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Time activity budget and foraging behavior: important determinants of resource sharing and guild structure in wintering waterbirds. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-023-01648-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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Coastal waterbird eco-habitat stability assessment in Zhangjiangkou Mangrove National Nature Reserve Based on habitat function-coordination coupling. ECOL INFORM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Francis RA, Taylor JD, Dibble E, Strickland B, Petro VM, Easterwood C, Wang G. Restricted cross-scale habitat selection by American beavers. Curr Zool 2018; 63:703-710. [PMID: 29492032 PMCID: PMC5804220 DOI: 10.1093/cz/zox059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Animal habitat selection, among other ecological phenomena, is spatially scale dependent. Habitat selection by American beavers Castor canadensis (hereafter, beaver) has been studied at singular spatial scales, but to date no research addresses multi-scale selection. Our objectives were to determine if beaver habitat selection was specialized to semiaquatic habitats and if variables explaining habitat selection are consistent between landscape and fine spatial scales. We built maximum entropy (MaxEnt) models to relate landscape-scale presence-only data to landscape variables, and used generalized linear mixed models to evaluate fine spatial scale habitat selection using global positioning system (GPS) relocation data. Explanatory variables between the landscape and fine spatial scale were compared for consistency. Our findings suggested that beaver habitat selection at coarse (study area) and fine (within home range) scales was congruent, and was influenced by increasing amounts of woody wetland edge density and shrub edge density, and decreasing amounts of open water edge density. Habitat suitability at the landscape scale also increased with decreasing amounts of grass frequency. As territorial, central-place foragers, beavers likely trade-off open water edge density (i.e., smaller non-forested wetlands or lodges closer to banks) for defense and shorter distances to forage and obtain construction material. Woody plants along edges and expanses of open water for predator avoidance may limit beaver fitness and subsequently determine beaver habitat selection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Robert A Francis
- Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Thompson Hall Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, 39762, USA
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- USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Corvallis, 3180 SW Jefferson Way OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Thompson Hall Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, 39762, USA
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- Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Thompson Hall Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, 39762, USA
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- Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, 321 Richardson Hall Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Environmental Management Division, US Army Garrison - Building 4488 Martin Rd SW Redstone, Redstone Arsenal, AL, 35898, USA
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- Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Thompson Hall Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, 39762, USA
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The Spatial Scale of a Species’ Response to the Landscape Context Depends on which Biological Response You Measure. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s40823-018-0030-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Banos-González I, Terrer C, Martínez-Fernández J, Esteve-Selma MA, Carrascal LM. Dynamic modelling of the potential habitat loss of endangered species: the case of the Canarian houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata fuerteventurae). EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-016-0997-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Multi-scale habitat selection in highly territorial bird species: Exploring the contribution of nest, territory and landscape levels to site choice in breeding rallids (Aves: Rallidae). ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2016.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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