State-space modeling reveals habitat perception of a small terrestrial mammal in a fragmented landscape.

ABSTRACT: Habitat loss is a major cause of species loss and is expected to increase. Loss of habitat is often associated with fragmentation of remaining habitat. Whether species can persist in fragmented landscapes may depend on their movement behavior, which determines their capability to respond flexibility to changes in habitat structure and spatial distribution of patches.Movement is frequently generalized to describe a total area used, or segmented to highlight resource use, often overlooking finer-scale individual behaviors. We applied hidden Markov models (HMM) to movement data from 26 eastern bettongs (Bettongia gaimardi) in fragmented landscapes. HMMs are able to identify distinct behavior states associated with different movement patterns and discover how these behaviors are associa

SUBMITTER: Gardiner R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6745662 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature