Data from: Temporal variation in habitat selection breaks the catch-22 of spatially contrasting predation risk from multiple predators ...

• Main Authors: Lone, Karen, Mysterud, Atle, Gobakken, Terje, Odden, John, Linnell, John, Loe, Leif Egil
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2016
• Subjects: dynamic risk responses; antipredator strategy; Capreolus capreolus; Norway; Lynx; Lynx lynx lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.26605; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.26605

Predator avoidance depends on prey being able to discern how risk varies in space and time, but this is made considerably more complicated if risk is simultaneously present from multiple predators. This is the situation for an increasing number of mammalian prey species, as large carnivores recover or are reintroduced in ecosystems on several continents. Roe deer Capreolus capreolus in southern Norway illustrate a case in which prey face two predators with contrasting patterns of predation risk. They face a catch-22 situation: spatially avoiding the risk from one predator (lynx Lynx lynx in dense habitat) implies exposure to the other (hunters in open habitat). Using GPS-data from 29 roe deer, we tested for daily and seasonal variation in roe deer selection for habitat with respect to the habitats' year-round average risk level. Generally, roe deer altered their habitat selection between night and day in a pattern consistent with being able to avoid predicted risk from the nocturnal lynx during night and ... : ROE DEER GPS DATACLEANED ROE DEER GPS DATA. (tab-separated .txt file). ## no locations during migration ## no duplicates ## no first 24 hrs after capture ## positions are not subsampled to every 6th hour ## Coordinates in WGS84 UTM32N ## Animals collared and data collected by The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), for more information see http://scandlynx.nina.no/roegps.txtRisk map huntersRISK TO ROE DEER OF BEING KILLED BY HUNTER. (Georeferenced tiff raster with projection WGS84 UTM32N) ## Study area Hallingdal in Southern Norway ##Map units are "standardized risk"huntZ_131001.tifRisk map lynxRISK TO ROE DEER OF BEING KILLED BY LYNX. (Georeferenced tiff raster with projection WGS84 UTM32N) ## Study area Hallingdal in Southern Norway ##Map units are "standardized risk"lynxZ_131001.tif ...