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 …

Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface

QMR Webber, GF Albery, DR Farine… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial and social behaviour are fundamental aspects of an animal's biology, and their
social and spatial environments are indelibly linked through mutual causes and shared …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially varying coefficients can improve parsimony and descriptive power for species distribution models

JT Thorson, CL Barnes, ST Friedman, JL Morano… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used to relate species occurrence and
density to local environmental conditions, and often include a spatially correlated variable to …

Defining an epidemiological landscape that connects movement ecology to pathogen transmission and pace‐of‐life

K Manlove, M Wilber, L White… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pathogen transmission depends on host density, mobility and contact. These components
emerge from host and pathogen movements that themselves arise through interactions with …

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 …

Density‐dependent habitat selection alters drivers of population distribution in northern Yellowstone elk

BJ Smith, DR MacNulty, DR Stahler, DW Smith… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although it is well established that density dependence drives changes in organismal
abundance over time, relatively little is known about how density dependence affects …

Mitigating pseudoreplication and bias in resource selection functions with autocorrelation‐informed weighting

JM Alston, CH Fleming, R Kays… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Resource selection functions (RSFs) are among the most commonly used statistical tools in
both basic and applied animal ecology. They are typically parameterized using animal …

Context-dependent foraging habitat selection in a farmland raptor along an agricultural intensification gradient

G Assandri, JG Cecere, M Sara, C Catoni… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gradients of agricultural intensification in agroecosystems may determine uneven resource
availability for predators relying on these man-made habitats. In turn, these variations in …

How landscape traits affect boreal mammal responses to anthropogenic disturbance

AF Barnas, A Ladle, JM Burgar, AC Burton… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding mammalian responses to anthropogenic disturbance is challenging, as
ecological processes and the patterns arising therefrom notoriously change across spatial …