Darlington, A Ladle, AC Burton, JP Volpe… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Land modified for human use alters matrix shape and composition and is a leading
contributor to global biodiversity loss. It can also play a key role in facilitating range …

Human disturbance effects and cumulative habitat loss in endangered migratory caribou

S Plante, C Dussault, JH Richard, SD Côté - Biological Conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
As human development intensifies in northern ecosystems, negative impacts of
anthropogenic disturbances on wildlife could increase. Many caribou and reindeer …

Flexible hidden Markov models for behaviour-dependent habitat selection

NJ Klappstein, L Thomas, T Michelot - Movement Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Background There is strong incentive to model behaviour-dependent habitat selection, as
this can help delineate critical habitats for important life processes and reduce bias in model …

Spatial heterogeneity facilitates carnivore coexistence

AB Davies, CJ Tambling, DG Marneweck, N Ranc… - Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Competitively dominant carnivore species can limit the population sizes and alter the
behavior of inferior competitors. Established mechanisms that enable carnivore coexistence …