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Movement reveals scale dependence in habitat selection of a large ungulate

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Title
Movement reveals scale dependence in habitat selection of a large ungulate
Published in
Ecological Applications, November 2016
DOI 10.1002/eap.1403
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Joseph M. Northrup, Charles R. Anderson, Mevin B. Hooten, George Wittemyer

Abstract

Ecological processes operate across temporal and spatial scales. Anthropogenic disturbances impact these processes, but examinations of scale dependence in impacts are infrequent. Such examinations can provide important insight to wildlife-human interactions and guide management efforts to reduce impacts. We assessed spatiotemporal scale dependence in habitat selection of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in the Piceance Basin of Colorado, USA, an area of ongoing natural gas development. We employed a newly developed animal movement method to assess habitat selection across scales defined using animal-centric spatiotemporal definitions ranging from the local (defined from five hour movements) to the broad (defined from weekly movements). We extended our analysis to examine variation in scale dependence between night and day and assess functional responses in habitat selection patterns relative to the density of anthropogenic features. Mule deer displayed scale invariance in the direction of their response to energy development features, avoiding well pads and the areas closest to roads at all scales, though with increasing strength of avoidance at coarser scales. Deer displayed scale-dependent responses to most other habitat features, including land cover type and habitat edges. Selection differed between night and day at the finest scales, but homogenized as scale increased. Deer displayed functional responses to development, with deer inhabiting the least developed ranges more strongly avoiding development relative to those with more development in their ranges. Energy development was a primary driver of habitat selection patterns in mule deer, structuring their behaviors across all scales examined. Stronger avoidance at coarser scales suggests that deer behaviorally mediated their interaction with development, but only to a degree. At higher development densities than seen in this area, such mediation may not be possible and thus maintenance of sufficient habitat with lower development densities will be a critical best management practice as development expands globally.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Canada 4 3%
Germany 1 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 134 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 33 23%
Student > Master 31 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 25 18%
Student > Bachelor 10 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 4%
Other 12 8%
Unknown 25 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 77 54%
Environmental Science 26 18%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 2 1%
Arts and Humanities 1 <1%
Mathematics 1 <1%
Other 4 3%
Unknown 31 22%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 August 2016.
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#12,962,437
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#2,350
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#156,493
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Outputs of similar age from Ecological Applications
#16
of 32 outputs
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