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

Author

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
Abstract

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

4. Occurrence of Echinococcus spp. in red foxes and wolves in the protected area of the Tatra National Park in southern Poland – a threat to human health

Author

Rusłan Sałamatin, Zdzisław Laskowski, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, Jakub Gawor, and Anna W. Myczka

Subjects
Human health, Geography, Echinococcus, biology, National park, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Zoology, biology.organism_classification, Echinococcus multilocularis, Protected area, Waste Management and Disposal, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Published
2021

6. A Study of Oribatid Mites as Potential Intermediate Hosts of Anoplocephalid Tapeworms of Tatra chamois and Tatra marmots from the Tatra Mountains, Central Europe, and Report of a New Intermediate Host for Andrya cuniculi, the Parasite of Leporidae

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Alexandra Jászayová, Jana Režnarová, Gabriela Chovancová, Alexei Yu Kostygov, Vyacheslav Yurchenko, Daniela Antolová, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, Alexander Csanády, and Zuzana Hurníková

Subjects
Space and Planetary Science, Paleontology, Anoplocephalidae, Andrya cuniculi, chamois, marmot, Oribatida, parasites, Tatra Mountains, Tectocepheus velatus sarekensis, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract

Tatra chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica (Blahout 1972)) and Tatra marmot (Marmota marmota latirostris (Kratochvíl 1961)) are significant endemic subspecies of the subalpine and alpine ranges of the Tatra Mountains in Central Europe. In four studied localities in the range of their typical biotopes in Slovakia and Poland, we investigated intestinal parasites of Tatra chamois and Tatra marmots, with an emphasis on anoplocephalid tapeworms. We also studied the occurrence, species diversity, and abundance of oribatid mites as intermediate hosts thereof, and the prevalence of cysticercoid larval stages of anoplocephalid tapeworms in collected oribatids using morphological and molecular methods. Coprological analyses revealed the average positivity of Moniezia spp. in chamois faeces at 23.5% and Ctenotaenia marmotae in marmot samples at 71.1%, with significant differences between the localities under study. Morphological analyses determined the presence of cysticercoids in five oribatid species: Ceratozetes gracilis, Edwardzetes edwardsi, Scheloribates laevigatus, Trichoribates novus, and Tectocepheus velatus sarekensis. This is the first record of T. v. sarekensis as an intermediate host of anoplocephalid tapeworms, as well as the first report of Andrya cuniculi occurrence in the territory of the Tatra Mountains, confirmed also by molecular methods.

Published
2023

7. 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

8. Large carnivore expansion in Europe is associated with human population density and land cover changes

Author

Igor Trbojević, Francesca Cagnacci, Ilka Reinhardt, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, Mirza Čengić, Luca Santini, Ana Benítez-López, Heather Hemmingmoore, Luca Pedrotti, Henrik Andrén, Marta Cimatti, Andreas Zetterberg, Paolo Ciucci, Nathan Ranc, Miha Krofel, Carlos Bautista, Nuria Selva, Miha Marenče, Duško Ćirović, Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Yorgos Mertzanis, José Vicente López-Bao, Luigi Boitani, and Luigi Maiorano

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Carnivore (software), Evropa, Ecology (disciplines), volk, rewilding, Land cover, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Population density, spremembe rabe prostora, Settore BIO/07 - ECOLOGIA, udc:630*15, razširjenost, range expansion, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, evrazijski ris, land cover change, multi-temporal distribution models, Ecology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, 15. Life on land, Geography, Economy, velike zveri, rjavi medved, Christian ministry, Environmental Sciences
Abstract

A.B.L. was supported by a Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación grant (IJCI-2017-31419) from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities; J.V.L.B. by a Ramón & Cajal research contract (RYC-2015-18932) from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (…), Cimatti, M., Ranc, N., Benítez-López, A., Maiorano, L., Boitani, L., Cagnacci, F., Čengić, M., Ciucci, P., Huijbregts, M.A.J., Krofel, M., López-Bao, J.V., Selva, N., Andren, H., Bautista, C., Ćirović, D., Hemmingmoore, H., Reinhardt, I., Marenče, M., Mertzanis, Y., Pedrotti, L., Trbojević, I., Zetterberg, A., Zwijacz-Kozica, T., Santini, L.

Published
2021

9. Genetic support for the current discrete conservation unit of the Central European wolf population

Author

Maciej Romański, Hugh Jansman, Astrid Vik Stronen, Steve Smith, Viktar Fenchuk, Iga Kwiatkowska, Michael Møller Hansen, G. Arjen de Groot, Gesa Kluth, Przemysław Stachyra, Robert W. Mysłajek, Kinga M. Stępniak, Johan Michaux, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, Peter Sunde, Pavel Hulva, Joachim Mergeay, Karolina Lubińska, Maciej Szewczyk, Kent Olsen, Philip Francis Thomsen, Tom A. Diserens, Michał Figura, Andżelika Haidt, Ilka Reinhardt, Barbora Černá Bolfíková, Sylwia D. Czarnomska, Laurent Schley, Natalia Niedźwiecka, Carsten Nowak, Renata Špinkytė-Bačkaitienė, and Sabina Nowak

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Demographic history, Range (biology), Population, ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, recolonisation, 010605 ornithology, Gene flow, WOLVES, genetic structure, MANAGEMENT, education, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, population management units, education.field_of_study, WESTERN POLAND, Science & Technology, biology, Ecology, ved/biology, RECOVERY, PE&RC, biology.organism_classification, Gray wolf, Canis lupus, Phylogeography, population managament units, Canis, Geography, HABITATS, Evolutionary biology, gray wolf, Genetic structure, Dierecologie, Animal Ecology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Zoology
Abstract

The gray wolf Canis lupus range in central Europe is dynamically expanding, reconnecting previously isolated populations. Thus, a recent paper has proposed to merge the current Baltic and Central European (CE) wolf management units, which are no longer isolated by distance. However, recent genetic findings indicate that these two populations are not genetically homogenous. Here we review the most recent data on wolf genetic structure in central Europe and show that even though the CE and Baltic wolves represent the same phylogeographic lineage, their demographic history has resulted in significant genetic structure between these two populations. While the groups are interconnected by moderate gene flow, it is not high enough to reduce the strong founder signal observed in the CE population, suggesting that population dynamics within the CE wolf range are largely independent from those of its source (Baltic) population. Consequently, a management unit combining the CE and Baltic wolves would not form a demographically coherent entity. Thus, we recommend that conservation management units maintain their separate status.

Published
2021

10. The bear-berry connection: Ecological and management implications of brown bears' food habits in a highly touristic protected area

Author

Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, Jörg Albrecht, Clement Lionnet, Delphine Rioux, Marta De Barba, Pierre Taberlet, Alberto García-Rodríguez, and Nuria Selva

Subjects
VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488, biology, Ecology, National park, Seed dispersal, biology.organism_classification, Ecosystem services, VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488, Frugivore, Animal ecology, Omnivore, Ursus, Protected area, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation
Abstract

Diet studies are essential to understand animal ecology and ecosystem dynamics, especially in the case of large omnivores. These studies are particularly relevant in areas where human disturbance is intense and, thus, species dietary patterns might change due to the easy accessibility of food resources of human origin, which may hinder the ecosystem services these species provide. We assessed the diet of brown bears (Ursus arctos) by DNA metabarcoding in Tatra National Park (southern Poland), a highly touristic protected area. Brown bears' diet showed a marked seasonality, a characteristic feature of brown bear populations relying on natural foods. Graminoids represented the main food during spring, while fleshy-fruited plants became more important from mid-summer. Fleshy-fruited plants were present in 56% of faeces and during the entire activity period of bears, revealing that fruits play a pivotal role in the feeding ecology of Tatra brown bears. Two berry species, Vaccinium myrtillus and Rubus idaeus, were the most frequently detected (in 42% and 20% of faeces, respectively). The large consumption of fleshy-fruited plants, and particularly of berries, suggests that, despite high levels of human disturbance in the area, brown bears still play a key role as seed dispersers. Management strategies focused on an effective waste management, control of berry picking, strict regulations about human activities in specific areas during sensitive periods in the feeding ecology of bears, and the lack of artificial food provisioning are crucial to ensure the seed dispersal processes and associated ecosystem services that bears and other frugivores provide.

Published
2021

11. Supplementary ungulate feeding affects movement behavior of brown bears

Author

Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, Thomas Mueller, Claire S. Teitelbaum, Filip Zięba, Katarzyna Bojarska, Nuria Selva, and Agnieszka Sergiel

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Ungulate, biology, Ecology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Wildlife, biology.organism_classification, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Frequent use, Geography, Game management, Ecosystem, Ursus, Environmental degradation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Management practices
Abstract

Food availability plays a key role in animal movements. Anthropogenic provisioning of food to wildlife is a common practice of unprecedented magnitude worldwide and is of increasing conservation concern. Ungulate supplementary feeding is widespread in game management; however its effects on non-target species have received little attention. Here, we investigate how ungulate feeding affects the movement behavior of a non-target species, the brown bear ( Ursus arctos ). We tracked bear movements in the Northeastern Carpathians (1500 km 2 ) and inventoried 212 ungulate feeding sites. We analyzed encounter rates of nine GPS-collared bears with ungulate feeding sites (1658 km, n = 49 tracks) and compared them with the corresponding encounter rate of simulated tracks. We also estimated the encounter rate with feeding sites using snow-tracking of unknown bears (232 km, n = 40 tracks). GPS-tracked bears encountered feeding sites three times more frequently (mean ± SE = 0.154 ± 0.022 per km travelled) than would be expected if they were moving randomly (0.054 ± 0.0010 per km random walk). The rate was even higher for snow-tracked bears, which visited on average 0.926 ± 0.271 feeding sites per kilometer travelled. This suggests a link between the winter activity of some individuals and their frequent use of feeding sites. Bears seemed to rely on spatial memory and patrol known sites, independent of whether food was available at the feeding sites. This alteration of the natural behavior of species with behavioral flexibility, such as brown bears, could be interpreted as a sign of environmental degradation. Our results demonstrate an important effect of ungulate feeding on the movement ecology of non-target species. We warn of the impacts of this practice on species and ecosystems and highlight the need to preserve natural movement behaviors and urgently reevaluate management practices involving food provisioning to wildlife.

Published
2017

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. Bears without borders: Long-distance movement in human-dominated landscapes

Author

Kamil A. Bartoń, Filip Zięba, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, Nuria Selva, and Agnieszka Sergiel

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Ecology, Movement (music), 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Geography, Habitat, lcsh:QH540-549.5, Biological dispersal, lcsh:Ecology, Carnivore, Maximum displacement, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation
Abstract

Conservation of wide-ranging species and their mobility is a major challenge in an increasingly fragmented world. Species are traditionally viewed as static conservation targets and the importance of securing long-distance movement of individuals is still underappreciated in conservation and policy. Here, we investigated large carnivore movements in humanized landscapes of Europe. We describe the movement of 6 GPS-tracked male brown bears, including one of the longest dispersal events recorded in this species. We looked at the relationships of bear movement paths with country borders, roads, built-up areas and habitat composition. The daily distance of resident individuals was 5.5 ± 4.4 km and almost twice as long in the dispersing subadult (9.3 ± 6.4 km). Maximum displacement of the disperser was 360 km (compared to 43.3 ± 13.0 km in resident bears). The resident bears moved within less than 10 km to built-up areas, while the dispersing bear stayed mostly at larger distances. The bears also frequently crossed roads (0–31 per month) and state borders (0–14 per month). The dispersing bear moved through four countries. A review of 29 cases and studies of large carnivore long-distance movements in Europe showed that transboundary movement represented over 96% of all cases; 9 extended over different populations and 10 over recolonization areas. Most documented cases of long-distance dispersal (52% of 21 individual cases) ended with the death of the animal (82% of confirmed deaths were human-caused, 46% were legal killings) before it could reproduce. Reproduction was documented only in 2 of the individual cases. We emphasize high conservation value of long-distance dispersers in large carnivore populations and the need to reevaluate how they are viewed and managed. We urge to consider wide-ranging, transboundary movements in conservation policies. Keywords: Long-distance dispersal, Movement, Ursus arctos, Large carnivores, Transboundary cooperation, Conservation policies

Published
2019

14. Concentration of fecal cortisol metabolites in chamois in relation to tourist pressure in Tatra National Park (South Poland)

Author

Miłosz Jodłowski, Gema Silván, Leticia Martínez-Fernández, Nuria Selva, Juan Carlos Illera, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, and Isabel Barja

Subjects
Disturbance (geology), glucocorticoids, biology, Ecology, National park, alpine ecosystems, Wildlife, Rupicapra, biology.organism_classification, human disturbance, Tatra chamois, Geography, Habitat, Animal ecology, Rupicapra rupicapra, Animal Science and Zoology, protected areas, stress ecology, Recreation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract

In protected areas, outdoor recreation, and nature-based tourism can act as potential stressors for wildlife. Given the growing demand for nature recreation, the consequences of high tourist visitation on wildlife need to be assessed in order to avoid incompatibilities between public use and species protection goals. The Tatra National Park (Poland), in the Carpathian Mountains, is a unique alpine ecosystem visited by three million tourists per year. It hosts the only native population of an endemic subspecies of chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica). We investigated the effects of tourist disturbance, the number of visitors, and the season on the concentration of fecal cortisol metabolites (FCM) in Tatra chamois in 2009. FCM levels of chamois were significantly higher and showed higher variation at high tourist disturbance (mean ± SD, 46.2 ± 31.53 ng/g, n = 56) than at low disturbance sites (mean ± SD, 17.2 ± 8.05 ng/g, n = 38). Stress levels increased with the number of visitors and therefore showed a peak in summer, coinciding with the highest number of visitation to the national park. A large portion of chamois habitat in Tatra National Park is within the area of influence of the touristic trail network. The temporal or permanent creation of areas free of disturbance in protected areas should be considered, especially in the periods of high tourist visitation. This study highlights the need to monitor the effects of tourist activities on wildlife and to implement new policies in the management of protected areas.

Published
2012

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