Data from: Compensatory selection for roads over natural linear features by wolves in northern Ontario: implications for caribou conservation ...

• Main Authors: Newton, Erica J., Patterson, Brent R., Anderson, Morgan L., Rodgers, Arthur R., Vander Vennen, Lucas M., Fryxell, John M.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2018
• Subjects: 2010-2014; wolf; resource selection function; mixed effects; linear features; Rangifer tarandus caribou; availability; Canis lupus x lycaon; Canada; Canis lupus; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.t5800; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.t5800

Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Ontario are a threatened species that have experienced a substantial retraction of their historic range. Part of their decline has been attributed to increasing densities of anthropogenic linear features such as trails, roads, railways, and hydro lines. These features have been shown to increase the search efficiency and kill rate of wolves. However, it is unclear whether selection for anthropogenic linear features is additive or compensatory to selection for natural (water) linear features which may also be used for travel. We studied the selection of water and anthropogenic linear features by 52 resident wolves (Canis lupus x lycaon) over four years across three study areas in northern Ontario that varied in degrees of forestry activity and human disturbance. We used Euclidean distance-based resource selection functions (mixed-effects logistic regression) at the seasonal range scale with random coefficients for distance to water linear features, ... : Newton et al wolf travel on linear features data for rsf modelsThese data provide distances from wolf-points ("use" = 1) to available points ("use" = 0) within a wolf's ("ID") seasonal range. Standardized distances to each habitat feature are provided. Availability of each feature type is also provided (Feature_A). These data can be used to replicate all figures and tables in the study.Newton_LinearFeatures_AllData_Standardized.csvNewton_et_al_Tortuosity_Velocity_NorthernWolvesData underlying Supplementary Figure S1,Season delineation, tortuosity and velocity of resident adult wolves in northern Ontario, Canada, 2010-2014. ...