Contrasting risk patterns from human hunters and a large carnivore influence the habitat selection of shared prey.

ABSTRACT: Spatial patterns of human hunting and predation risk are mediated by the physical landscape, with hunting risk often associated with different habitat features than those linked to large carnivores. Risk from hunters and carnivores also varies over time, and prey may adjust anti-predator strategies accordingly. We used GPS data from 17 female moose (Alces alces) tracked over two fall-winter seasons (2018-2020) in south-central Scandinavia to study moose habitat selection in response to diel and seasonal variation in risk from wolves (Canis lupus) and human hunters. Predation risk was quantified using spatial models based on known wolf and hunter kill-sites. We applied resource selection functions and Generalized Additive Mixed Models to model moose habitat selection in response to wolf and

SUBMITTER: Ausilio G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12213882 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature