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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Resource selection function"”.
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Mule Deer Responses to a Pinyon-Juniper Removal
… Range of central Nevada to assess changes in resource selection and diet diversity of mule deer following the treatment. The pinyon-juniper removal treatment was conducted in autumn of 2018. We captured 36 adult female mule deer in winter of 2018 and 2019, deploying GPS collars and collecting …
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Selection of Spawning Habitats by Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) along the Complex Connecticut Coast
… (<em>Limulus polyphemus</em>) is a multiple-use resource that has recently come under environmental conflict. This research focused on the Long Island Sound population of horseshoe crabs and aimed to characterize the coastal habitats of Connecticut by various traits using remote sensing and …
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Genetic variability, demography, and habitat selection in a reintroduced elk (Cervus elaphus) population
… variability, demographic vital rates, and resource selection is important for conservation and management of wildlife populations. I examined factors influencing microsatellite variability, demographic vital rates, and habitat use for a reintroduced elk (Cervus elaphus) population at Fort …
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Puma Dispersal Ecology in the Central Rocky Mountains
… dispersers from all three study areas. Model selection, using Akaike’s Information Criterion, found landscape characteristics associated with successful hunting of ungulate prey combined with anthropogenic disturbance parsimoniously explained locations of GPS-marked individuals. For …
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Bison Conservation in the Northern Great Plains
… behavioral observations, movement analyses, and Resource Selection Function (RSF) analyses too quantify similarities and differences between the bison and cattle in the Northern Great Plains. We observed a higher proportion of time spent grazing by cattle (45-49%) than bison (26-28%) and a …
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Puma Dispersal Ecology in the Central Rocky Mountains
… dispersers from all three study areas. Model selection, using Akaike’s Information Criterion, found landscape characteristics associated with successful hunting of ungulate prey combined with anthropogenic disturbance parsimoniously explained locations of GPS-marked individuals. For …
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Bison Conservation in the Northern Great Plains
… behavioral observations, movement analyses, and Resource Selection Function (RSF) analyses too quantify similarities and differences between the bison and cattle in the Northern Great Plains. We observed a higher proportion of time spent grazing by cattle (45-49%) than bison (26-28%) and a …
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Effects of forest management, prey, and predators on the habitat selection of fishers in the South Cascades of Washington.
… into low quality habitat that does not meet resource needs. Food availability and the presence of potential predators or competitors in the reintroduction area are integral aspects of habitat quality that are rarely assessed prior to reintroductions. The fisher (Pekania pennanti) is a …
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Moose and deer resource selection and co-occurrence in northeast Minnesota
… of disease transmission and shared use of resources by moose and deer should also be considered.
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Assessing cumulative human impacts on northern woodland caribou with traditional ecological knowledge and resource selection functions
… on the Atlin herd, we developed seasonal resource selection functions (RSF) at 2 spatial scales with data from 10 global positioning system collared caribou. We modeled habitat selection and assessed cumulative effects by estimating the zone of influence (ZOI) around several types of human …
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Assessing cumulative human impacts on northern woodland caribou with traditional ecological knowledge and resource selection functions
… on the Atlin herd, we developed seasonal resource selection functions (RSF) at 2 spatial scales with data from 10 global positioning system collared caribou. We modeled habitat selection and assessed cumulative effects by estimating the zone of influence (ZOI) around several types of human …
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Driving giants: spatial and temporal variables influencing giraffe movements in a private protected area
… behavior, grouping, and shifts in habitat selection. However, these responses may incur costs, impacting energy expenditure of prey and time allocation of prey activities such as foraging, sleeping, drinking, and fleeing predators. This study investigates spatiotemporal habitat use …
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Elephant space use in relation to ephemeral surface water availability in the eastern Okavango Panhandle, Botswana
… from dryland habitats to the Okavango Delta resources is needed to inform such management decisions. My study seeks to establish the role of ephemeral surface water on elephant distribution in the eastern Okavango Panhandle, Botswana as well as assess the movement distribution of elephants in …