Data from: Does learning or instinct shape habitat selection?
Habitat selection is an important behavioural process widely studied for its population-level effects. Models of habitat selection are, however, often fit without a mechanistic consideration. Here, we investigated whether patterns in habitat selection result from instinct or learning for a populatio...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:4991279 2024-09-09T20:12:45+00:00 Data from: Does learning or instinct shape habitat selection? Nielsen, Scott E. Shafer, Aaron B. A. Boyce, Mark S. Stenhouse, G. B. 2013-05-13 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76ks0 unknown Zenodo https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053721 https://zenodo.org/communities/dryad https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76ks0 oai:zenodo.org:4991279 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Ursus arctos instinct info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2013 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76ks010.1371/journal.pone.0053721 2024-07-25T11:11:43Z Habitat selection is an important behavioural process widely studied for its population-level effects. Models of habitat selection are, however, often fit without a mechanistic consideration. Here, we investigated whether patterns in habitat selection result from instinct or learning for a population of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in Alberta, Canada. We found that habitat selection and relatedness were positively correlated in female bears during the fall season, with a trend in the spring, but not during any season for males. This suggests that habitat selection is a learned behaviour because males do not participate in parental care: a genetically predetermined behaviour (instinct) would have resulted in habitat selection and relatedness correlations for both sexes. Geographic distance and home range overlap among animals did not alter correlations indicating that dispersal and spatial autocorrelation had little effect on the observed trends. These results suggest that habitat selection in grizzly bears are partly learned from their mothers, which could have implications for the translocation of wildlife to novel environments. Genotype data Individual ID, sex, and 15 microsatellite loci Bear_genotypes_working_AS.xlsx Other/Unknown Material Ursus arctos Zenodo Canada |
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Habitat selection is an important behavioural process widely studied for its population-level effects. Models of habitat selection are, however, often fit without a mechanistic consideration. Here, we investigated whether patterns in habitat selection result from instinct or learning for a population of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in Alberta, Canada. We found that habitat selection and relatedness were positively correlated in female bears during the fall season, with a trend in the spring, but not during any season for males. This suggests that habitat selection is a learned behaviour because males do not participate in parental care: a genetically predetermined behaviour (instinct) would have resulted in habitat selection and relatedness correlations for both sexes. Geographic distance and home range overlap among animals did not alter correlations indicating that dispersal and spatial autocorrelation had little effect on the observed trends. These results suggest that habitat selection in grizzly bears are partly learned from their mothers, which could have implications for the translocation of wildlife to novel environments. Genotype data Individual ID, sex, and 15 microsatellite loci Bear_genotypes_working_AS.xlsx |
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