Effects of human activity on space use and movement patterns of female Elk

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen L. Webb ◽  
Matthew R. Dzialak ◽  
Seth M. Harju ◽  
Larry D. Hayden-Wing ◽  
Jeffrey B. Winstead
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Movement Patterns ◽  
Space Use

Space use and movement patterns of translocated bighorn sheep

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ty J. Werdel ◽  
Jonathan A. Jenks ◽  
John T. Kanta ◽  
Chadwick P. Lehman ◽  
Teresa J. Frink
Keyword(s):  
Movement Patterns ◽  
Space Use ◽  
Bighorn Sheep

scholarly journals Space use by resident and transient coyotes in an urban–rural landscape mosaic

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Numi Mitchell ◽  
Michael W. Strohbach ◽  
Ralph Pratt ◽  
Wendy C. Finn ◽  
Eric G. Strauss
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Space Use ◽  
Scale Space ◽  
Rural Landscape ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Mixed Effect

Context Coyotes (Canis latrans) have adapted successfully to human landscape alteration in the past 150 years and in recent decades have successfully moved into urban areas. While this causes concern about human–wildlife conflicts, research also suggests that coyotes tend to avoid humans and human activity in urban areas. For improving management, a better understanding of space use by coyotes is needed. Aims To study how coyote social behaviour influences fine-scale space use in urban areas we present results from an extensive, multi-year GPS telemetry study (2005–13). The study area in coastal Rhode Island is a mosaic of rural, suburban and urban land use and coyotes have only recently arrived. Methods We differentiated between two social classes: residents (individuals that have established a territory; n = 24) and transients (individuals that have no territory; n = 7). Space use was analysed using mixed effect models and detailed land-cover data. Key results Coyotes tended to select for agricultural and densely vegetated land cover and against land used for housing and commerce. Pasture and cropland were preferred by residents and avoided by transients, especially at night, indicating the role of agricultural land as prime foraging habitat. Both groups selected densely vegetated land cover for daytime shelter sites. Transients selected for densely vegetated land cover both day and night, indicating use for both shelter and foraging. Resident coyotes avoided high- and medium-density housing more than transients. Conclusions We interpret land-cover selection by resident coyotes as indicative of coyote habitat preference, while transients more often occupied marginal habitats that probably do not reflect their preferences. Differences in land cover selection between residents and transients suggest that transients have a corollary strategy to avoid residents. Implications With cover and food appearing to be important drivers of space use, coexistence strategies can build on controlling food resources as well as on the tendency of coyotes to avoid humans. Nevertheless, transients, having the need to avoid territorial resident coyotes as well, show a reduced aversion to land cover with high human activity, creating a higher potential for human–wildlife conflicts.

Genotypic differences in space use and movement patterns in Drosophila melanogaster

2005 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 609-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Stamps ◽  
Marybeth Buechner ◽  
Katie Alexander ◽  
Jeremy Davis ◽  
Nicole Zuniga
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Movement Patterns ◽  
Space Use ◽  
Genotypic Differences

scholarly journals Foraging specialisms influence space use and movement patterns of the European eel Anguilla anguilla

Hydrobiologia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 766 (1) ◽  
pp. 333-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Barry ◽  
M. Newton ◽  
J. A. Dodd ◽  
O. E. Hooker ◽  
P. Boylan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Movement Patterns ◽  
Anguilla Anguilla ◽  
Space Use ◽  
European Eel

scholarly journals SPACE-OUT: graphics programs to study and to simulate space use and movement patterns

1982 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Bekoff ◽  
C. Wieland ◽  
W. A. Lavender
Keyword(s):  
Movement Patterns ◽  
Space Use

Seasonal Variation in Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) Movement Patterns and Space Use in Peninsular Florida at Multiple Temporal Scales

Herpetologica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javan M. Bauder ◽  
David R. Breininger ◽  
M. Rebecca Bolt ◽  
Michael L. Legare ◽  
Christopher L. Jenkins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Variation ◽  
Movement Patterns ◽  
Space Use ◽  
Temporal Scales ◽  
Eastern Indigo Snake

scholarly journals Space Use and Movement Patterns in a Semi-Free-Ranging Herd of European Bison (Bison bonasus)

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. e0147404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amandine Ramos ◽  
Odile Petit ◽  
Patrice Longour ◽  
Cristian Pasquaretta ◽  
Cédric Sueur
Keyword(s):  
Movement Patterns ◽  
Space Use ◽  
Bison Bison ◽  
European Bison ◽  
Bison Bonasus ◽  
Free Ranging

scholarly journals Sexual, allometric and forest cover effects on giant anteaters’ movement ecology

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0253345
Author(s):  
Aline Giroux ◽  
Zaida Ortega ◽  
Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues Oliveira-Santos ◽  
Nina Attias ◽  
Alessandra Bertassoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Movement Patterns ◽  
Space Use ◽  
Home Range Size ◽  
Range Size ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Environmental Drivers

Knowing the influence of intrinsic and environmental traits on animals’ movement is a central interest of ecology and can aid to enhance management decisions. The giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) is a vulnerable mammal that presents low capacity for physiological thermoregulation and uses forests as thermal shelters. Here, we aim to provide reliable estimates of giant anteaters’ movement patterns and home range size, as well as untangle the role of intrinsic and environmental drivers on their movement. We GPS-tracked 19 giant anteaters in Brazilian savannah. We used a continuous-time movement model to estimate their movement patterns (described by home range crossing time, daily distance moved and directionality), and provide an autocorrelated kernel density estimate of home range size. Then, we used mixed structural equations to integratively model the effects of sex, body mass and proportion of forest cover on movement patterns and home range size, considering the complex net of interactions between these variables. Male giant anteaters presented more intensive space use and larger home range than females with similar body mass, as it is expected in polygynous social mating systems. Males and females increased home range size with increasing body mass, but the allometric scaling of intensity of space use was negative for males and positive for females, indicating different strategies in search for resources. With decreasing proportion of forest cover inside their home ranges, and, consequently, decreasing thermal quality of their habitat, giant anteaters increased home range size, possibly to maximize the chances of accessing thermal shelters. As frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and deforestation are increasing, effective management efforts need to consider the role of forests as an important thermal resource driving spatial requirements of this species. We highlight that both intrinsic and environmental drivers of animal movement should be integrated to better guide management strategies.

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