Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia
Habitat selection of animals depends on factors such as food availability, landscape features, and intra- and interspecific interactions. Individuals can show several behavioral responses to reduce competition for habitat, yet the mechanisms that drive them are poorly understood. This is particularl...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2020
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/17335/ https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/17335/1/ordiz_a_et_al_200723.pdf |
id |
ftslunivuppsala:oai:pub.epsilon.slu.se:17335 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftslunivuppsala:oai:pub.epsilon.slu.se:17335 2023-05-15T13:13:22+02:00 Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia Ordiz, Andres Uzal, Antonio Milleret, Cyril Sanz-Perez, Ana Zimmermann, Barbara Wikenros, Camilla Wabakken, Petter Kindberg, Jonas Swenson, Jon E. Sand, Håkan 2020 application/pdf https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/17335/ https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/17335/1/ordiz_a_et_al_200723.pdf en eng eng https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/17335/1/ordiz_a_et_al_200723.pdf Ordiz, Andres and Uzal, Antonio and Milleret, Cyril and Sanz-Perez, Ana and Zimmermann, Barbara and Wikenros, Camilla and Wabakken, Petter and Kindberg, Jonas and Swenson, Jon E. and Sand, Håkan (2020). Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia. Scientific Reports. 10 , 9941 , 1-11 [Research article] Ecology Research article NonPeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftslunivuppsala 2022-01-09T19:15:17Z Habitat selection of animals depends on factors such as food availability, landscape features, and intra- and interspecific interactions. Individuals can show several behavioral responses to reduce competition for habitat, yet the mechanisms that drive them are poorly understood. This is particularly true for large carnivores, whose fine-scale monitoring is logistically complex and expensive. In Scandinavia, the home-range establishment and kill rates of gray wolves (Canis lupus) are affected by the coexistence with brown bears (Ursus arctos). Here, we applied resource selection functions and a multivariate approach to compare wolf habitat selection within home ranges of wolves that were either sympatric or allopatric with bears. Wolves selected for lower altitudes in winter, particularly in the area where bears and wolves are sympatric, where altitude is generally higher than where they are allopatric. Wolves may follow the winter migration of their staple prey, moose (Alces alces), to lower altitudes. Otherwise, we did not find any effect of bear presence on wolf habitat selection, in contrast with our previous studies. Our new results indicate that the manifestation of a specific driver of habitat selection, namely interspecific competition, can vary at different spatial-temporal scales. This is important to understand the structure of ecological communities and the varying mechanisms underlying interspecific interactions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Canis lupus Ursus arctos Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU): Epsilon Open Archive |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU): Epsilon Open Archive |
op_collection_id |
ftslunivuppsala |
language |
English |
topic |
Ecology |
spellingShingle |
Ecology Ordiz, Andres Uzal, Antonio Milleret, Cyril Sanz-Perez, Ana Zimmermann, Barbara Wikenros, Camilla Wabakken, Petter Kindberg, Jonas Swenson, Jon E. Sand, Håkan Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia |
topic_facet |
Ecology |
description |
Habitat selection of animals depends on factors such as food availability, landscape features, and intra- and interspecific interactions. Individuals can show several behavioral responses to reduce competition for habitat, yet the mechanisms that drive them are poorly understood. This is particularly true for large carnivores, whose fine-scale monitoring is logistically complex and expensive. In Scandinavia, the home-range establishment and kill rates of gray wolves (Canis lupus) are affected by the coexistence with brown bears (Ursus arctos). Here, we applied resource selection functions and a multivariate approach to compare wolf habitat selection within home ranges of wolves that were either sympatric or allopatric with bears. Wolves selected for lower altitudes in winter, particularly in the area where bears and wolves are sympatric, where altitude is generally higher than where they are allopatric. Wolves may follow the winter migration of their staple prey, moose (Alces alces), to lower altitudes. Otherwise, we did not find any effect of bear presence on wolf habitat selection, in contrast with our previous studies. Our new results indicate that the manifestation of a specific driver of habitat selection, namely interspecific competition, can vary at different spatial-temporal scales. This is important to understand the structure of ecological communities and the varying mechanisms underlying interspecific interactions. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Ordiz, Andres Uzal, Antonio Milleret, Cyril Sanz-Perez, Ana Zimmermann, Barbara Wikenros, Camilla Wabakken, Petter Kindberg, Jonas Swenson, Jon E. Sand, Håkan |
author_facet |
Ordiz, Andres Uzal, Antonio Milleret, Cyril Sanz-Perez, Ana Zimmermann, Barbara Wikenros, Camilla Wabakken, Petter Kindberg, Jonas Swenson, Jon E. Sand, Håkan |
author_sort |
Ordiz, Andres |
title |
Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia |
title_short |
Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia |
title_full |
Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia |
title_fullStr |
Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia |
title_full_unstemmed |
Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia |
title_sort |
wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in scandinavia |
publishDate |
2020 |
url |
https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/17335/ https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/17335/1/ordiz_a_et_al_200723.pdf |
genre |
Alces alces Canis lupus Ursus arctos |
genre_facet |
Alces alces Canis lupus Ursus arctos |
op_relation |
https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/17335/1/ordiz_a_et_al_200723.pdf Ordiz, Andres and Uzal, Antonio and Milleret, Cyril and Sanz-Perez, Ana and Zimmermann, Barbara and Wikenros, Camilla and Wabakken, Petter and Kindberg, Jonas and Swenson, Jon E. and Sand, Håkan (2020). Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia. Scientific Reports. 10 , 9941 , 1-11 [Research article] |
_version_ |
1766257908836728832 |