Boreal predator co-occurrences reveal shared use of seismic lines in a working landscape ...
Abstract Interspecific interactions are an integral aspect of ecosystem functioning that may be disrupted in an increasingly anthropocentric world. Industrial landscape change creates a novel playing field on which these interactions take place, and a key question for wildlife managers is whether an...
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ftdatacite:10.14288/1.0397568 2024-04-28T08:15:21+00:00 Boreal predator co-occurrences reveal shared use of seismic lines in a working landscape ... Tattersall, Erin R. Burgar, Joanna M. Fisher, Jason T. Burton, A. Cole 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0397568 https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0397568 unknown The University of British Columbia https://dx.doi.org/10.5683/sp2/7pt8hl https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.hx3ffbg9x dataset Dataset 2020 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.14288/1.039756810.5683/sp2/7pt8hl10.5061/dryad.hx3ffbg9x 2024-04-02T09:41:15Z Abstract Interspecific interactions are an integral aspect of ecosystem functioning that may be disrupted in an increasingly anthropocentric world. Industrial landscape change creates a novel playing field on which these interactions take place, and a key question for wildlife managers is whether and how species are able to coexist in such working landscapes. Using camera traps deployed in northern Alberta, we surveyed boreal predators to determine whether interspecific interactions affected occurrences of black bears (Ursus americanus), coyotes (Canis latrans), and lynx (Lynx canadensis) within a landscape disturbed by networks of seismic lines (corridors cut for seismic exploration of oil and gas reserves). We tested hypotheses of species interactions across one spatial-only and two spatiotemporal (daily and weekly) scales. Specifically, we hypothesized that 1) predators avoid competition with the apex predator, grey wolf (Canis lupus), 2) they avoid competition with each other as intraguild competitors, ... Dataset Canis lupus Lynx DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Abstract Interspecific interactions are an integral aspect of ecosystem functioning that may be disrupted in an increasingly anthropocentric world. Industrial landscape change creates a novel playing field on which these interactions take place, and a key question for wildlife managers is whether and how species are able to coexist in such working landscapes. Using camera traps deployed in northern Alberta, we surveyed boreal predators to determine whether interspecific interactions affected occurrences of black bears (Ursus americanus), coyotes (Canis latrans), and lynx (Lynx canadensis) within a landscape disturbed by networks of seismic lines (corridors cut for seismic exploration of oil and gas reserves). We tested hypotheses of species interactions across one spatial-only and two spatiotemporal (daily and weekly) scales. Specifically, we hypothesized that 1) predators avoid competition with the apex predator, grey wolf (Canis lupus), 2) they avoid competition with each other as intraguild competitors, ... |
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Tattersall, Erin R. Burgar, Joanna M. Fisher, Jason T. Burton, A. Cole Boreal predator co-occurrences reveal shared use of seismic lines in a working landscape ... |
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Tattersall, Erin R. Burgar, Joanna M. Fisher, Jason T. Burton, A. Cole |
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Boreal predator co-occurrences reveal shared use of seismic lines in a working landscape ... |
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Boreal predator co-occurrences reveal shared use of seismic lines in a working landscape ... |
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Boreal predator co-occurrences reveal shared use of seismic lines in a working landscape ... |
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Boreal predator co-occurrences reveal shared use of seismic lines in a working landscape ... |
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boreal predator co-occurrences reveal shared use of seismic lines in a working landscape ... |
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The University of British Columbia |
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