Temporal plasticity in habitat selection criteria explains patterns of animal dispersal.

ABSTRACT: Patterns of dispersal behavior are often driven by the composition and configuration of suitable habitat in a matrix of unsuitable habitat. Interactions between animal behavior and landscapes can therefore influence population dynamics, population and species distributions, population genetic structure, and the evolution of behavior. Spatially explicit individual-based models (IBMs) are ideal tools for exploring the effects of landscape structure on dispersal. We developed an empirically parameterized IBM in the modeling framework SEARCH to simulate dispersal of translocated American martens in Wisconsin. We tested the hypothesis that a time-limited disperser should be willing to settle in lower quality habitat over time. To evaluate model performance, we used a pattern-oriented modeling a

SUBMITTER: Day CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6450207 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature