Territorial landscapes: incorporating density-dependence into wolf habitat selection studies.

ABSTRACT: Habitat selection is a process that spans space, time and individual life histories. Ecological analyses of animal distributions and preferences are most accurate when they account for inherent dynamics of the habitat selection process. Strong territoriality can constrain perception of habitat availability by individual animals or groups attempting to colonize or establish new territory. Because habitat selection is a function of habitat availability, broad-scale changes in habitat availability or occupancy can drive density-dependent habitat functional responses. We investigated density-dependent habitat selection over a 19-year period of grey wolf (Canis lupus) recovery in Michigan, USA, using a generalized linear mixed model framework to develop a resource selection probability f

SUBMITTER: O'Neil ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6894554 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature