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1. Sick without signs. Subclinical infections reduce local movements, alter habitat selection, and cause demographic shifts

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Marius Grabow, Wiebke Ullmann, Conny Landgraf, Rahel Sollmann, Carolin Scholz, Ran Nathan, Sivan Toledo, Renke Lühken, Joerns Fickel, Florian Jeltsch, Niels Blaum, Viktoriia Radchuk, Ralph Tiedemann, and Stephanie Kramer-Schadt

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Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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Abstract In wildlife populations, parasites often go unnoticed, as infected animals appear asymptomatic. However, these infections can subtly alter behaviour. Field evidence of how these subclinical infections induce changes in movement behaviour is scarce in free-ranging animals, yet it may be crucial for zoonotic disease surveillance. We used an ultra-high-resolution tracking system (ATLAS) to monitor the movements of 60 free-ranging swallows every 8 seconds across four breeding seasons, resulting in over 1 million localizations. About 40% of these swallows were naturally infected with haemosporidian parasites. Here, we show that infected individuals had reduced foraging ranges, foraged in lower quality habitats, and faced a lowered survival probability, with an average reduction of 7.4%, albeit with some variation between species and years. This study highlights the impact of subclinical infections on movement behaviour and survival, emphasizing the importance of considering infection status in movement ecology. Our findings provide insights into individual variations in behaviour and previously unobservable local parasite transmission dynamics.

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2024
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2. Mammals show faster recovery from capture and tagging in human-disturbed landscapes

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Jonas Stiegler, Cara A. Gallagher, Robert Hering, Thomas Müller, Marlee Tucker, Marco Apollonio, Janosch Arnold, Nancy A. Barker, Leon Barthel, Bruno Bassano, Floris M. van Beest, Jerrold L. Belant, Anne Berger, Dean E. Beyer Jr, Laura R. Bidner, Stephen Blake, Konstantin Börner, Francesca Brivio, Rudy Brogi, Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar, Francesca Cagnacci, Jasja Dekker, Jane Dentinger, Martin Duľa, Jarred F. Duquette, Jana A. Eccard, Meaghan N. Evans, Adam W. Ferguson, Claudia Fichtel, Adam T. Ford, Nicholas L. Fowler, Benedikt Gehr, Wayne M. Getz, Jacob R. Goheen, Benoit Goossens, Stefano Grignolio, Lars Haugaard, Morgan Hauptfleisch, Morten Heim, Marco Heurich, Mark A. J. Hewison, Lynne A. Isbell, René Janssen, Anders Jarnemo, Florian Jeltsch, Jezek Miloš, Petra Kaczensky, Tomasz Kamiński, Peter Kappeler, Katharina Kasper, Todd M. Kautz, Sophia Kimmig, Petter Kjellander, Rafał Kowalczyk, Stephanie Kramer-Schadt, Max Kröschel, Anette Krop-Benesch, Peter Linderoth, Christoph Lobas, Peter Lokeny, Mia-Lana Lührs, Stephanie S. Matsushima, Molly M. McDonough, Jörg Melzheimer, Nicolas Morellet, Dedan K. Ngatia, Leopold Obermair, Kirk A. Olson, Kidan C. Patanant, John C. Payne, Tyler R. Petroelje, Manuel Pina, Josep Piqué, Joseph Premier, Jan Pufelski, Lennart Pyritz, Maurizio Ramanzin, Manuel Roeleke, Christer M. Rolandsen, Sonia Saïd, Robin Sandfort, Krzysztof Schmidt, Niels M. Schmidt, Carolin Scholz, Nadine Schubert, Nuria Selva, Agnieszka Sergiel, Laurel E. K. Serieys, Václav Silovský, Rob Slotow, Leif Sönnichsen, Erling J. Solberg, Mikkel Stelvig, Garrett M. Street, Peter Sunde, Nathan J. Svoboda, Maria Thaker, Maxi Tomowski, Wiebke Ullmann, Abi T. Vanak, Bettina Wachter, Stephen L. Webb, Christopher C. Wilmers, Filip Zieba, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, and Niels Blaum

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Science
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Abstract Wildlife tagging provides critical insights into animal movement ecology, physiology, and behavior amid global ecosystem changes. However, the stress induced by capture, handling, and tagging can impact post-release locomotion and activity and, consequently, the interpretation of study results. Here, we analyze post-tagging effects on 1585 individuals of 42 terrestrial mammal species using collar-collected GPS and accelerometer data. Species-specific displacements and overall dynamic body acceleration, as a proxy for activity, were assessed over 20 days post-release to quantify disturbance intensity, recovery duration, and speed. Differences were evaluated, considering species-specific traits and the human footprint of the study region. Over 70% of the analyzed species exhibited significant behavioral changes following collaring events. Herbivores traveled farther with variable activity reactions, while omnivores and carnivores were initially less active and mobile. Recovery duration proved brief, with alterations diminishing within 4–7 tracking days for most species. Herbivores, particularly males, showed quicker displacement recovery (4 days) but slower activity recovery (7 days). Individuals in high human footprint areas displayed faster recovery, indicating adaptation to human disturbance. Our findings emphasize the necessity of extending tracking periods beyond 1 week and particular caution in remote study areas or herbivore-focused research, specifically in smaller mammals.

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2024
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3. The heat is on: impacts of rising temperature on the activity of a common European mammal

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Jonas Stiegler, Janice Pahl, Rafael Arce Guillen, Wiebke Ullmann, and Niels Blaum

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activity, ODBA, animal tracking, European hare, extreme weather events, climate change, Evolution, QH359-425, Ecology, QH540-549.5
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Climate conditions severely impact the activity and, consequently, the fitness of wildlife species across the globe. Wildlife can respond to new climatic conditions, but the pace of human-induced change limits opportunities for adaptation or migration. Thus, how these changes affect behavior, movement patterns, and activity levels remains unclear. In this study, we investigate how extreme weather conditions affect the activity of European hares (Lepus europaeus) during their peak reproduction period. When hares must additionally invest energy in mating, prevailing against competitors, or lactating, we investigated their sensitivities to rising temperatures, wind speed, and humidity. To quantify their activity, we used the overall dynamic body acceleration (ODBA) calculated from tri-axial acceleration measurements of 33 GPS-collared hares. Our analysis revealed that temperature, humidity, and wind speed are important in explaining changes in activity, with a strong response for high temperatures above 25°C and the highest change in activity during temperature extremes of over 35°C during their inactive period. Further, we found a non-linear relationship between temperature and activity and an interaction of activity changes between day and night. Activity increased at higher temperatures during the inactive period (day) and decreased during the active period (night). This decrease was strongest during hot tropical nights. At a stage of life when mammals such as hares must substantially invest in reproduction, the sensitivity of females to extreme temperatures was particularly pronounced. Similarly, both sexes increased their activity at high humidity levels during the day and low wind speeds, irrespective of the time of day, while the effect of humidity was stronger for males. Our findings highlight the importance of understanding the complex relationships between extreme weather conditions and mammal behavior, critical for conservation and management. With ongoing climate change, extreme weather events such as heat waves and heavy rainfall are predicted to occur more often and last longer. These events will directly impact the fitness of hares and other wildlife species and hence the population dynamics of already declining populations across Europe.

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2023
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4. Seed traits matter—Endozoochoric dispersal through a pervasive mobile linker

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Jonas Stiegler, Katrin Kiemel, Jana Eccard, Christina Fischer, Robert Hering, Sylvia Ortmann, Lea Strigl, Ralph Tiedemann, Wiebke Ullmann, and Niels Blaum

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agricultural landscapes, endozoochory, Lepus europaeus, mobile links, seed dispersal, seed dispersal syndrome, Ecology, QH540-549.5
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Abstract Although many plants are dispersed by wind and seeds can travel long distances across unsuitable matrix areas, a large proportion relies on co‐evolved zoochorous seed dispersal to connect populations in isolated habitat islands. Particularly in agricultural landscapes, where remaining habitat patches are often very small and highly isolated, mobile linkers as zoochorous seed dispersers are critical for the population dynamics of numerous plant species. However, knowledge about the quali‐ or quantification of such mobile link processes, especially in agricultural landscapes, is still limited. In a controlled feeding experiment, we recorded the seed intake and germination success after complete digestion by the European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and explored its mobile link potential as an endozoochoric seed disperser. Utilizing a suite of common, rare, and potentially invasive plant species, we disentangled the effects of seed morphological traits on germination success while controlling for phylogenetic relatedness. Further, we measured the landscape connectivity via hares in two contrasting agricultural landscapes (simple: few natural and semi‐natural structures, large fields; complex: high amount of natural and semi‐natural structures, small fields) using GPS‐based movement data. With 34,710 seeds of 44 plant species fed, one of 200 seeds (0.51%) with seedlings of 33 species germinated from feces. Germination after complete digestion was positively related to denser seeds with comparatively small surface area and a relatively slender and elongated shape, suggesting that, for hares, the most critical seed characteristics for successful endozoochorous seed dispersal minimize exposure of the seed to the stomach and the associated digestive system. Furthermore, we could show that a hare's retention time is long enough to interconnect different habitats, especially grasslands and fields. Thus, besides other seed dispersal mechanisms, this most likely allows hares to act as effective mobile linkers contributing to ecosystem stability in times of agricultural intensification, not only in complex but also in simple landscapes.

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2021
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5. Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements

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Michael J. Noonan, Christen H. Fleming, Marlee A. Tucker, Roland Kays, Autumn‐Lynn Harrison, Margaret C. Crofoot, Briana Abrahms, Susan C. Alberts, Abdullahi H. Ali, Jeanne Altmann, Pamela Castro Antunes, Nina Attias, Jerrold L. Belant, Dean E. Beyer, Laura R. Bidner, Niels Blaum, Randall B. Boone, Damien Caillaud, Rogerio Cunha de Paula, J. Antonio de la Torre, Jasja Dekker, Christopher S. DePerno, Mohammad Farhadinia, Julian Fennessy, Claudia Fichtel, Christina Fischer, Adam Ford, Jacob R. Goheen, Rasmus W. Havmøller, Ben T. Hirsch, Cindy Hurtado, Lynne A. Isbell, René Janssen, Florian Jeltsch, Petra Kaczensky, Yayoi Kaneko, Peter Kappeler, Anjan Katna, Matthew Kauffman, Flavia Koch, Abhijeet Kulkarni, Scott LaPoint, Peter Leimgruber, David W. Macdonald, A. Catherine Markham, Laura McMahon, Katherine Mertes, Christopher E. Moorman, Ronaldo G. Morato, Alexander M. Moßbrucker, Guilherme Mourão, David O'Connor, Luiz Gustavo R. Oliveira‐Santos, Jennifer Pastorini, Bruce D. Patterson, Janet Rachlow, Dustin H. Ranglack, Neil Reid, David M. Scantlebury, Dawn M. Scott, Nuria Selva, Agnieszka Sergiel, Melissa Songer, Nucharin Songsasen, Jared A. Stabach, Jenna Stacy‐Dawes, Morgan B. Swingen, Jeffrey J. Thompson, Wiebke Ullmann, Abi Tamim Vanak, Maria Thaker, John W. Wilson, Koji Yamazaki, Richard W. Yarnell, Filip Zieba, Tomasz Zwijacz‐Kozica, William F. Fagan, Thomas Mueller, and Justin M. Calabrese

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2020
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6. Evaluating expert-based habitat suitability information of terrestrial mammals with GPS-tracking data

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Maarten J. E. Broekman, Jelle P. Hilbers, Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Thomas Mueller, Abdullahi H. Ali, Henrik Andrén, Jeanne Altmann, Malin Aronsson, Nina Attias, Hattie L. A. Bartlam‐Brooks, Floris M. van Beest, Jerrold L. Belant, Dean E. Beyer, Laura Bidner, Niels Blaum, Randall B. Boone, Mark S. Boyce, Michael B. Brown, Francesca Cagnacci, Rok Černe, Simon Chamaillé‐Jammes, Nandintsetseg Dejid, Jasja Dekker, Arnaud L. J. Desbiez, Samuel L. Díaz‐Muñoz, Julian Fennessy, Claudia Fichtel, Christina Fischer, Jason T. Fisher, Ilya Fischhoff, Adam T. Ford, John M. Fryxell, Benedikt Gehr, Jacob R. Goheen, Morgan Hauptfleisch, A. J. Mark Hewison, Robert Hering, Marco Heurich, Lynne A. Isbell, René Janssen, Florian Jeltsch, Petra Kaczensky, Peter M. Kappeler, Miha Krofel, Scott LaPoint, A. David M. Latham, John D. C. Linnell, A. Catherine Markham, Jenny Mattisson, Emilia Patricia Medici, Guilherme de Miranda Mourão, Bram Van Moorter, Ronaldo G. Morato, Nicolas Morellet, Atle Mysterud, Stephen Mwiu, John Odden, Kirk A. Olson, Aivars Ornicāns, Nives Pagon, Manuela Panzacchi, Jens Persson, Tyler Petroelje, Christer Moe Rolandsen, David Roshier, Daniel I. Rubenstein, Sonia Saïd, Albert R. Salemgareyev, Hall Sawyer, Niels Martin Schmidt, Nuria Selva, Agnieszka Sergiel, Jared Stabach, Jenna Stacy‐Dawes, Frances E. C. Stewart, Jonas Stiegler, Olav Strand, Siva Sundaresan, Nathan J. Svoboda, Wiebke Ullmann, Ulrich Voigt, Jake Wall, Martin Wikelski, Christopher C. Wilmers, Filip Zięba, Tomasz Zwijacz‐Kozica, Aafke M. Schipper, Marlee A. Tucker, MAARTEN J. E. BROEKMAN, Radboud University, JELLE P. HILBERS, Radboud University, MARK A. J. HUIJBREGTS, Radboud University, THOMAS MUELLER, Radboud University, ABDULLAHI H. ALI, Hirola Conservation Programme, Garissa, HENRIK ANDRÉN, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, JEANNE ALTMANN, Princeton University, MALIN ARONSSON, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, NINA ATTIAS, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, HATTIE L. A. BARTLAM-BROOKS, Royal Veterinary College, London, FLORIS M. VAN BEEST, Aarhus University, Roskilde, JERROLD L. BELANT, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, DEAN E. BEYER, Michigan State University, LAURA BIDNER, University of California, NIELS BLAUM, University of Potsdam, RANDALL B. BOONE, Colorado State University, MARK S. BOYCE, University of Alberta, MICHAEL B. BROWN, Giraffe Conservation Foundation, Eros, FRANCESCA CAGNACCI, Research and Innovation Centre, ROK CERNE, Slovenia Forest Service, Ljubljana, SIMON CHAMAILLÉ-JAMMES, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier, NANDINTSETSEG DEJID, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, JASJA DEKKER, Bionet Natuuronderzoek, ARNAUD L. J. DESBIEZ, Instituto de Conservação de Animais Silvestres (ICAS), SAMUEL L. DÍAZ-MUÑOZ, University of California, JULIAN FENNESSY, Giraffe Conservation Foundation, CLAUDIA FICHTEL, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit, Göttingen, CHRISTINA FISCHER, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, JASON T. FISHER, University of Victoria, ILYA FISCHHOFF, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, ADAM T. FORD, University of British Columbia, JOHN M. FRYXELL, University of Guelph, Guelph, BENEDIKT GEHR, University of Zurich, JACOB R. GOHEEN, University of Wyoming, MORGAN HAUPTFLEISCH, Namibia University of Science and Technology, A. J. MARK HEWISON, Université de Toulouse, ROBERT HERING, University of Potsdam, MARCO HEURICH, Bavarian Forest National Park, LYNNE A. ISBELL, University of California, RENÉ JANSSEN, Bionet Natuuronderzoek, FLORIAN JELTSCH, University of Potsdam, PETRA KACZENSKY, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, PETER M. KAPPELER, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit, MIHA KROFEL, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, SCOTT LAPOINT, Black Rock Forest, Cornwall, A. DAVID M. LATHAM, University of Alberta, JOHN D. C. LINNELL, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, A. CATHERINE MARKHAM, Stony Brook University, JENNY MATTISSON, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, EMILIA PATRICIA MEDICI, Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, GUILHERME DE MIRANDA MOURAO, CPAP, BRAM VAN MOORTER, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, RONALDO G. MORATO, Chico Mendes Institute for the Conservation of Biodiversity, NICOLAS MORELLET, Université de Toulouse, ATLE MYSTERUD, Chico Mendes Institute for the Conservation of Biodiversity, STEPHEN MWIU, Wildlife Research and Training Institute, JOHN ODDEN, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, KIRK A. OLSON, Wildlife Conservation Society, AIVARS ORNICANS, Latvian State Forest Research Institute, NIVES PAGON, Slovenia Forest Service, MANUELA PANZACCHI, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, TYLER PETROELJE, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, CHRISTER MOE ROLANDSEN, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, DAVID ROSHIER, Australian Wildlife Conservancy, DANIEL I. RUBENSTEIN, Princeton University, SONIA SAÏD, Office Français de la Biodiversité, ALBERT R. SALEMGAREYEV, Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK), HALL SAWYER, Western Ecosystems Technology Inc., NIELS MARTIN SCHMIDT, Aarhus University, NURIA SELVA, Institute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Sciences, AGNIESZKA SERGIEL, Institute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Sciences, JARED STABACH, Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, JENNA STACY-DAWES, Conservation Science and Wildlife Health, FRANCES E. C. STEWART, University of Victoria, JONAS STIEGLER, University of Potsdam, OLAV STRAND, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, SIVA SUNDARESAN, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, NATHAN J. SVOBODA, Mississippi State University, WIEBKE ULLMANN, University of Potsdam, ULRICH VOIGT, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation, JAKE WALL, Mara Elephant Project, MARTIN WIKELSKI, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, CHRISTOPHER C. WILMERS, University of California, FILIP ZIEBA, Tatra National Park, Zakopane, TOMASZ ZWIJACZ-KOZICA, Tatra National Park, Zakopane, AAFKE M. SCHIPPER, Radboud University, MARLEE A. TUCKER, Radboud University., Radboud University [Nijmegen], Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main-Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research - Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Leibniz Association-Leibniz Association, Hirola Conservation Programme, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Princeton University, Instituto de Conservação de Animais Silvestres, Royal Veterinary College [London], University of London [London], Aarhus University [Aarhus], State University of New York (SUNY), Michigan State University [East Lansing], Michigan State University System, University of California [Davis] (UC Davis), University of California (UC), University of Potsdam = Universität Potsdam, Colorado State University [Fort Collins] (CSU), University of Alberta, Giraffe Conservation Foundation, Fondazione Edmund Mach - Edmund Mach Foundation [Italie] (FEM), SLOVENIA FOREST SERVICE SVN, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research - Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Leibniz Association, German Primate Center - Deutsches Primatenzentrum -- Leibniz Insitute for Primate Research -- [Göttingen, Allemagne] (GPC - DPZ), Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, University of Victoria [Canada] (UVIC), Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, University of British Columbia (UBC), University of Guelph, Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich (UZH), University of Wyoming (UW), Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Unité de recherche Comportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage (CEFS), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), University of Freiburg [Freiburg], Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences - Høgskolen i Innlandet, Bionet Natuuronderzoek, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), University of Veterinary Medicine [Vienna] (Vetmeduni), University of Ljubljana, Columbia University [New York], Stony Brook University [SUNY] (SBU), Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (IPÊ), Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, National Research Center for Carnivores Conservation, University of Oslo (UiO), Wildlife Research and Training Institute, Wildlife Conservation Society [Mongolia], Latvian State Forest Research Institute 'Silava', Australian Wildlife Conservancy, Office français de la biodiversité (OFB), Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan, Western Ecosystems Technology Inc., Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU), Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Mississippi State University [Mississippi], University of Veterinary Medicine [Hannover], Mara Elephant Project, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, University of California [Santa Cruz] (UC Santa Cruz), Tatra National Park, Partenaires INRAE, ANR-16-CE02-0001,LANDTHIRST,Les paysages de la soif: changement climatique et ajustements comportementaux face au manque d'eau(2016), and ANR-16-CE02-0010,Mov-It,Le mouvement des ongulés au sein de paysages hétérogènes: identification des processus comportementaux reliant les changements globaux aux performances démographiques et à la gestion spatialement explicite(2016)

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SELECTION, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], GPS, VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480, RANGING BEHAVIOR, telemetrija, Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience, sesalci, IUCN, Telemetry, habitatni tip, Mammals, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, telemetry, THREAT, telemetry expert opinion, EXTINCTION RISK, expert opinion, CAPTURE, Comportamento Animal, Habitat use, Expert opinion, Habitat suitability, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, selitev, movement, Animal behavior, LAND, habitat suitability, Movement, selection ratio, raba prostora, ROE DEER, ddc:570, Settore BIO/07 - ECOLOGIA, habitat type, udc:630*15, mammals, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, AVAILABILITY, Expert opinion, GPS, habitat suitability, habitat type, habitat use, IUCN, mammals, movement, selection ratio, telemetry, habitat use, primernost habitata, Climate Action, Ecological Applications, strokovno mnenje, PATTERNS, VDP::Zoology and botany: 480, Environmental Sciences, FUNCTIONAL-RESPONSES
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Aim: Macroecological studies that require habitat suitability data for many species often derive this information from expert opinion. However, expert- based informa-tion is inherently subjective and thus prone to errors. The increasing availability of GPS tracking data offers opportunities to evaluate and supplement expert- based in-formation with detailed empirical evidence. Here, we compared expert- based habitat suitability information from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with habitat suitability information derived from GPS-tracking data of 1,498 individu-als from 49 mammal species.Location: Worldwide.Time period: 1998–2021.Major taxa studied: Forty- nine terrestrial mammal species.Methods: Using GPS data, we estimated two measures of habitat suitability for each individual animal: proportional habitat use (proportion of GPS locations within a habi-tat type), and selection ratio (habitat use relative to its availability). For each individual we then evaluated whether the GPS- based habitat suitability measures were in agree-ment with the IUCN data. To that end, we calculated the probability that the ranking of empirical habitat suitability measures was in agreement with IUCN's classification into suitable, marginal and unsuitable habitat types.Results: IUCN habitat suitability data were in accordance with the GPS data (> 95% probability of agreement) for 33 out of 49 species based on proportional habitat use estimates and for 25 out of 49 species based on selection ratios. In addition, 37 and 34 species had a > 50% probability of agreement based on proportional habitat use and selection ratios, respectively.Main conclusions: We show how GPS-tracking data can be used to evaluate IUCN habitat suitability data. Our findings indicate that for the majority of species in-cluded in this study, it is appropriate to use IUCN habitat suitability data in macro-ecological studies. Furthermore, we show that GPS-tracking data can be used to identify and prioritize species and habitat types for re-evaluation of IUCN habitat suitability data. expert opinion, GPS, habitat suitability, habitat type, habitat use, IUCN, mammals, movement, selection ratio, telemetry

Published
2022

7. Influence of roads on space use by European hares in different landscapes

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Martin Mayer, Christina Fischer, Niels Blaum, Peter Sunde, and Wiebke Ullmann

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Lepus europaeus, Ecology, Agricultural intensification, Road ecology, GPS, Geography, Planning and Development, habitat selection, Habitat selection, road ecology, VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488, Habitat fragmentation, habitat fragmentation, agricultural intensification, Nature and Landscape Conservation
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Context Roads are ubiquitous in human inhabited landscapes, and can impact animal movement and population dynamics, due to barrier effects, road mortality, but also by providing resources at road verges. Thus, we need a better understanding of how roads, in interaction with seasonal changes in habitat structure, affect space use and habitat selection of the animals that persist in these landscapes. Objectives Here, we used the European hare (Lepus europaeus) as model species to investigate how human-induced changes in landscape composition—measured as road density, land cover type, and field size—affect home range location, seasonal habitat selection and road crossings, which are likely to correlate with wildlife-vehicle collision risk. Methods We collected > 240,000 GPS positions of 90 hares from three populations (one in Denmark and two in Germany) that differed regarding agricultural intensification and road density. Using this data, we analyzed home range location and habitat selection (using step-selection functions) in relation to roads, habitat composition, and seasonality, and quantified how these factors affected road crossings by hares. Results In comparatively more heterogeneous landscapes, hares established home ranges in areas with lower road densities compared to the surrounding area, but not in more simple landscapes. Moreover, hares generally avoided main roads and selected for minor roads during the vegetation growth seasons, especially in areas with comparatively less heterogeneous habitat structure. Hares crossed more main roads when moving greater distances, with movement distances being comparatively larger in simpler landscapes. Conclusions Our findings emphasize that it is important to distinguish between road types, as different roads can have different impacts on animals (e.g., small roads providing foraging opportunities via roadside vegetation and large roads being avoided). Moreover, animals in comparatively more heterogeneous landscapes are better able to adjust their habitat selection to avoid main roads than animals inhabiting simpler landscapes. More generally, homogenous landscapes increase the space use requirements of animals, leading to increased probability of road crossings, which in turn might affect population dynamics via increased road mortality risk.

Published
2023

8. A comprehensive analysis of autocorrelation and bias in home range estimation

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Michael J. Noonan, Marlee A. Tucker, Christen H. Fleming, Thomas S. Akre, Susan C. Alberts, Abdullahi H. Ali, Jeanne Altmann, Pamela Castro Antunes, Jerrold L. Belant, Dean Beyer, Niels Blaum, Katrin Böhning‐Gaese, Laury Cullen, Rogerio Cunha de Paula, Jasja Dekker, Jonathan Drescher‐Lehman, Nina Farwig, Claudia Fichtel, Christina Fischer, Adam T. Ford, Jacob R. Goheen, René Janssen, Florian Jeltsch, Matthew Kauffman, Peter M. Kappeler, Flávia Koch, Scott LaPoint, A. Catherine Markham, Emilia Patricia Medici, Ronaldo G. Morato, Ran Nathan, Luiz Gustavo R. Oliveira‐Santos, Kirk A. Olson, Bruce D. Patterson, Agustin Paviolo, Emiliano Esterci Ramalho, Sascha Rösner, Dana G. Schabo, Nuria Selva, Agnieszka Sergiel, Marina Xavier da Silva, Orr Spiegel, Peter Thompson, Wiebke Ullmann, Filip Zięba, Tomasz Zwijacz‐Kozica, William F. Fagan, Thomas Mueller, and Justin M. Calabrese

Published
2019
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9. Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements

Author

Wiebke Ullmann, Abdullahi H. Ali, Flávia Koch, Marlee A. Tucker, Rogério Cunha de Paula, Alexander M. Moßbrucker, Adam T. Ford, Scott D. LaPoint, Agnieszka Sergiel, Koji Yamazaki, Peter M. Kappeler, Christina Fischer, David H. O’Connor, Nucharin Songsasen, Dustin H. Ranglack, Matthew J. Kauffman, Pamela Castro Antunes, Bruce D. Patterson, Jerrold L. Belant, Abhijeet Kulkarni, Katherine Mertes, Jenna Stacy-Dawes, Christopher E. Moorman, Anjan Katna, Melissa Songer, J. Antonio de la Torre, Nuria Selva, Randall B. Boone, Julian Fennessy, Ben T. Hirsch, A. Catherine Markham, Niels Blaum, Christopher S. DePerno, Morgan B. Swingen, Rasmus Worsøe Havmøller, Richard W. Yarnell, Autumn-Lynn Harrison, Roland Kays, Briana Abrahms, Yayoi Kaneko, Nina Attias, Abi Tamim Vanak, Maria Thaker, Michael J. Noonan, Damien Caillaud, René Janssen, Claudia Fichtel, Guilherme Mourão, Florian Jeltsch, Susan C. Alberts, Ronaldo Gonçalves Morato, Filip Zięba, J.J.A. Dekker, David W. Macdonald, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, Thomas Mueller, Laura R. Bidner, Laura A. McMahon, John W. Wilson, Jeanne Altmann, Mohammad S. Farhadinia, Lynne A. Isbell, Jennifer Pastorini, Jacob R. Goheen, David M. Scantlebury, Jared A. Stabach, Neil Reid, Luiz Gustavo R. Oliveira-Santos, Dean E. Beyer, Janet L. Rachlow, Christen H. Fleming, Margaret C. Crofoot, Peter Leimgruber, William F. Fagan, Dawn M. Scott, Petra Kaczensky, Jeffrey J. Thompson, Justin M. Calabrese, Cindy M. Hurtado, MICHAEL J. NOONAN, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, CHRISTEN H. FLEMING, University of Maryland, MARLEE A. TUCKER, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, ROLAND KAYS, Museum of Natural Sciences, Biodiversity Lab, Raleigh, AUTUMN-LYNN HARRISON, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, D.C, MARGARET C. CROFOOT, University of California, Davis, BRIANA ABRAHMS, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, SUSAN C. ALBERTS, Duke University, Durham, ABDULLAHI H. ALI, Hirola Conservation Programme, Garissa, JEANNE ALTMANN, Princeton University, PAMELA CASTRO ANTUNES, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, NINA ATTIAS, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, JERROLD L. BELANT, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, DEAN E. BEYER JUNIOR, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, LAURA R. BIDNER, Mpala Research Centre, Nanyuki, NIELS BLAUM, University of Potsdam, Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, RANDALL B. BOONE, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, DAMIEN CAILLAUD, Colorado State University, ROGERIO CUNHA DE PAULA, Chico Mendes Institute for the Conservation of Biodiversity, J. ANTONIO DE LA TORRE, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico and CONACyT, JASJA DEKKER, Jasja Dekker Dierecologie, CHRISTOPHER S. DEPERNO, University of Oxford, Tubney House, MOHAMMAD FARHADINIA, Future4Leopards Foundation, Tehran, JULIAN FENNESSY, Giraffe Conservation Foundation, PO, CLAUDIA FICHTEL, German Primate Center, Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology Unit, CHRISTINA FISCHER, Restoration Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, ADAM FORD, The University of British Columbia, JACOB R. GOHEEN, University of Wyoming, Laramie, RASMUS W. HAVMØLLER, University of California, Davis, BEN T. HIRSCH, James Cook University, Townsville, CINDY HURTADO, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, LYNNE A. ISBELL, Mpala Research Centre, Nanyuki, RENÉ JANSSEN, 6Bionet Natuuronderzoek, Valderstraat, FLORIAN JELTSCH, University of Potsdam, Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, PETRA KACZENSKY, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research - NINA, YAYOI KANEKO, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, PETER KAPPELER, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), ANJAN KATNA, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, MATTHEW KAUFFMAN, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, FLAVIA KOCH, German Primate Center, Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology Unit, ABHIJEET KULKARNI, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), SCOTT LAPOINT, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, PETER LEIMGRUBER, University of Wyoming, DAVID W. MACDONALD, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, A. CATHERINE MARKHAM, Black Rock Forest, LAURA MCMAHON, Office of Applied Science, Department of Natural Resources, KATHERINE MERTES, Institute for the Conservation of Neotropical Carnivores, CHRISTOPHER E. MOORMAN, Frankfurt Zoological Society, Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee, RONALDO G. MORATO, National Research Center for Carnivores Conservation, ALEXANDER M. MOßBRUCKER, Frankfurt Zoological Society, Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee, GUILHERME DE MIRANDA MOURAO, CPAP, DAVID O'CONNOR, San Diego Zoo Institute of Conservation Research, LUIZ GUSTAVO R. OLIVEIRA-SANTOS, National Geographic Partners, JENNIFER PASTORINI, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, BRUCE D. PATTERSON, Centre for Conservation and Research, Sri Lanka, JANET RACHLOW, Anthropologisches Institut, Switzerland, DUSTIN H. RANGLACK, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NEIL REID, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, DAVID M. SCANTLEBURY, Queen's University Belfast, DAWN M. SCOTT, Keele University, Keele, NURIA SELVA, Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, AGNIESZKA SERGIEL, Treaty Authority, Duluth, MELISSA SONGER, Asociación Guyra Paraguay-CONACYT, NUCHARIN SONGSASEN, Instituto Saite, Paraguay, JARED A. STABACH, Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance, Hyderabad, India, JENNA STACY-DAWES, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, Durban, MORGAN B. SWINGEN, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, JEFFREY J. THOMPSON, University of Pretoria, WIEBKE ULLMANN, Ibaraki Nature Museum, Osaki, ABI TAMIM VANAK, University of Agriculture, Tokyo, MARIA THAKER, Nottingham Trent University, Brackenhurst Campus, JOHN W. WILSON, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, KOJI YAMAZAKI, Ibaraki Nature Museum, Osaki, RICHARD W. YARNELL, Nottingham Trent University, Brackenhurst Campus, FILIP ZIEBA, Tatra National Park, Zakopane, TOMASZ ZWIJACZ-KOZICA, Tatra National Park, Zakopane, WILLIAM F. FAGAN, University of Maryland, College Park, THOMAS MUELLER, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt, and JUSTIN M. CALABRESE, National Zoological Park, Front Royal.

Subjects
Basic medical, dental and veterinary sciences: 710 [VDP], 0106 biological sciences, conservación basada en áreas, autocorrelation, distribución local, home range, Magnitude (mathematics), 01 natural sciences, Homing Behavior, 核密度估计, Statistics, 保护区设计, Body Size, 标度, SDG 15 - Life on Land, Mammals, area‐based conservation, 家域, Ecology, diseño de reserva, Conservação, scaling, 自相关, Biological Sciences, ddc, Comportamento Animal, Reserve design, 动物移动, Global Positioning System, kernel density estimation, Animal behavior, 570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie, Conservation of Natural Resources, Conservation status, Life on Land, Home range, Kernel density estimation, movimiento de mamíferos, 010603 evolutionary biology, ddc:570, Space use, allometry, Animals, Humans, SF, Basale medisinske, odontologiske og veterinærmedisinske fag: 710 [VDP], area-based conservation, Institut für Biochemie und Biologie, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, alometría, QL, Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, allometry, animal movement, area-based conservation, autocorrelation, home range, kernel density estimation, reserve design, scaling, business.industry, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Autocorrelation, Endangered Species, escalamiento, Ranging, 异速增长, Conservation Methods, animal movement, 区域保护, estimación de densidad del núcleo, autocorrelación, Environmental science, Mamífero, Allometry, Generic health relevance, business, reserve design, Environmental Sciences
Abstract

Accurately quantifying species’ area requirements is a prerequisite for effective area‐based conservation. This typically involves collecting tracking data on species of interest and then conducting home‐range analyses. Problematically, autocorrelation in tracking data can result in space needs being severely underestimated. Based on the previous work, we hypothesized the magnitude of underestimation varies with body mass, a relationship that could have serious conservation implications. To evaluate this hypothesis for terrestrial mammals, we estimated home‐range areas with global positioning system (GPS) locations from 757 individuals across 61 globally distributed mammalian species with body masses ranging from 0.4 to 4000 kg. We then applied block cross‐validation to quantify bias in empirical home‐range estimates. Area requirements of mammals 1, meaning the scaling of the relationship changed substantially at the upper end of the mass spectrum., Article impact statement: Due to autocorrelation‐induced bias, conventional methods severely underestimate the area requirements of GPS‐tracked large mammals.

Published
2020

10. Habitat selection by the European hare in arable landscapes: The importance of small-scale habitat structure for conservation

Author

Wiebke Ullmann, Christina Fischer, Peter Sunde, Niels Blaum, and Martin Mayer

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Lepus europaeus, GPS, Home range, Population, Wildlife, habitat selection, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik, arable land, Vegetation type, education, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Original Research, agriculture, Nature and Landscape Conservation, education.field_of_study, Ecology, Wildflower, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, conservation, Vegetation, Geography, Habitat, Arable land, vegetation height, 570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie
Abstract

Agricultural land‐use practices have intensified over the last decades, leading to population declines of various farmland species, including the European hare (Lepus europaeus). In many European countries, arable fields dominate agricultural landscapes. Compared to pastures, arable land is highly variable, resulting in a large spatial variation of food and cover for wildlife over the course of the year, which potentially affects habitat selection by hares. Here, we investigated within‐home‐range habitat selection by hares in arable areas in Denmark and Germany to identify habitat requirements for their conservation. We hypothesized that hare habitat selection would depend on local habitat structure, that is, vegetation height, but also on agricultural field size, vegetation type, and proximity to field edges. Active hares generally selected for short vegetation (1–25 cm) and avoided higher vegetation and bare ground, especially when fields were comparatively larger. Vegetation >50 cm potentially restricts hares from entering parts of their home range and does not provide good forage, the latter also being the case on bare ground. The vegetation type was important for habitat selection by inactive hares, with fabaceae, fallow, and maize being selected for, potentially providing both cover and forage. Our results indicate that patches of shorter vegetation could improve the forage quality and habitat accessibility for hares, especially in areas with large monocultures. Thus, policymakers should aim to increase areas with short vegetation throughout the year. Further, permanent set‐asides, like fallow and wildflower areas, would provide year‐round cover for inactive hares. Finally, the reduction in field sizes would increase the density of field margins, and farming different crop types within small areas could improve the habitat for hares and other farmland species., Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe; 1076

Published
2018

11. Movement-mediated community assembly and coexistence

Author

Guntram Weithoff, Manuel Roeleke, Heribert Hofer, Matthias C. Rillig, Stephanie Kramer-Schadt, Thomas Müller, Christian C. Voigt, Cédric Scherer, Antje Herde, Ulrike E. Schlägel, Lisa Teckentrup, Florian Jeltsch, Melanie Dammhahn, Magdalena Litwin, Carolin Scholz, Niels Blaum, Ralph Tiedemann, Jasmin Joshi, Ran Nathan, Merlin Schäfer, Marina E. H. Müller, Sebastian L. Hausmann, Pierluigi Colangeli, Sissi Lozada-Gobilard, Jana S. Petermann, Karin Pirhofer-Walzl, Wiebke Ullmann, Viktoriia Radchuk, Gabriele Schiro, Volker Grimm, and Jana A. Eccard

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Metacommunity, links, metacommunity, biotic filter, Environmental change, species coexistence, Ecology (disciplines), Biodiversity, Ecological and Environmental Phenomena, mobile, bepress|Life Sciences|Biodiversity, migration, bepress|Life Sciences|Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Models, Biological, environmental, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 03 medical and health sciences, bepress|Life Sciences, Animals, Computer Simulation, dispersal, 030304 developmental biology, filter, 0303 health sciences, Life Cycle Stages, Land use, Movement (music), business.industry, Environmental resource management, Niche differentiation, 15. Life on land, animal movement, biodiversity, nomadism, environmental filter, mobile links, Geography, 13. Climate action, Biological dispersal, Animal Migration, Seasons, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, business
Abstract

Organismal movement is ubiquitous and facilitates important ecological mechanisms that drive community and metacommunity composition and hence biodiversity. In most existing ecological theories and models in biodiversity research, movement is represented simplistically, ignoring the behavioural basis of movement and consequently the variation in behaviour at species and individual levels. However, as human endeavours modify climate and land use, the behavioural processes of organisms in response to these changes, including movement, become critical to understanding the resulting biodiversity loss. Here, we draw together research from different subdisciplines in ecology to understand the impact of individual-level movement processes on community-level patterns in species composition and coexistence. We join the movement ecology framework with the key concepts from metacommunity theory, community assembly and modern coexistence theory using the idea of micro-macro links, where various aspects of emergent movement behaviour scale up to local and regional patterns in species mobility and mobile-link-generated patterns in abiotic and biotic environmental conditions. These in turn influence both individual movement and, at ecological timescales, mechanisms such as dispersal limitation, environmental filtering, and niche partitioning. We conclude by highlighting challenges to and promising future avenues for data generation, data analysis and complementary modelling approaches and provide a brief outlook on how a new behaviour-based view on movement becomes important in understanding the responses of communities under ongoing environmental change.

Published
2019

12. A comprehensive analysis of autocorrelation and bias in home range estimation

Author

Jerrold L. Belant, Orr Spiegel, Wiebke Ullmann, Ran Nathan, Flávia Koch, Kirk A. Olson, Peter C. Thompson, Luiz Gustavo R. Oliveira-Santos, Bruce D. Patterson, Emília Patrícia Medici, Marlee A. Tucker, A. Catherine Markham, Ronaldo Gonçalves Morato, Nuria Selva, Filip Zięba, Matthew J. Kauffman, Florian Jeltsch, Dean E. Beyer, William F. Fagan, René Janssen, Claudia Fichtel, Niels Blaum, Susan C. Alberts, Michael J. Noonan, Jacob R. Goheen, Abdullahi H. Ali, J.J.A. Dekker, Laury Cullen, Sascha Rösner, Adam T. Ford, Jeanne Altmann, Nina Farwig, Rogério Cunha de Paula, Thomas Akre, Jonathan Drescher-Lehman, Pamela Castro Antunes, Scott D. LaPoint, Agnieszka Sergiel, Peter M. Kappeler, Christina Fischer, Emiliano Esterci Ramalho, Marina Xavier da Silva, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, Thomas Mueller, Agustin Paviolo, Dana G. Schabo, Justin M. Calabrese, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, and Christen H. Fleming

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, RANGE DISTRIBUTION, Local convex hull, ANIMAL MOVEMENT, Computer science, Home range, Kernel density estimation, 01 natural sciences, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], Ciencias Biológicas, ddc:570, Statistics, Tracking data, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https], KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATION, Institut für Biochemie und Biologie, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Estimation, SPACE USE, Ecology, Autocorrelation, Space use, TRACKING DATA, Ecología, 010601 ecology, LOCAL CONVEX HULL, MINIMUM CONVEX POLYGON, TELEMETRY, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Abstract

Home range estimation is routine practice in ecological research. While advances in animal tracking technology have increased our capacity to collect data to support home range analysis, these same advances have also resulted in increasingly autocorrelated data. Consequently, the question of which home range estimator to use on modern, highly autocorrelated tracking data remains open. This question is particularly relevant given that most estimators assume independently sampled data. Here, we provide a comprehensive evaluation of the effects of autocorrelation on home range estimation. We base our study on an extensive data set of GPS locations from 369 individuals representing 27 species distributed across five continents. We first assemble a broad array of home range estimators, including Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) with four bandwidth optimizers (Gaussian reference function, autocorrelated-Gaussian reference function [AKDE], Silverman´s rule of thumb, and least squares cross-validation), Minimum Convex Polygon, and Local Convex Hull methods. Notably, all of these estimators except AKDE assume independent and identically distributed (IID) data. We then employ half-sample cross-validation to objectively quantify estimator performance, and the recently introduced effective sample size for home range area estimation ((Formula presented.)) to quantify the information content of each data set. We found that AKDE 95% area estimates were larger than conventional IID-based estimates by a mean factor of 2. The median number of cross-validated locations included in the hold-out sets by AKDE 95% (or 50%) estimates was 95.3% (or 50.1%), confirming the larger AKDE ranges were appropriately selective at the specified quantile. Conversely, conventional estimates exhibited negative bias that increased with decreasing (Formula presented.). To contextualize our empirical results, we performed a detailed simulation study to tease apart how sampling frequency, sampling duration, and the focal animal´s movement conspire to affect range estimates. Paralleling our empirical results, the simulation study demonstrated that AKDE was generally more accurate than conventional methods, particularly for small (Formula presented.). While 72% of the 369 empirical data sets had >1,000 total observations, only 4% had an (Formula presented.) >1,000, where 30% had an (Formula presented.)

Published
2019

13. Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

Author

Wiebke Ullmann, Mark Hebblewhite, Aidin Niamir, Ilya R. Fischhoff, David W. Wattles, Emília Patrícia Medici, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Francesca Cagnacci, Jacob R. Goheen, Martin Rimmler, Sarah C. Davidson, Luca Pedrotti, Simon Chamaillé-Jammes, Justin M. Calabrese, Christen H. Fleming, Niels Martin Schmidt, Abdullahi H. Ali, Matthew J. Kauffman, Laura R. Bidner, Rogério Cunha de Paula, Bart Kranstauber, John W. Wilson, John M. Fryxell, Navinder J. Singh, Hattie L. A. Bartlam-Brooks, Marlee A. Tucker, Benedikt Gehr, Roland Kays, Peter Leimgruber, Lynne A. Isbell, Nir Sapir, Ran Nathan, Martin Wikelski, Daniel I. Rubenstein, Todd E. Dennis, A. Catherine Markham, Marco Heurich, Alessandra Bertassoni, Stephen Blake, Stephen DeStefano, Ugo Mellone, Susanne A. Fritz, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Eliezer Gurarie, William F. Fagan, Adam Kane, Tracey L. Rogers, Atle Mysterud, Dean E. Beyer, Björn Reineking, Tal Avgar, Christopher C. Wilmers, Dejid Nandintsetseg, Constança Camilo-Alves, João P. Silva, Duncan M. Kimuyu, Evelyn H. Merrill, George Wittemyer, Robert B. O'Hara, Sonia Saïd, Jenny Mattisson, Nina Attias, Ulrich Voigt, Wolfgang Fiedler, Peter M. Kappeler, Kamran Safi, Julian Fennessy, Kirk A. Olson, Florian Jeltsch, Nicolas Morellet, Christopher S. Rosenberry, Andrew M. Allen, Scott D. LaPoint, Agnieszka Sergiel, Guilherme Miranda de Mourão, Christina Fischer, Bruce D. Patterson, Luiz Gustavo R. Oliveira-Santos, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, Samuel L. Díaz-Muñoz, Thomas Mueller, Thomas A. Morrison, Nuria Selva, Olav Strand, André Chiaradia, P J Nico de Bruyn, A. J. Mark Hewison, Buuveibaatar Bayarbaatar, Enkhtuvshin Shiilegdamba, Petra Kaczensky, René Janssen, John Odden, Claudia Fichtel, Edward Hurme, Hall Sawyer, Chloe Bracis, Bram Van Moorter, Niels Blaum, Christian Hof, Siva R. Sundaresan, Erling Johan Solberg, Susan C. Alberts, John D. C. Linnell, Adam T. Ford, Orr Spiegel, Ronaldo Gonçalves Morato, Christer Moe Rolandsen, Danielle D. Brown, Filip Zięba, Jerrold L. Belant, Pascual López-López, Jake Wall, Flávia Koch, Floris M. van Beest, Duane R. Diefenbach, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre [Germany], Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research - Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Leibniz Association-Leibniz Association, Institut of Zoology - Dept V - Univ. Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg - Universität Mainz (JGU), Department of Biology [USA], University of Maryland [College Park], University of Maryland System-University of Maryland System, Department of Integrative Biology [Canada], University of Guelph, Departments of Biology and Evolutionary Anthropology [Duke Univ., USA], Duke University, Institut de biologie de l'ENS Paris (UMR 8197/1024) (IBENS), Département de Biologie - ENS Paris, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Fondazione Edmund Mach - Edmund Mach Foundation [Italie] (FEM), Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Research Department, Phillip Island Nature Parks, Courant Research Centre Geobiology, Georg-August-University [Göttingen], University of Maryland System, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Science, Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, Nationalparkverwaltung Bayerischer Wald, Unité de recherche Comportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage (CEFS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Department of Anthropology and Animal Behaviour Graduate Group, University of California [Davis] (UC Davis), University of California-University of California, Inst. Biochem. & Biol., University of Potsdam, Res. Inst. Wildlife Ecol., University of Veterinary Medicine [Vienna] (Vetmeduni), School of Biology and Environmental Science and Earth Institute [Ireland], University College Dublin [Dublin] (UCD), North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Department of Migration and Immuno-ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Terrestrial Vertebrates Group, University of Valencia, Grupo de Investigación Zoología de Vertebrados, CIBIO, Universidad de Alicante, Section of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, University of California [San Diego] (UC San Diego), Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences [Oslo], Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences [Oslo], University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO)-Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences [Oslo], University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), CNERA Cervidés Sanglier (ONCFS), Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa [Haifa], Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University [Aarhus]-Arctic Research Centre, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), School of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences [Israel], Tel Aviv University [Tel Aviv], Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main-Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research - Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Robert Bosch Foundation, Senckenberg Gesell Naturforsch, Goethe Univ, Univ Maryland, Univ Guelph, Norwegian Inst Nat Res, Duke Univ, Hirola Conservat Programme, Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Univ Alberta, Univ London, Wildlife Conservat Soc, Mississippi State Univ, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Michigan Dept Nat Resources, Univ Calif Davis, Aarhus Univ, Max Planck Inst Ornithol, Univ Potsdam, Middle Tennessee State Univ, Univ Pretoria, Fdn Edmund Mach, Harvard Univ, Natl Zool Pk, Univ Evora, Univ Montpellier, Phillip Isl Nat Parks, Monash Univ, Ohio State Univ, Fiji Natl Univ, Univ Massachusetts, Penn State Univ, Univ Oxford, Giraffe Conservat Fdn, German Primate Ctr, Tech Univ Munich, Cary Inst Ecosyst Studies, Univ British Columbia, Univ Zurich, Univ Wyoming, Univ Washington, Univ Montana, Bavarian Forest Natl Pk, Albert Ludwigs Univ Freiburg, Univ Toulouse, Bionet Natr Onderzoek, Univ Vet Med Vienna, Univ Coll Cork, North Carolina Museum Nat Sci, North Carolina State Univ, Karatina Univ, Univ Lethbridge, Columbia Univ, Univ Valencia, SUNY Stony Brook, TSG, IPE Inst Pesquisas Ecol Inst Ecol Res, Univ Alicante, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), Chico Mendes Inst Conservat Biodivers, Univ Glasgow, NYU, Univ Oslo, Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol NTNU, Field Museum Nat Hist, Consorzio Parco Nazl Stelvio, Univ Grenoble Alpes, Univ Bayreuth, Natl Park Schwarzwald, Univ New South Wales, Penn Game Commiss, Princeton Univ, Univ Konstanz, Off Natl Chasse & Faune Sauvage, Univ Haifa, Western Ecosyst Technol Inc, Polish Acad Sci, Univ Porto, Univ Lisbon, Jackson Hole Conservat, Univ Vet Med Hannover, Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Colorado State Univ, Tatra Natl Pk, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Laboratoire de Comportement et d'Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage, INRA, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main-Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Institut de biologie de l'ENS Paris (IBENS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Département de Biologie - ENS Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Département de Biologie - ENS Paris, and École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Nutrient cycle, Animal Ecology and Physiology, Ecology (disciplines), Zoology and botany: 480 [VDP], Population, GPS telemetry, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Movement ecology, Footprint, Anthropocene, Settore BIO/07 - ECOLOGIA, ddc:570, Animals, Humans, Human Activities, vertebrats fòssils, Ecosystem, 14. Life underwater, education, Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 [VDP], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Mammals, 2. Zero hunger, education.field_of_study, Multidisciplinary, Ecology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, 15. Life on land, 13. Climate action, Geographic Information Systems, Trait, Animal Migration, Terrestrial ecosystem, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
Abstract

Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T17:44:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-01-26 Robert Bosch Foundation Animal movement is fundamental for ecosystem functioning and species survival, yet the effects of the anthropogenic footprint on animal movements have not been estimated across species. Using a unique GPS-tracking database of 803 individuals across 57 species, we found that movements of mammals in areas with a comparatively high human footprint were on average one-half to one-third the extent of their movements in areas with a low human footprint. We attribute this reduction to behavioral changes of individual animals and to the exclusion of species with long-range movements from areas with higher human impact. Global loss of vagility alters a key ecological trait of animals that affects not only population persistence but also ecosystem processes such as predator-prey interactions, nutrient cycling, and disease transmission. 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