Accounting for behaviour in fine‐scale habitat selection: A case study highlighting methodological intricacies

• Published in: The Journal of animal ecology Vol. 92; no. 10; pp. 1937 - 1953
• Main Authors: Beumer, Larissa T., Schmidt, Niels M., Pohle, Jennifer, Signer, Johannes, Chimienti, Marianna, Desforges, Jean‐Pierre, Hansen, Lars H., Højlund Pedersen, Stine, Rudd, Daniel A., Stelvig, Mikkel, van Beest, Floris M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2023
• Subjects: animals; anthropogenic activities; Availability; Case studies; Domains; Foraging behavior; Habitat preferences; Habitat selection; Human impact; interspecific competition; landscapes; Markov chains; Mathematical models; Ovibos moschatus; Performance prediction; predator avoidance; Predators; snow; Thermoregulation; vegetation; Wildlife habitats; Wildlife management; ungulate; context-dependent habitat selection; Arctic; availability domain; step-selection functions; hidden Markov modelling; muskox

Animal habitat selection—central in both theoretical and applied ecology—may depend on behavioural motivations such as foraging, predator avoidance, and thermoregulation. Step‐selection functions (SSFs) enable assessment of fine‐scale habitat selection as a function of an animal's movement capa...