The importance of multi-scale analyses in avian habitat selection studies in urban environments

2001 ◽  
pp. 139-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Hostetler
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Multi Scale

scholarly journals The Winter Habitat Selection of Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) Based on a Multi-Scale Model

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2454
Author(s):  
Yue Sun ◽  
Yanze Yu ◽  
Jinhao Guo ◽  
Minghai Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Red Deer ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Winter Habitat ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Optimal Scale ◽  
Scale Models ◽  
Selection Of

Single-scale frameworks are often used to analyze the habitat selections of species. Research on habitat selection can be significantly improved using multi-scale models that enable greater in-depth analyses of the scale dependence between species and specific environmental factors. In this study, the winter habitat selection of red deer in the Gogostaihanwula Nature Reserve, Inner Mongolia, was studied using a multi-scale model. Each selected covariate was included in multi-scale models at their “characteristic scale”, and we used an all subsets approach and model selection framework to assess habitat selection. The results showed that: (1) Univariate logistic regression analysis showed that the response scale of red deer to environmental factors was different among different covariate. The optimal scale of the single covariate was 800–3200 m, slope (SLP), altitude (ELE), and ratio of deciduous broad-leaved forests were 800 m in large scale, except that the farmland ratio was 200 m in fine scale. The optimal scale of road density and grassland ratio is both 1600 m, and the optimal scale of net forest production capacity is 3200 m; (2) distance to forest edges, distance to cement roads, distance to villages, altitude, distance to all road, and slope of the region were the most important factors affecting winter habitat selection. The outcomes of this study indicate that future studies on the effectiveness of habitat selections will benefit from multi-scale models. In addition to increasing interpretive and predictive capabilities, multi-scale habitat selection models enhance our understanding of how species respond to their environments and contribute to the formulation of effective conservation and management strategies for ungulata.

Integrating landscape resistance and multi-scale predictor of habitat selection for amphibian distribution modelling at large scale

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Matutini ◽  
Jacques Baudry ◽  
Marie-Josée Fortin ◽  
Guillaume Pain ◽  
Joséphine Pithon
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Landscape Resistance ◽  
Distribution Modelling ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Selection For

scholarly journals Correction to: Multi-level, multi-scale habitat selection by a wide-ranging, federally threatened snake

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 1645-1646
Author(s):  
Javan M. Bauder ◽  
David R. Breininger ◽  
M. Rebecca Bolt ◽  
Michael L. Legare ◽  
Christopher L. Jenkins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Federally Threatened

scholarly journals Meta-replication reveals nonstationarity in multi-scale habitat selection of Mexican Spotted Owl

The Condor ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. 641-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ho Yi Wan ◽  
Kevin McGarigal ◽  
Joseph L. Ganey ◽  
Valentin Lauret ◽  
Brad C. Timm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Spotted Owl ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Selection Of

Multi-scale habitat selection affects offspring survival in a precocial species

Oecologia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 173 (4) ◽  
pp. 1249-1259 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. Bloom ◽  
R. G. Clark ◽  
D. W. Howerter ◽  
L. M. Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Offspring Survival ◽  
Multi Scale

Spatial ecology and multi-scale habitat selection of the Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) in a managed forest landscape

2017 ◽  
Vol 391 ◽  
pp. 469-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
William B. Sutton ◽  
Yong Wang ◽  
Callie J. Schweitzer ◽  
Christopher J.W. McClure
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Spatial Ecology ◽  
Forest Landscape ◽  
Managed Forest ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Agkistrodon Contortrix ◽  
Selection Of

Hierarchical habitat selection by North American porcupines in southern boreal forest

2005 ◽  
Vol 83 (10) ◽  
pp. 1333-1342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Morin ◽  
Dominique Berteaux ◽  
Ilya Klvana
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Home Range ◽  
Populus Tremuloides ◽  
North American ◽  
Deciduous Trees ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Trembling Aspen ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Erethizon Dorsatum ◽  
Multi Scale

In habitat-selection studies, a multi-scale approach is considered necessary to ensure that all elements of selection are depicted and that management decisions accurately reflect the needs of the species under study. We examined hierarchy in summer habitat selection in North American porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum (L., 1758)) in Eastern Canada at the scales of landscape, home range, and single tree. We used radiotelemetry to locate and observe animals visually to record their behaviour and exact location in the habitat. Den use in summer was unexpectedly high for some of our animals, which forced us to use a restricted number of locations per individual for comparison among scales. Although porcupines are generalists at the landscape level, selection patterns appear at the home-range and tree levels. Human-used land and conifer forests were least selected features of home ranges, while deciduous forests dominated by trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) and mixed forests were most selected. At the tree scale, trembling aspen was found to be selected over other deciduous trees. However, fruit-producing trees were even more selected. This study shows the importance of a multi-scale approach that includes fine-scale selection.

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