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Comparing Methods of Defining Priority Areas for Greater Sage-Grouse

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Wildlife managers delineate priority areas for species to define critical habitat and to prioritize management efforts. Each method used to identify priority areas involves data that can be unavailable or expensive to obtain. Therefore, it is of interest
Lindsey Parsons, Lindsey Parsons, Jonathan Jenks, Travis Runia, Andrew Gregory   +4 more
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Long‐term changes in habitat selection and prey spectrum in a reintroduced Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) population in Switzerland

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
When wild‐caught Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) from the Slovak Carpathian Mountains were reintroduced to Central Switzerland in the early 1970s and spread through the north‐western Swiss Alps (NWA), they faced a largely unfamiliar landscape with strongly ...
Daniela Nagl, Urs Breitenmoser, Klaus Hackländer, Andreas Ryser, Fridolin Zimmermann, Sven Signer, Heinrich Haller, Christine Breitenmoser‐Würsten, Kristina Vogt   +8 more
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Moose Habitat Selection and Fitness Consequences During Two Critical Winter Tick Life Stages in Vermont, United States†

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
The moose (Alces alces) is a charismatic species in decline across much of their southern distribution in North America. In the northeastern United States, much of the reduction has been attributed to winter tick (Dermacentor albipictus) infestations ...
Joshua Blouin, Jacob DeBow, Elias Rosenblatt, James Hines, Cedric Alexander, Katherina Gieder, Nicholas Fortin, James Murdoch, Therese Donovan   +8 more
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Mitigating pseudoreplication and bias in resource selection functions with autocorrelation‐informed weighting

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Abstract 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 tracking data, and advances in animal tracking technology have led to increasing ...
Alston, Jesse, Fleming, Christen, Kays, Roland, Streicher, Jarryd, Downs, Colleen, Ramesh, Tharmalingam, Reineking, Björn, Calabrese, Justin   +7 more
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Mapping resource selection functions in wildlife studies: Concerns and recommendations [PDF]

Applied Geography, 2016
Predicting the spatial distribution of animals is an important and widely used tool with applications in wildlife management, conservation, and population health. Wildlife telemetry technology coupled with the availability of spatial data and GIS software have facilitated advancements in species distribution modeling.
Lillian R, Morris, Kelly M, Proffitt, Jason K, Blackburn   +2 more
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Habitat selection of an endangered primate, the samango monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis schwarzi): Integrating scales to prioritize habitat for wildlife management

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Aim As habitat loss continues to accelerate with global human population growth, identifying landscape characteristics that influence species occurrence is a key conservation priority in order to prevent global biodiversity loss.
Edwin J. Parker, Nicola F. Koyama, Russell A. Hill   +2 more
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Multi-scale selection models predict breeding habitat for two Arctic-breeding raptor species

Arctic Science, 2020
Raptors are important environmental indicators because they are apex predators and can be sensitive to disturbance. Few studies have addressed habitat preferences of tundra-nesting raptors, and those that exist have focused on fine-scale characteristics.
Philippe Galipeau, Alastair Franke, Mathieu Leblond, Joel Bêty   +3 more
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Experts and elephants: local ecological knowledge predicts landscape use for a species involved in human-wildlife conflict

Ecology and Society, 2020
Local ecological knowledge (LEK) has been increasingly invoked in biodiversity monitoring and conservation efforts. Although methods involving LEK have become more widespread in ecology, it remains an undervalued source of information in understanding ...
Erin K. Buchholtz, Lee A. Fitzgerald, Anna Songhurst, Graham P. McCulloch, Amanda L. Stronza   +4 more
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Foraging and mating behaviors of Hypsignathus monstrosus at the bat‐human interface in a central African rainforest

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Studying wildlife space use in human‐modified environments contributes to characterize wildlife‐human interactions to assess potential risks of zoonotic‐pathogens transmission, and to pinpoint conservation issues.
Elodie Schloesing, Alexandre Caron, Rémi Chambon, Nicolas Courbin, Morgane Labadie, Roch Nina, Frida Mouiti Mbadinga, Wilfrid Ngoubili, Danficy Sandiala, N’Kaya Tobi, Mathieu Bourgarel, Hélène M. De Nys, Julien Cappelle   +12 more
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Use of resource selection functions to identify conservation corridors [PDF]

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2009
Summary  Corridors are commonly used to connect fragments of wildlife habitat, yet the identification of conservation corridors typically neglects processes of habitat selection and movement for target organisms. New technologies and analytical tools make it possible to better integrate landscape patterns with behavioural processes.
Cheryl‐Lesley B. Chetkiewicz, Mark S. Boyce   +1 more
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