Data from: Does learning or instinct shape habitat selection?
Habitat selection is an important behavioural process widely studied for its population-level effects. Models of habitat selection are, however, often fit without a mechanistic consideration. Here, we investigated whether patterns in habitat selection result from instinct or learning for a populatio...
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ftdans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:82978 2023-07-02T03:33:54+02:00 Data from: Does learning or instinct shape habitat selection? Nielsen, Scott E. Shafer, Aaron B. A. Boyce, Mark S. Stenhouse, G. B. 2013-05-13T20:27:25.000+02:00 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-je-gygc https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:82978 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.76ks0/1 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053721 PMID:23341983 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-je-gygc doi:10.5061/dryad.76ks0 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:82978 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 2013 ftdans https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76ks0/110.1371/journal.pone.005372110.5061/dryad.76ks0 2023-06-13T13:07:16Z Habitat selection is an important behavioural process widely studied for its population-level effects. Models of habitat selection are, however, often fit without a mechanistic consideration. Here, we investigated whether patterns in habitat selection result from instinct or learning for a population of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in Alberta, Canada. We found that habitat selection and relatedness were positively correlated in female bears during the fall season, with a trend in the spring, but not during any season for males. This suggests that habitat selection is a learned behaviour because males do not participate in parental care: a genetically predetermined behaviour (instinct) would have resulted in habitat selection and relatedness correlations for both sexes. Geographic distance and home range overlap among animals did not alter correlations indicating that dispersal and spatial autocorrelation had little effect on the observed trends. These results suggest that habitat selection in grizzly bears are partly learned from their mothers, which could have implications for the translocation of wildlife to novel environments. Other/Unknown Material Ursus arctos Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS): EASY (KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) Canada |
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Habitat selection is an important behavioural process widely studied for its population-level effects. Models of habitat selection are, however, often fit without a mechanistic consideration. Here, we investigated whether patterns in habitat selection result from instinct or learning for a population of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in Alberta, Canada. We found that habitat selection and relatedness were positively correlated in female bears during the fall season, with a trend in the spring, but not during any season for males. This suggests that habitat selection is a learned behaviour because males do not participate in parental care: a genetically predetermined behaviour (instinct) would have resulted in habitat selection and relatedness correlations for both sexes. Geographic distance and home range overlap among animals did not alter correlations indicating that dispersal and spatial autocorrelation had little effect on the observed trends. These results suggest that habitat selection in grizzly bears are partly learned from their mothers, which could have implications for the translocation of wildlife to novel environments. |
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doi:10.5061/dryad.76ks0/1 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053721 PMID:23341983 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-je-gygc doi:10.5061/dryad.76ks0 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:82978 |
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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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