Movements, home-range size and habitat selection of mallards during autumn migration. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) is a focal species in game management, epidemiology and ornithology, but comparably little research has focused on the ecology of the migration seasons.
Daniel Bengtsson +11 more
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Linking seasonal home range size with habitat selection and movement in a mountain ungulate [PDF]
Movement Ecology, 2018 Background Space use by animals is determined by the interplay between movement and the environment, and is thus mediated by habitat selection, biotic interactions and intrinsic factors of moving individuals.
Duarte S. Viana +9 more
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Variation in home range size of red foxes Vulpes vulpes along a gradient of productivity and human landscape alteration. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Home range size is a fundamental concept for understanding animal dispersion and ecological needs, and it is one of the most commonly reported ecological attributes of free-ranging mammals.
Zea Walton +3 more
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Home ranges, habitat and body mass: simple correlates of home range size in ungulates. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2016 The spatial scale of animal space use, e.g. measured as individual home range size, is a key trait with important implications for ecological and evolutionary processes as well as management and conservation of populations and ecosystems. Explaining variation in home range size has therefore received great attention in ecological research. However, few
Ofstad EG +3 more
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Home range size of Tengmalm's owl during breeding in Central Europe is determined by prey abundance. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Animal home ranges typically characterized by their size, shape and a given time interval can be affected by many different biotic and abiotic factors. However, despite the fact that many studies have addressed home ranges, our knowledge of the factors ...
Marek Kouba +5 more
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Home range size, vegetation density, and season influences prey use by coyotes (Canis latrans). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 To ensure reproductive success, Canis species establish contiguous mosaics of territories in suitable habitats to partition space and defend limiting resources.
Jennifer N Ward +5 more
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Whitebark pine, population density, and home-range size of grizzly bears in the greater yellowstone ecosystem. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Changes in life history traits of species can be an important indicator of potential factors influencing populations. For grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), recent decline of whitebark pine (WBP; Pinus albicaulis ...
Daniel D Bjornlie +5 more
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Variation in host home range size decreases rabies vaccination effectiveness by increasing the spatial spread of rabies virus. [PDF]
J Anim Ecol, 2020 Animal movement influences the spatial spread of directly transmitted wildlife disease through host–host contact structure. Wildlife disease hosts vary in home range‐associated foraging and social behaviours, which may increase the spread and intensity ...
McClure KM +4 more
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The trade-off between fix rate and tracking duration on estimates of home range size and habitat selection for small vertebrates. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2019 Despite advances in technology, there are still constraints on the use of some tracking devices for small species when gathering high temporal and spatial resolution data on movement and resource use.
Mitchell LJ, White PCL, Arnold KE.
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Spatial memory predicts home range size and predation risk in pheasants [PDF]
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023 Most animals confine their activities to a discrete home range, long assumed to reflect the fitness benefits of obtaining spatial knowledge about the landscape. However, few empirical studies have linked spatial memory to home range development or determined how selection operates on spatial memory via the latter's role in mediating space use.
Robert J. P. Heathcote +8 more
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