Females know better: Sex-biased habitat selection by the European wildcat.

ABSTRACT: The interactions between animals and their environment vary across species, regions, but also with gender. Sex-specific relations between individuals and the ecosystem may entail different behavioral choices and be expressed through different patterns of habitat use. Regardless, only rarely sex-specific traits are addressed in ecological modeling approaches. The European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) is a species of conservation concern in Europe, with a highly fragmented and declining distribution across most of its range. We assessed sex-specific habitat selection patterns for the European wildcat, at the landscape and home range levels, across its Iberian biogeographic distribution using a multipopulation approach. We developed resource selection functions in a use-availa

SUBMITTER: Oliveira T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194279 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature