Living on the edge: Multiscale habitat selection by cheetahs in a human-wildlife landscape.

ABSTRACT: Animals select habitats that will ultimately optimize their fitness through access to favorable resources, such as food, mates, and breeding sites. However, access to these resources may be limited by bottom-up effects, such as availability, and top-down effects, such as risk avoidance and competition, including that with humans. Competition between wildlife and people over resources, specifically over space, has played a significant role in the worldwide decrease in large carnivores. The goal of this study was to determine the habitat selection of cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in a human-wildlife landscape at multiple spatial scales. Cheetahs are a wide-ranging, large carnivore, whose significant decline is largely attributed to habitat loss and fragmentation. It is believed that 77%

SUBMITTER: Klaassen B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6106172 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature