Time-varying predatory behavior is primary predictor of fine-scale movement of wildland-urban cougars.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While many species have suffered from the detrimental impacts of increasing human population growth, some species, such as cougars (Puma concolor), have been observed using human-modified landscapes. However, human-modified habitat can be a source of both increased risk and increased food availability, particularly for large carnivores. Assessing preferential use of the landscape is important for managing wildlife and can be particularly useful in transitional habitats, such as at the wildland-urban interface. Preferential use is often evaluated using resource selection functions (RSFs), which are focused on quantifying habitat preference using either a temporally static framework or researcher-defined temporal delineations. Many applications of RSFs do not incorp

SUBMITTER: Buderman FE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6214169 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature