Data from: Estimating the intensity of use by interacting predators and prey using camera traps ...

Understanding how organisms distribute themselves in response to interacting species, ecosystems, climate, human development and time is fundamental to ecological study and practice. A measure to quantify the relationship among organisms and their environments is intensity of use: the rate of use of...

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Main Authors: Keim, Jonah L., Lele, Subhash R., DeWitt, Philip D., Fitzpatrick, J. Jeremy, Jenni, Noemie S.
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Dryad 2019
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8s27g9f
https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.8s27g9f
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Summary:Understanding how organisms distribute themselves in response to interacting species, ecosystems, climate, human development and time is fundamental to ecological study and practice. A measure to quantify the relationship among organisms and their environments is intensity of use: the rate of use of a specific resource in a defined unit of time. Estimating the intensity of use differs from estimating probabilities of occupancy or selection, which can remain constant even when the intensity of use varies. We describe a method to evaluate the intensity of use across conditions that vary in both space and time. We demonstrate its application on a large mammal community where linear developments and human activity are conjectured to influence the interactions between white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and wolves (Canis lupus) with possible consequences on threatened woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou). We collect and quantify intensity of use data for multiple, interacting species with the goal ... : Large Mammal Intensity of Use Data Collected by Camera TrapIntensity-of-Use-Data.csvWolf Group Size Data Collected by Camera TrapWolf-Grp-Size.csv ...