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Habitat selection of resident and non-resident gray wolves: implications for habitat connectivity

Habitat selection studies facilitate assessing and predicting species distributions and habitat connectivity, but habitat selection can vary temporally and among individuals, which is often ignored. We used GPS telemetry data from 96 Gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the western Great Lakes region of the...

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Autores principales: van den Bosch, M., Kellner, K. F., Gantchoff, M. G., Patterson, B. R., Barber-Meyer, S. M., Beyer, D. E., Erb, J. D., Isaac, E. J., MacFarland, D. M., Moore, S. A., Norton, D. C., Petroelje, T. R., Price Tack, J. L., Roell, B. J., Schrage, M., Belant, J. L.
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10663587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37990118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47815-0
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author van den Bosch, M.
Kellner, K. F.
Gantchoff, M. G.
Patterson, B. R.
Barber-Meyer, S. M.
Beyer, D. E.
Erb, J. D.
Isaac, E. J.
MacFarland, D. M.
Moore, S. A.
Norton, D. C.
Petroelje, T. R.
Price Tack, J. L.
Roell, B. J.
Schrage, M.
Belant, J. L.
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Kellner, K. F.
Gantchoff, M. G.
Patterson, B. R.
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Beyer, D. E.
Erb, J. D.
Isaac, E. J.
MacFarland, D. M.
Moore, S. A.
Norton, D. C.
Petroelje, T. R.
Price Tack, J. L.
Roell, B. J.
Schrage, M.
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description Habitat selection studies facilitate assessing and predicting species distributions and habitat connectivity, but habitat selection can vary temporally and among individuals, which is often ignored. We used GPS telemetry data from 96 Gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the western Great Lakes region of the USA to assess differences in habitat selection while wolves exhibited resident (territorial) or non-resident (dispersing or floating) movements and discuss implications for habitat connectivity. We used a step-selection function (SSF) to assess habitat selection by wolves exhibiting resident or non-resident movements, and modeled circuit connectivity throughout the western Great Lakes region. Wolves selected for natural land cover and against areas with high road densities, with no differences in selection among wolves when resident, dispersing, or floating. Similar habitat selection between resident and non-resident wolves may be due to similarity in environmental conditions, when non-resident movements occur largely within established wolf range rather than near the periphery or beyond the species range. Alternatively, non-resident wolves may travel through occupied territories because higher food availability or lower human disturbance outweighs risks posed by conspecifics. Finally, an absence of differences in habitat selection between resident and non-resident wolf movements may be due to other unknown reasons. We recommend considering context-dependency when evaluating differences in movements and habitat use between resident and non-resident individuals. Our results also provide independent validation of a previous species distribution model and connectivity analysis suggesting most potential wolf habitat in the western Great Lakes region is occupied, with limited connectivity to unoccupied habitat.
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spelling pubmed-106635872023-11-21 Habitat selection of resident and non-resident gray wolves: implications for habitat connectivity van den Bosch, M. Kellner, K. F. Gantchoff, M. G. Patterson, B. R. Barber-Meyer, S. M. Beyer, D. E. Erb, J. D. Isaac, E. J. MacFarland, D. M. Moore, S. A. Norton, D. C. Petroelje, T. R. Price Tack, J. L. Roell, B. J. Schrage, M. Belant, J. L. Sci Rep Article Habitat selection studies facilitate assessing and predicting species distributions and habitat connectivity, but habitat selection can vary temporally and among individuals, which is often ignored. We used GPS telemetry data from 96 Gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the western Great Lakes region of the USA to assess differences in habitat selection while wolves exhibited resident (territorial) or non-resident (dispersing or floating) movements and discuss implications for habitat connectivity. We used a step-selection function (SSF) to assess habitat selection by wolves exhibiting resident or non-resident movements, and modeled circuit connectivity throughout the western Great Lakes region. Wolves selected for natural land cover and against areas with high road densities, with no differences in selection among wolves when resident, dispersing, or floating. Similar habitat selection between resident and non-resident wolves may be due to similarity in environmental conditions, when non-resident movements occur largely within established wolf range rather than near the periphery or beyond the species range. Alternatively, non-resident wolves may travel through occupied territories because higher food availability or lower human disturbance outweighs risks posed by conspecifics. Finally, an absence of differences in habitat selection between resident and non-resident wolf movements may be due to other unknown reasons. We recommend considering context-dependency when evaluating differences in movements and habitat use between resident and non-resident individuals. Our results also provide independent validation of a previous species distribution model and connectivity analysis suggesting most potential wolf habitat in the western Great Lakes region is occupied, with limited connectivity to unoccupied habitat. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10663587/ /pubmed/37990118 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47815-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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van den Bosch, M.
Kellner, K. F.
Gantchoff, M. G.
Patterson, B. R.
Barber-Meyer, S. M.
Beyer, D. E.
Erb, J. D.
Isaac, E. J.
MacFarland, D. M.
Moore, S. A.
Norton, D. C.
Petroelje, T. R.
Price Tack, J. L.
Roell, B. J.
Schrage, M.
Belant, J. L.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47815-0
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