Data from: Compensatory selection for roads over natural linear features by wolves in northern Ontario: implications for caribou conservation
Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Ontario are a threatened species that have experienced a substantial retraction of their historic range. Part of their decline has been attributed to increasing densities of anthropogenic linear features such as trails, roads, railways, and hydro lines...
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ftdans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:101307 2023-07-02T03:31:55+02:00 Data from: Compensatory selection for roads over natural linear features by wolves in northern Ontario: implications for caribou conservation Newton, Erica J. Patterson, Brent R. Anderson, Morgan L. Rodgers, Arthur R. Vander Vennen, Lucas M. Fryxell, John M. 2017-11-15T18:45:36.000+01:00 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-9y-ocxv https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:101307 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.t5800/1 doi:10.5061/dryad.t5800/2 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0186525 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-9y-ocxv doi:10.5061/dryad.t5800 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:101307 OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf Life sciences medicine and health care 2017 ftdans https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.t5800/110.5061/dryad.t5800/210.1371/journal.pone.018652510.5061/dryad.t5800 2023-06-13T12:59:08Z Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Ontario are a threatened species that have experienced a substantial retraction of their historic range. Part of their decline has been attributed to increasing densities of anthropogenic linear features such as trails, roads, railways, and hydro lines. These features have been shown to increase the search efficiency and kill rate of wolves. However, it is unclear whether selection for anthropogenic linear features is additive or compensatory to selection for natural (water) linear features which may also be used for travel. We studied the selection of water and anthropogenic linear features by 52 resident wolves (Canis lupus x lycaon) over four years across three study areas in northern Ontario that varied in degrees of forestry activity and human disturbance. We used Euclidean distance-based resource selection functions (mixed-effects logistic regression) at the seasonal range scale with random coefficients for distance to water linear features, primary/secondary roads/railways, and hydro lines, and tertiary roads to estimate the strength of selection for each linear feature and for several habitat types, while accounting for availability of each feature. Next, we investigated the trade-off between selection for anthropogenic and water linear features. Wolves selected both anthropogenic and water linear features; selection for anthropogenic features was stronger than for water during the rendezvous season. Selection for anthropogenic linear features increased with increasing density of these features on the landscape, while selection for natural linear features declined, indicating compensatory selection of anthropogenic linear features. These results have implications for woodland caribou conservation. Prey encounter rates between wolves and caribou seem to be strongly influenced by increasing linear feature densities. This behavioral mechanism - a compensatory functional response to anthropogenic linear feature density resulting in decreased use of natural ... Other/Unknown Material Canis lupus Rangifer tarandus Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS): EASY (KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) |
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Life sciences medicine and health care Newton, Erica J. Patterson, Brent R. Anderson, Morgan L. Rodgers, Arthur R. Vander Vennen, Lucas M. Fryxell, John M. Data from: Compensatory selection for roads over natural linear features by wolves in northern Ontario: implications for caribou conservation |
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Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Ontario are a threatened species that have experienced a substantial retraction of their historic range. Part of their decline has been attributed to increasing densities of anthropogenic linear features such as trails, roads, railways, and hydro lines. These features have been shown to increase the search efficiency and kill rate of wolves. However, it is unclear whether selection for anthropogenic linear features is additive or compensatory to selection for natural (water) linear features which may also be used for travel. We studied the selection of water and anthropogenic linear features by 52 resident wolves (Canis lupus x lycaon) over four years across three study areas in northern Ontario that varied in degrees of forestry activity and human disturbance. We used Euclidean distance-based resource selection functions (mixed-effects logistic regression) at the seasonal range scale with random coefficients for distance to water linear features, primary/secondary roads/railways, and hydro lines, and tertiary roads to estimate the strength of selection for each linear feature and for several habitat types, while accounting for availability of each feature. Next, we investigated the trade-off between selection for anthropogenic and water linear features. Wolves selected both anthropogenic and water linear features; selection for anthropogenic features was stronger than for water during the rendezvous season. Selection for anthropogenic linear features increased with increasing density of these features on the landscape, while selection for natural linear features declined, indicating compensatory selection of anthropogenic linear features. These results have implications for woodland caribou conservation. Prey encounter rates between wolves and caribou seem to be strongly influenced by increasing linear feature densities. This behavioral mechanism - a compensatory functional response to anthropogenic linear feature density resulting in decreased use of natural ... |
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Newton, Erica J. Patterson, Brent R. Anderson, Morgan L. Rodgers, Arthur R. Vander Vennen, Lucas M. Fryxell, John M. |
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Newton, Erica J. Patterson, Brent R. Anderson, Morgan L. Rodgers, Arthur R. Vander Vennen, Lucas M. Fryxell, John M. |
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Newton, Erica J. |
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Data from: Compensatory selection for roads over natural linear features by wolves in northern Ontario: implications for caribou conservation |
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Data from: Compensatory selection for roads over natural linear features by wolves in northern Ontario: implications for caribou conservation |
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Data from: Compensatory selection for roads over natural linear features by wolves in northern Ontario: implications for caribou conservation |
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Data from: Compensatory selection for roads over natural linear features by wolves in northern Ontario: implications for caribou conservation |
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Data from: Compensatory selection for roads over natural linear features by wolves in northern Ontario: implications for caribou conservation |
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data from: compensatory selection for roads over natural linear features by wolves in northern ontario: implications for caribou conservation |
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doi:10.5061/dryad.t5800/1 doi:10.5061/dryad.t5800/2 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0186525 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-9y-ocxv doi:10.5061/dryad.t5800 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:101307 |
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OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf |
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