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1. Conceptual and methodological advances in habitat‐selection modeling: guidelines for ecology and evolution

Author:
Joseph M. Northrup; Eric Vander Wal; Maegwin Bonar; John Fieberg; Michel P. Laforge; Martin Leclerc; Christina M. Prokopenko; Brian D. Gerber
Source:
Ecological applications 2022 v.32 no.1 pp. e02470
ISSN:
1051-0761
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; animal behavior; animals; evolution; population distribution;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Habitat selection is a fundamental animal behavior that shapes a wide range of ecological processes, including animal movement, nutrient transfer, trophic dynamics and population distribution. Although habitat selection has been a focus of ecological studies for decades, technological, conceptual and methodological advances over the last 20 yr have led to a surge in studies addressing this process ...
DOI:
10.1002/eap.2470

2. Reproductive habitat use, body-size structure and spawning season of Cobitis minamorii minamorii in paddy fields and ditches

Author:
Kiyohito Morii; Daisuque Kitano; Ryosuke Kanai; Koh-Ichi Takakura
Source:
Ichthyological research 2022 v.69 no.1 pp. 182-188
ISSN:
1341-8998
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Cobitis; body length; paddies; probability; research;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... We surveyed the reproductive ecology of Cobitis minamorii minamorii in paddy fields and ditches. The spatial distribution of females in the spawning season differed from that in the non-spawning season, even in short ditches. Eggs were collected in both ditches and paddy fields, unlike an earlier study demonstrating that no eggs were collected in ditches. The frequency distributions of standard bo ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10228-021-00826-1

3. Machine learning applied to lentic habitat use by spawning walleye demonstrates the benefits of considering multiple spatial scales in aquatic research

Author:
Douglas L. Zentner; Joshua K. Raabe; Timothy K. Cross; Peter C. Jacobson
Source:
Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences 2022 v.79 no.7 pp. 1120-1137
ISSN:
1205-7533
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Sander vitreus; eggs; habitats; lentic systems; Minnesota;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Scale and hierarchy have received less attention in aquatic compared to terrestrial systems. Walleye (Sander vitreus) spawning habitat offers an opportunity to investigate scale’s importance. We estimated lake-, transect-, and quadrat-scale influences on nearshore walleye egg deposition in 28 Minnesota lakes from 2016–2018. Random forest models (RFM) estimated importance of predictive variables to ...
DOI:
10.1139/cjfas-2021-0180

4. Landscape openness, not patch size or grassland amount, drives area sensitivity of songbirds in northern tall-grass prairies

Author:
Laurel McDonald; Nicola Koper
Source:
Landscape ecology 2022 v.37 no.4 pp. 951-967
ISSN:
0921-2973
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Passeriformes; habitats; landscape ecology; landscapes; species richness; Manitoba;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... CONTEXT: Area sensitivity, a behaviour whereby smaller patches of habitat are avoided, is of significant conservation concern for North American grassland birds. However, it is unclear whether area sensitivity is caused by patch size per se, or whether it results from factors such as landscape openness, which often covaries with patch size. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to determine which characteristics o ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10980-022-01408-w

5. Site fidelity as a maladaptive behavior in the Anthropocene

Author:
Jerod A Merkle; Briana Abrahms; Jonathan B Armstrong; Hall Sawyer; Daniel P Costa; Anna D Chalfoun
Source:
Frontiers in ecology and the environment 2022 v.20 no.3 pp. 187-194
ISSN:
1540-9295
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Anthropocene epoch; abnormal behavior; empirical research; environment; philopatry;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Site fidelity, or the behavior of returning to previously visited locations, has been observed across taxa and ecosystems. By developing familiarity with a particular location, site fidelity provides a range of benefits and is advantageous in stable or predictable environments. However, the Anthropocene is characterized by rates of environmental change that outpace the evolutionary history of exta ...
DOI:
10.1002/fee.2456

6. Individual differences in habitat selection mediate landscape level predictions of a functional response

Author:
Levi Newediuk; Christina M. Prokopenko; Eric Vander Wal
Source:
Oecologia 2022 v.198 no.1 pp. 99-110
ISSN:
0029-8549
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Cervus canadensis; elks; habitats; landscapes; mixed forests; models; variance;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Predicting future space use by animals requires models that consider both habitat availability and individual differences in habitat selection. The functional response in habitat selection posits animals adjust their habitat selection to availability, but population-level responses to availability may differ from individual responses. Generalized functional response (GFR) models account for functi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00442-021-05098-0

7. The Disconnect Between Knowledge and Perceptions: A Study of Fishermen’s Local Ecological Knowledge and Their Perception of the State of Fisheries and How These Are Managed in the Dominican Republic

Author:
Elizabeth L. Mclean; Graham E. Forrester; Carlos G. García-Quijano
Source:
Human ecology 2022 v.50 no.2 pp. 227-240
ISSN:
0300-7839
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; environmental knowledge; fish; fisheries; human ecology; politics; Dominican Republic;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Understanding what fishers know about the ecology of the fish they catch, and how they perceive the state and management of their fisheries can guide efforts towards more sustainable fishing practices. We tested relationships between fishers’ local ecological knowledge (LEK) and their perceptions of their fisheries and of marine protected areas in the Dominican Republic. A qualitative-quantitative ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10745-022-00308-6

8. Factors affecting presence and relative abundance of the Endangered volcano rabbit Romerolagus diazi, a habitat specialist

Author:
Felipe Osuna; Roger Guevara; Enrique Martínez-Meyer; Raúl Alcalá; Alejandro Espinosa de los Monteros
Source:
Oryx 2022 v.56 no.1 pp. 145-154
ISSN:
1365-3008
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Oryx; Romerolagus diazi; cattle; extinction; habitats; humans; mountains; probability; Mexico;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Habitat specialists are particularly vulnerable to extinction when habitat conditions are altered. Information on the habitat use of such species is thus important because it provides insight into factors that influence distribution and abundance, which is crucial for conservation. Here, we aimed to identify factors that influence the patterns of presence and abundance of the Endangered volcano ra ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0030605320000368

9. Techniques for locating and analyzing subterranean Lycopodium and Diphasiastrum gametophytes in the field

Author:
Radvilė Rimgailė‐Voicik; Jonas Remigijus Naujalis
Source:
Applications in plant sciences 2022 v.10 no.2 pp. e11458
ISSN:
2168-0450
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Lycopodium; gametophytes; juveniles; mosses and liverworts; researchers; sexual reproduction; sporophytes;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Homosporous club mosses have an archaic life cycle, alternating two locationally, nutritionally, and physiologically independent generations. The sexual generation of club mosses—the gametophytes (or prothallia)—are among the least researched botanical subjects. The gametophytes are responsible for not only sexual reproduction, but also the determination of recruitment of the new sporophyte genera ...
DOI:
10.1002/aps3.11458

10. Diel vertical movements of a coastal predator, the roosterfish (Nematistius pectoralis)

Author:
Jeremy J. Vaudo; Ryan K. Logan; Bradley M. Wetherbee; Jessica C. Harvey; Guy C. McN. Harvey; Mahmood S. Shivji
Source:
Marine & freshwater research 2022 v.73 no.1 pp. 125-132
ISSN:
1323-1650
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Nematistius; accelerometers; diurnal variation; fish; freshwater; habitats; piscivores; research; satellites; Panama;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... The roosterfish (Nematistius pectoralis) is a piscivorous predator targeted extensively in recreational fisheries throughout the eastern tropical Pacific; however, its biology is poorly understood. To address these shortcomings, we investigated vertical habitat use and behaviour of roosterfish in coastal Panama using pop-up satellite archival tags. Nearly 5000h of vertical movement data across 274 ...
DOI:
10.1071/MF21066

11. Risk assessment of coastal fisheries in the Azores (north-eastern Atlantic)

Author:
Paulo Torres; David Milla i Figueras; Hugo Diogo; Pedro Afonso
Source:
Fisheries research 2022 v.246 pp. 106156
ISSN:
0165-7836
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; demography; fisheries; reproduction; research; risk; risk assessment; seamounts; traditional technology; Azores;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... The Azores (mid-north Atlantic) has a long history of artisanal multispecific fishery exploiting marine resources around the islands slopes and seamounts. Due to the archipelago´s oceanic character, demersal-deep-sea and pelagic-offshore species are central to local economy. However, a coastal subsistence fishery is also economically and culturally important, as well as understudied, underregulate ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.fishres.2021.106156

12. Seasonality drives variation in the use of forest strata by adult males of a dimorphic frugivorous bird species

Author:
Luís Paulo Pires; Luís Pedro Mendes Paniago; Yasmin Regina Santos; Celine de Melo
Source:
Austral ecology 2022 v.47 no.2 pp. 392-399
ISSN:
1442-9985
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Pipridae; adults; birds; frugivores; fruits; habitats; seed dispersal; wet season; Brazil;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Animals may exploit habitat complexity in a myriad of ways, and a widespread pattern of habitat use is vertical stratification. In tropical forests, it often increases niche diversity for frugivorous birds, and it strongly influences seed dispersal and community persistence. Yet, most studies disregard intraspecific variations in the use of forest layers and their ecological and evolutionary conse ...
DOI:
10.1111/aec.13129

13. The importance of invertebrates in assessing the ecological impacts of hiking trails: A review of its role as indicators and recommendations for future research

Author:
Pedro Leote; Reinaldo Lucas Cajaiba; Helena Moreira; Ronaldo Gabriel; Mário Santos
Source:
Ecological indicators 2022 v.137 pp. 108741
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Carabidae; equipment; exercise; functional diversity; mortality; physical fitness; soil compaction; vegetation;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Hiking is a natural exercise that has become one the most popular outdoor activities, promoting physical fitness and de-stress without large investments or special equipment. However, hiking has downsides, particularly in the areas in which it takes place. From soil compaction and erosion to disturbance and ecological impacts, mounting evidence shows that it is far from innocuous to ecosystems. De ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108741

14. A bibliometric analysis of research trends in bat echolocation studies between 1970 and 2021

Author:
Rui Cao; Jun Li; Daisuke Koyabu
Source:
Ecological informatics 2022 v.69 pp. 101654
ISSN:
1574-9541
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Chiroptera; acoustics; bibliometric analysis; data collection; echolocation; multiomics; nervous system; physiology; predation;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Bats are among the few mammals that have acquired a sophisticated echolocation ability, attracting considerable attention for their uniqueness. Over the past 50 years, numerous research projects have been designed to study bat echolocation. The overall trend is complex and the dynamics of those publications are difficult to capture. In this study, we conducted quantitative bibliometric analyses of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101654

15. Defining ecological and socially suitable habitat for the reintroduction of an apex predator

Author:
Mark A. Ditmer; George Wittemyer; Stewart W. Breck; Kevin R. Crooks
Source:
Global ecology and conservation 2022 v.38 pp. e02192
ISSN:
2351-9894
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Canis lupus; carnivores; habitats; land ownership; livestock; risk; topographic slope; wolves; Colorado;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Reintroducing native carnivores risks creating conflict with people and consequently reducing support for coexistence and conservation efforts. Determining the interface between areas of ecological suitability and conflict risk can help enhance success of carnivore restoration, but this is often difficult because accurate data on risks and tolerance are lacking. Gray wolves (Canis lupus), a focus ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02192

16. Move, migrate, or tolerate: Quantifying three tactics for cold‐water fish coping with warm summers in a large river

Author:
Hannah S. Barrett; Jonathan B. Armstrong
Source:
Ecosphere 2022 v.13 no.6 pp. e4095
ISSN:
2150-8925
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Oncorhynchus clarkii; climate; cold-water fish; floodplains; heat stress; rivers; summer; water;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Mainstem rivers are important for provisioning cold‐water fisheries and often support fluvial life histories that grow much larger than resident counterparts in tributaries. However, mainstem rivers are also warmer than tributaries during summer and more tightly coupled to regional climate. A key challenge is to understand how fluvial life histories cope with summer temperatures in mainstem rivers ...
DOI:
10.1002/ecs2.4095

17. Responses of dispersing GPS‐tagged Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) to multiple wind farms across Scotland

Author:
Alan H. Fielding; David Anderson; Stuart Benn; Roy Dennis; Matthew Geary; Ewan Weston; D. Philip Whitfield
Source:
Ibis 2022 v.164 no.1 pp. 102-117
ISSN:
0019-1019
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Aquila chrysaetos; death; eagles; fearfulness; habitats; habituation; models; mortality; topography; wind; Scotland;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Wind farms may have two broad potential adverse effects on birds via antagonistic processes: displacement from the vicinity of turbines (avoidance), or death through collision with rotating turbine blades. Large raptors are often shown or presumed to be vulnerable to collision and are demographically sensitive to additional mortality, as exemplified by several studies of the Golden Eagle Aquila ch ...
DOI:
10.1111/ibi.12996

18. Topological analysis of orchid-fungal endophyte interaction shows lack of phylogenetic preference

Author:
Arjun Adit; Monika Koul; Rupam Kapoor; Rajesh Tandon
Source:
South African journal of botany 2022 v.149 pp. 339-346
ISSN:
0254-6299
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Ascomycota; Orchidaceae; biodiversity; botany; coevolution; endophytes; epiphytes; fungi; host specificity; phylogeny; topology;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Fungal endophytes are known to play a vital role in perpetuation and survival of orchids. While orchid–mycorrhizal relationship has been studied in detail, dynamics of orchid–non-mycorrhizal associations are insufficiently explored. There is paucity of empirical evidence for host specificity, phylogenetic preference, co-evolution, and habitat selection amongst orchids and their non-mycorrhizal end ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.sajb.2022.06.025

19. Late-Season Movement and Habitat Use by Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) in a Large Reservoir in Oregon, USA

Author:
Christopher A. Pearl; Jennifer C. Rowe; Brome McCreary; Michael J. Adams
Source:
Journal of herpetology 2022 v.56 no.1 pp. 8-17
ISSN:
1937-2418
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; Oregon; Rana pretiosa; autumn; fish; frogs; habitats; herpetology; landscapes; rivers; vegetation; water temperature;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Dam-created reservoirs are common landscape features that can provide habitat for amphibians, but their water level fluctuations and nonnative predators can differ markedly from more natural habitats. We compared fall movement and habitat use by the Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) in the reservoir pool with nearby river and pond habitats at Crane Prairie Reservoir in central Oregon, USA. Movem ...
DOI:
10.1670/20-060

20. Suitable Habitat Dynamics of Wintering Geese in a Large Floodplain Wetland: Insights from Flood Duration

Author:
Jiakun Teng; Xiubo Yu; Shaoxia Xia; Yu Liu
Source:
Remote Sensing 2022 v.14 no.4 pp. -
ISSN:
2072-4292
Subject:
habitat preferences,   etc   ; floodplains; habitat conservation; habitats; hydrology; lakes; synthetic aperture radar; water birds; wetlands; China;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... The relationship between hydrological variation and the habitat use of waterbirds in wetland complexes is a significant field of ecological research. Quantification of the relationships between wetland hydrological attributes and waterbirds distribution is critical for the success of waterbird conservation. In this study, flood duration (FD) derived from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery was ...
DOI:
10.3390/rs14040952