Data from: Adjustments in habitat selection to changing availability induce fitness costs for a threatened ungulate
1. Functional responses in habitat selection occur when individuals adjust their selection of habitat features as a function of the availability of those features. Functional responses in habitat selection are generally assumed to be fitness-rewarding tactics and are used to guide conservation actio...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:4944635 2023-05-15T18:04:25+02:00 Data from: Adjustments in habitat selection to changing availability induce fitness costs for a threatened ungulate Losier, Chrystel L. Couturier, Serge St-Laurent, Martin-Hugues Drapeau, Pierre Dussault, Claude Rudolph, Tyler Brodeur, Vincent Merkle, Jerod A. Fortin, Daniel 2016-01-21 https://zenodo.org/record/4944635 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6c56 unknown doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12400 https://zenodo.org/communities/dryad https://zenodo.org/record/4944635 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6c56 oai:zenodo.org:4944635 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode ecological trap Rangifer tarandus resource selection function forest-dwelling caribou habitat selection tactic Holocene mortality risk cutovers info:eu-repo/semantics/other dataset 2016 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6c5610.1111/1365-2664.12400 2023-03-10T17:46:57Z 1. Functional responses in habitat selection occur when individuals adjust their selection of habitat features as a function of the availability of those features. Functional responses in habitat selection are generally assumed to be fitness-rewarding tactics and are used to guide conservation actions. Fitness consequences of functional responses, however, have rarely been evaluated. 2. Eighty-three caribou were followed with GPS collars to establish the link between functional responses in habitat selection and adult female survival, a strong fitness correlate for caribou. We measured how caribou avoidance of mixed/deciduous stands and 6–20-year-old clearcuts varied with the proportion of 6–20-year-old clearcuts within their 100% minimal convex polygon (MCP), and if these functional responses were linked to survival. Mixed/deciduous stands and 6–20-year-old clearcuts are risky for caribou because they are selected by moose, thereby attracting wolves and increasing predation risk for caribou. 3. Caribou avoided mixed/deciduous stands, especially when 6–20-year-old clearcuts comprised a large proportion of their MCP, but this functional response did not differ between caribou that died and those that survived. When the proportion of 6–20-year-old clearcuts in the MCP was low, caribou generally had low odds of occurring near 6–20-year-old clearcuts. However, when the proportion of clearcuts in the MCP was relatively high, caribou that strongly increased their odds of being near 6–20-year-old clearcuts were generally those that died. 4. Synthesis and applications. Assessing the fitness consequences of how animals respond to habitat disturbances is central to wildlife conservation. We demonstrate that distinct functional responses in habitat selection involve different mortality risks and that population dynamics should depend on the frequency of the different tactics observed within populations. Individuals that persistently select riskier areas should be important drivers of population decline. Caribou mortality ... Dataset Rangifer tarandus Zenodo |
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ecological trap Rangifer tarandus resource selection function forest-dwelling caribou habitat selection tactic Holocene mortality risk cutovers Losier, Chrystel L. Couturier, Serge St-Laurent, Martin-Hugues Drapeau, Pierre Dussault, Claude Rudolph, Tyler Brodeur, Vincent Merkle, Jerod A. Fortin, Daniel Data from: Adjustments in habitat selection to changing availability induce fitness costs for a threatened ungulate |
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1. Functional responses in habitat selection occur when individuals adjust their selection of habitat features as a function of the availability of those features. Functional responses in habitat selection are generally assumed to be fitness-rewarding tactics and are used to guide conservation actions. Fitness consequences of functional responses, however, have rarely been evaluated. 2. Eighty-three caribou were followed with GPS collars to establish the link between functional responses in habitat selection and adult female survival, a strong fitness correlate for caribou. We measured how caribou avoidance of mixed/deciduous stands and 6–20-year-old clearcuts varied with the proportion of 6–20-year-old clearcuts within their 100% minimal convex polygon (MCP), and if these functional responses were linked to survival. Mixed/deciduous stands and 6–20-year-old clearcuts are risky for caribou because they are selected by moose, thereby attracting wolves and increasing predation risk for caribou. 3. Caribou avoided mixed/deciduous stands, especially when 6–20-year-old clearcuts comprised a large proportion of their MCP, but this functional response did not differ between caribou that died and those that survived. When the proportion of 6–20-year-old clearcuts in the MCP was low, caribou generally had low odds of occurring near 6–20-year-old clearcuts. However, when the proportion of clearcuts in the MCP was relatively high, caribou that strongly increased their odds of being near 6–20-year-old clearcuts were generally those that died. 4. Synthesis and applications. Assessing the fitness consequences of how animals respond to habitat disturbances is central to wildlife conservation. We demonstrate that distinct functional responses in habitat selection involve different mortality risks and that population dynamics should depend on the frequency of the different tactics observed within populations. Individuals that persistently select riskier areas should be important drivers of population decline. Caribou mortality ... |
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Losier, Chrystel L. Couturier, Serge St-Laurent, Martin-Hugues Drapeau, Pierre Dussault, Claude Rudolph, Tyler Brodeur, Vincent Merkle, Jerod A. Fortin, Daniel |
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Losier, Chrystel L. Couturier, Serge St-Laurent, Martin-Hugues Drapeau, Pierre Dussault, Claude Rudolph, Tyler Brodeur, Vincent Merkle, Jerod A. Fortin, Daniel |
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Losier, Chrystel L. |
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Data from: Adjustments in habitat selection to changing availability induce fitness costs for a threatened ungulate |
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Data from: Adjustments in habitat selection to changing availability induce fitness costs for a threatened ungulate |
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Data from: Adjustments in habitat selection to changing availability induce fitness costs for a threatened ungulate |
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Data from: Adjustments in habitat selection to changing availability induce fitness costs for a threatened ungulate |
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Data from: Adjustments in habitat selection to changing availability induce fitness costs for a threatened ungulate |
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data from: adjustments in habitat selection to changing availability induce fitness costs for a threatened ungulate |
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https://zenodo.org/record/4944635 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6c56 |
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