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View article: Assessing potential impacts of black bear predation on neonatal mortality in boreal caribou
Assessing potential impacts of black bear predation on neonatal mortality in boreal caribou Open
Boreal woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou ) populations are declining because of increasing predation that is ultimately attributed to human‐caused landscape alterations and climate change. Bears ( Ursus spp.) can be a primary ca…
View article: Age-dependent response to anthropogenic habitat during migration of an endangered raptor
Age-dependent response to anthropogenic habitat during migration of an endangered raptor Open
Decisions made by migrating animals can impact individual fitness and population dynamics.1,2 For avian migrants, these decisions can be affected by environmental3,4,5,6,7 and anthropogenic8,9,10,11,12 factors and by internal13,14,15,16,17…
View article: Changing grizzly bear space use and functional connectivity in response to human disturbance in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains
Changing grizzly bear space use and functional connectivity in response to human disturbance in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains Open
Understanding wildlife responses to human disturbance is essential for developing effective conservation and management strategies. Grizzly bears in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains face increasing habitat alteration from roads, fores…
View article: One size does not fit all: A novel approach for determining the Realised Viewshed Size for remote camera traps
One size does not fit all: A novel approach for determining the Realised Viewshed Size for remote camera traps Open
Camera traps (CTs) have become cemented as an important tool of wildlife research, yet their utility is now extending beyond academics, as CTs can contribute to inclusive place‐based wildlife management. From advances in analytics and tech…
View article: The impacts of anthropogenic linear features on the space-use patterns of two sympatric ungulates
The impacts of anthropogenic linear features on the space-use patterns of two sympatric ungulates Open
1. As human activity increases worldwide, many ecologists have focused on how anthropogenic linear features (ALFs) such as roads and fences impact and disrupt animal space-use behavior and how this disruption could potentially affect popul…
View article: Forecasting animal distribution through individual habitat selection: insights for population inference and transferable predictions
Forecasting animal distribution through individual habitat selection: insights for population inference and transferable predictions Open
Habitat selection models frequently use data collected from a small geographic area over a short window of time to extrapolate patterns of relative abundance into unobserved areas or periods of time. However, such models often poorly predi…
View article: One size does not fit all: a novel approach for determining the Realised Viewshed Size for remote camera traps
One size does not fit all: a novel approach for determining the Realised Viewshed Size for remote camera traps Open
1. Camera traps (CTs) have become cemented as an important tool of wildlife research, yet, their utility is now extending beyond academics, as CTs can contribute to more inclusive place-based wildlife management. From advances in analytics…
View article: Pursuit and escape drive fine-scale movement variation during migration in a temperate alpine ungulate
Pursuit and escape drive fine-scale movement variation during migration in a temperate alpine ungulate Open
Climate change reduces snowpack, advances snowmelt phenology, drives summer warming,alters growing season precipitation regimes, and consequently modifies vegetation phenologyin mountain systems. Altitudinal migrants cope with seasonal var…
View article: Editorial: Cognitive movement ecology
Editorial: Cognitive movement ecology Open
EDITORIAL article Front. Ecol. Evol., 31 January 2024Sec. Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology Volume 12 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2024.1360427
View article: Simulating animal space use from fitted integrated <scp>Step‐Selection Functions</scp> ( <scp>iSSF</scp> )
Simulating animal space use from fitted integrated <span>Step‐Selection Functions</span> ( <span>iSSF</span> ) Open
A standing challenge in the study of animal movement ecology is the capacity to predict where and when an individual animal might occur on the landscape, the so‐called, utilisation distribution (UD). Under certain assumptions, the steady‐s…
View article: Forecasting Animal Distribution through Individual Habitat Selection: Insights for Population Inference and Transferable Predictions
Forecasting Animal Distribution through Individual Habitat Selection: Insights for Population Inference and Transferable Predictions Open
Species distribution and habitat selection models frequently use data collected from a small geographic area over a short window of time to extrapolate patterns of relative abundance to unobserved areas or periods of time. However, these t…
View article: Identifying signals of memory from observations of animal movements
Identifying signals of memory from observations of animal movements Open
Incorporating memory (i.e., some notion of familiarity or experience with the landscape) into models of animal movement is a rising challenge in the field of movement ecology. The recent proliferation of new methods offers new opportunitie…
View article: Simulating animal space use from fitted integrated Step-Selection Functions (iSSF)
Simulating animal space use from fitted integrated Step-Selection Functions (iSSF) Open
A standing challenge in the study of animal movement ecology is the capacity to predict where and when an individual animal might occur on the landscape, the so-called, Utilization Distribution (UD). Under certain assumptions, the steady-s…
View article: Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns
Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns Open
COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020 reduced human mobility, providing an opportunity to disentangle its effects on animals from those of landscape modifications. Using GPS data, we compared movements and road avoidance of 2300 terrestrial mam…
View article: Density‐dependent habitat selection alters drivers of population distribution in northern Yellowstone elk
Density‐dependent habitat selection alters drivers of population distribution in northern Yellowstone elk Open
Although it is well established that density dependence drives changes in organismal abundance over time, relatively little is known about how density dependence affects variation in abundance over space. We tested the hypothesis that spat…
View article: Unravelling the origins of anomalous diffusion: From molecules to migrating storks
Unravelling the origins of anomalous diffusion: From molecules to migrating storks Open
Anomalous diffusion or, more generally, anomalous transport, with nonlinear dependence of the mean-squared displacement on the measurement time, is ubiquitous in nature. It has been observed in processes ranging from microscopic movement o…
View article: Density-dependent habitat selection alters drivers of population distribution in northern Yellowstone elk
Density-dependent habitat selection alters drivers of population distribution in northern Yellowstone elk Open
Although it is well established that density dependence drives changes in organismal abundance over time, relatively little is known about how density dependence affects variation in abundance over space. We tested the hypothesis that spat…
View article: Sex Differences Dictate the Movement Patterns of Striped Hyenas, Hyaena hyaena, in a Human-Dominated Landscape
Sex Differences Dictate the Movement Patterns of Striped Hyenas, Hyaena hyaena, in a Human-Dominated Landscape Open
Large-carnivore populations have experienced significant declines in the past centuries in extended parts of the world. Habitat loss, fragmentation, and depletion of natural resources are some of the main causes of this decline. Consequent…
View article: Movement Patterns of Resident and Translocated Beavers at Multiple Spatiotemporal Scales in Desert Rivers
Movement Patterns of Resident and Translocated Beavers at Multiple Spatiotemporal Scales in Desert Rivers Open
Wildlife translocations alter animal movement behavior, so identifying common movement patterns post-translocation will help set expectations about animal behavior in subsequent efforts. American and Eurasian beavers ( Castor canadensis; C…
View article: Seeing Is Be-Leaving: Perception Informs Migratory Decisions in Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis sierrae)
Seeing Is Be-Leaving: Perception Informs Migratory Decisions in Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis sierrae) Open
Seasonal migration is a behavioral response to predictable variation in environmental resources, risks, and conditions. In behaviorally plastic migrants, migration is a conditional strategy that depends, in part, on an individual’s informa…
View article: Biased Learning as a Simple Adaptive Foraging Mechanism
Biased Learning as a Simple Adaptive Foraging Mechanism Open
Adaptive cognitive biases, such as “optimism,” may have evolved as heuristic rules for computationally efficient decision-making, or as error-management tools when error payoff is asymmetrical. Ecologists typically use the term “optimism” …
View article: The Cognitive Ecology of Animal Movement: Evidence From Birds and Mammals
The Cognitive Ecology of Animal Movement: Evidence From Birds and Mammals Open
Cognition, defined as the processes concerned with the acquisition, retention and use of information, underlies animals’ abilities to navigate their local surroundings, embark on long-distance seasonal migrations, and socially learn inform…
View article: Unravelling the origins of anomalous diffusion: from molecules to migrating storks
Unravelling the origins of anomalous diffusion: from molecules to migrating storks Open
Anomalous diffusion or, more generally, anomalous transport, with nonlinear dependence of the mean-squared displacement on the measurement time, is ubiquitous in nature. It has been observed in processes ranging from microscopic movement o…
View article: A ‘How to’ guide for interpreting parameters in habitat‐selection analyses
A ‘How to’ guide for interpreting parameters in habitat‐selection analyses Open
Habitat‐selection analyses allow researchers to link animals to their environment via habitat‐selection or step‐selection functions, and are commonly used to address questions related to wildlife management and conservation efforts. Habita…