Data from: Faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour
Predation by grey wolves Canis lupus has been identified as an important cause of boreal woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou mortality, and it has been hypothesized that wolf use of human-created linear features such as seismic lines, pipelines and roads increases movement, resulting in highe...
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ftdans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:94450 2023-07-02T03:31:55+02:00 Data from: Faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour Dickie, Melanie Serrouya, Robert McNay, R. Scott Boutin, Stan 2016-07-16T20:44:23.000+02:00 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-lz-ajax https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:94450 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.s7r47/1 doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12732 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-lz-ajax doi:10.5061/dryad.s7r47 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:94450 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 2016 ftdans https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s7r47/110.1111/1365-2664.1273210.5061/dryad.s7r47 2023-06-13T13:22:34Z Predation by grey wolves Canis lupus has been identified as an important cause of boreal woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou mortality, and it has been hypothesized that wolf use of human-created linear features such as seismic lines, pipelines and roads increases movement, resulting in higher kill rates. We tested if wolves select linear features and whether movement rates increased while travelling on linear features in north-eastern Alberta and north-western Saskatchewan using 5-min GPS (Global Positioning System) locations from twenty-two wolves in six packs. Wolves selected all but two linear feature classes, with the magnitude of selection depending on feature class and season. Wolves travelled two to three times faster on linear features compared to the natural forest. Increased average daily travelling speed while on linear features and increased proportion of steps spent travelling on linear features increased net daily movement rates, suggesting that wolf use of linear features can increase their search rate. Synthesis and applications. Our findings that wolves move faster and farther on human-created linear features can inform mitigation strategies intended to decrease predation on woodland caribou, a threatened species. Of the features that can realistically be restored, mitigation strategies such as silviculture and linear deactivation (i.e. tree-felling and fencing) should prioritize conventional seismic lines (i.e. cleared lines used for traditional oil and gas exploration) and pipelines, as they were selected by wolves and increased travelling speed, before low-impact seismic lines. 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 Dickie, Melanie Serrouya, Robert McNay, R. Scott Boutin, Stan Data from: Faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour |
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Predation by grey wolves Canis lupus has been identified as an important cause of boreal woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou mortality, and it has been hypothesized that wolf use of human-created linear features such as seismic lines, pipelines and roads increases movement, resulting in higher kill rates. We tested if wolves select linear features and whether movement rates increased while travelling on linear features in north-eastern Alberta and north-western Saskatchewan using 5-min GPS (Global Positioning System) locations from twenty-two wolves in six packs. Wolves selected all but two linear feature classes, with the magnitude of selection depending on feature class and season. Wolves travelled two to three times faster on linear features compared to the natural forest. Increased average daily travelling speed while on linear features and increased proportion of steps spent travelling on linear features increased net daily movement rates, suggesting that wolf use of linear features can increase their search rate. Synthesis and applications. Our findings that wolves move faster and farther on human-created linear features can inform mitigation strategies intended to decrease predation on woodland caribou, a threatened species. Of the features that can realistically be restored, mitigation strategies such as silviculture and linear deactivation (i.e. tree-felling and fencing) should prioritize conventional seismic lines (i.e. cleared lines used for traditional oil and gas exploration) and pipelines, as they were selected by wolves and increased travelling speed, before low-impact seismic lines. |
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Dickie, Melanie Serrouya, Robert McNay, R. Scott Boutin, Stan |
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Data from: Faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour |
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Data from: Faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour |
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doi:10.5061/dryad.s7r47/1 doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12732 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-lz-ajax doi:10.5061/dryad.s7r47 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:94450 |
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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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https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s7r47/110.1111/1365-2664.1273210.5061/dryad.s7r47 |
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