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Habitat Selection [PDF]

, 2007
Habitat selection is the behavioural process determining the distribution of individuals among habitats varying in quality, thus affecting individual fitness and population growth. Models of population dynamics often assume that individuals have perfect knowledge about habitat qualities and settle accordingly in the best habitats available.
Arlt, Debora
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Habitat selection by American beaver at multiple spatial scales

Animal Biotelemetry, 2019
Background Semiaquatic mammals require both aquatic and terrestrial habitats, particularly interfaces between the two habitats. As ecosystem engineers, American beaver (Castor canadensis) consume and fell a great amount of deciduous trees.
Guiming Wang, Lance F. McClintic, Jimmy D. Taylor   +2 more
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Habitat choice for narrowly distributed species: Multiple spatial scales of habitat selection for the Mangshan pit viper

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Understanding habitat demand is key to in situ fauna conservation. While there is increasing evidence of the importance of habitat selection research at multiple spatial scales, snake habitat research has typically neglected the rationality of selecting ...
Bing Zhang, Xiangyun Ding, Shuheng Li, Linhai Li, Zhanqiang Wen, Yonghui Li, Jun Chen, Daode Yang   +7 more
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Invasion of annual grasses following wildfire corresponds to maladaptive habitat selection by a sagebrush ecosystem indicator species

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Numerous wildlife species within semi-arid shrubland ecosystems across western North America are experiencing substantial habitat loss and fragmentation.
Brianne E. Brussee, Peter S. Coates, Shawn T. O’Neil, Michael L. Casazza, Shawn P. Espinosa, John D. Boone, Elisabeth M. Ammon, Scott C. Gardner, David J. Delehanty   +8 more
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A General Approach for the Analysis of Habitat Selection [PDF]

, 2007
Investigating habitat selection of animals aims at the detection of preferred and avoided habitat types as well as at the identification of covariates influencing the choice of certain habitat types.
Küchenhoff, Helmut, Kneib, Thomas, Knauer, Felix   +2 more
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HABITAT SELECTION AS AN EVOLUTIONARY GAME [PDF]

Evolution, 1990
Under habitat selection, mobile foragers may not only possess behavioral flexibility that allows them to utilize habitats selectively or opportunistically, but they may also possess heritable traits that influence their performance within each habitat.
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Fragmentation effects on woodlark habitat selection depend on habitat amount and spatial scale

, 2021
Habitat loss and fragmentation are key drivers of biodiversity loss. However, they are usually confounded, making it difficult to separate fragmentation effects from those of habitat loss.
Cushman, S.A., R. Arlettaz, Jacot, A., S. A. Cushman, H. Y. Wan, A. Jacot, Arlettaz, R., Wan, H.Y., K. A. Zeller, Bosco, L., L. Bosco, Zeller, K.A.   +11 more
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What wild dogs want: habitat selection differs across life stages and orders of selection in a wide-ranging carnivore

BMC Zoology, 2020
Background Habitat loss is a key threat to the survival of many species. Habitat selection studies provide key information for conservation initiatives by identifying important habitat and anthropogenic characteristics influencing the distribution of ...
Helen M. K. O’Neill, Sarah M. Durant, Rosie Woodroffe   +2 more
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Multiple habitat associations: the role of offsite habitat in determining onsite avian species density [PDF]

, 2012
Many animal populations continue to decline despite occurring in protected areas or on sympathetically managed sites. Frequently, this is because a specific habitat patch may not fulfil all the niche requirements of a threatened species.
Armsworth, Paul R., Gaston, Kevin J., Davies, Zoe G., Martin Dallimer, Paul R. Armsworth, Zoe G. Davies, Dallimer, Martin, Skinner, Andrew M. J., Andrew M. J. Skinner, Kevin J. Gaston   +9 more
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Seasonal variation in habitat selection for a Neotropical migratory songbird using high‐resolution GPS tracking

Ecosphere, 2021
Deciphering how environmental heterogeneity affects population dynamics in migratory species is complicated by the redistribution of individuals in time and space across the annual cycle.
Calandra Q. Stanley, Michele R. Dudash, Thomas B. Ryder, W. Gregory Shriver, Kimberly Serno, Solny Adalsteinsson, Peter P. Marra   +6 more
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