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Spatial organisation and feeding ecology of the American mink (Mustela vison) in a coastal habitat [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
The American mink (Mustela vison Schreber) is the only introduced carnivore that has successfully colonised the British Isles. In the present study, the important problem of understanding which are the factors that limit or enhance their number has been ...
Bonesi, Laura
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Overcoming radiotelemetry bias in habitat-selection studies

open access: yes, 1999
For many species, determination of habitat selection is based on habitat-use data obtained through radiotelemetry. Recent papers pertaining to study techniques have largely ignored the effect of habitat-dependent bias in the performance of ...
Philip D McLoughlin, W James Rettie
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Selection of habitat by the jaguar, Panthera onca (Carnivora: Felidae), in the upper Paraná River, Brazil

open access: yesZoologia (Curitiba), 2013
We used data from VHF and GPS radio-tagged jaguars, Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) to quantify jaguar habitat selection and how adult individuals in the Upper Paraná River region selected among the available habitat types.
Laury Cullen Junior   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors affecting distribution and habitat selection of water shrews Neomys fodiens [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The water shrew Neomys fodiens is one of Britain’s least known mammals and its habitat requirements are poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to determine occurrence and associated habitat preferences of water shrews, a species of conservation
Champneys, A
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Determining factor in habitat selection of Paracobitis iranica (Nalbant & Bianco 1998) population in Kordan River, Namak Lake Basin, Iran [PDF]

open access: yesبوم‌شناسی آبزیان, 2014
Considering the fact that fish biodiversity conservation and land uses planning, require reliable information about fish distribution and habitat use patterns In order to describe species habitat properties, habitat use and habitat selectivity indices ...
Seyedeh Narjes Tabatabaei   +3 more
doaj  

To kill, stay or flee: the effects of lions and landscape factors on habitat and kill site selection of cheetahs in South Africa. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Understanding how animals utilize available space is important for their conservation, as it provides insight into the ecological needs of the species, including those related to habitat, prey and inter and intraspecific interactions.
Susana Rostro-García   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non-Breeding Season Habitat Selection of Three Commonly Occurring Bird Species in a Patchy Habitat in SE China

open access: yesLand
Research into bird habitat selection can unveil the impact of specific habitat characteristics on bird survival. However, empirical information on the environmental factor preferences and differences within the yew ecological garden for birds is still ...
Xin Luo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Habitat selection by two beluga whale populations in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
There has been extensive sea ice loss in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas where two beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) populations occur between July-November.
Donna D W Hauser   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Habitat selection and reproduction of red-backed shrikes (Lanius collurio) in relation to abundance of potential avian nest predators [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Many studies of farmland bird species have related abundance of species to different habitat variables, whereas few studies have incorporated the effects of predation on habitat selection. However, it is generally assumed that prey species select habitat
Roos, Steffan
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Appendix A. Habitat classes used for habitat selection and connectivity analyses.

open access: yes, 2016
Habitat classes used for habitat selection and connectivity ...
J. Ghazoul (2910362)   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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