Towns and trails drive carnivore movement behaviour, resource selection, and connectivity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Global increases in human activity threaten connectivity of animal habitat and populations. Protection and restoration of wildlife habitat and movement corridors require robust models to forecast the effects of human activity on movement behaviour, resource selection, and connectivity. Recent research suggests that animal resource selection and responses to human activity depend on their behavioural movement state, with increased tolerance for human activity in fast states of movement. Yet, few studies have incorporated state-dependent movement behaviour into analyses of Merriam connectivity, that is individual-based metrics of connectivity that incorporate landscape structure and movement behaviour.

Methods

We assessed the cumulative effects of anthropogenic deve

SUBMITTER: Whittington J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8994267 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature