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

Behavioral and Demographic Responses of Mule Deer to Energy Development on Winter Range

(2021) Joseph M. Northrup et al.   WILDLIFE MONOGRAPHS

A ‘How to’ guide for interpreting parameters in habitat‐selection analyses

(2021) John Fieberg et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

So close and yet so different: The importance of considering temporal dynamics to understand habitat selection

(2020) Laura Richter et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Habitat selection patterns are density dependent under the ideal free distribution

(2020) Tal Avgar et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Functional responses in habitat selection: clarifying hypotheses and interpretations

(2019) Joseph D. Holbrook et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Animal movement tools (amt ): R package for managing tracking data and conducting habitat selection analyses

(2019) Johannes Signer et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Predicting population change from models based on habitat availability and utilization

(2019) Jason Matthiopoulos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Leveraging multidimensional heterogeneity in resource selection to define movement tactics of animals

(2019) Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Extreme site fidelity as an optimal strategy in an unpredictable and homogeneous environment

(2019) Brian D. Gerber et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Behavioural valuation of landscapes using movement data

(2019) George Wittemyer et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Improving spatial predictions of animal resource selection to guide conservation decision making

(2019) Brian D. Gerber et al.   ECOLOGY

Joint species distribution modelling with the r ‐package H msc

(2019) Gleb Tikhonov et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

A guide to Bayesian model checking for ecologists

(2018) Paul B. Conn et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

TetraDENSITY: A database of population density estimates in terrestrial vertebrates

(2018) Luca Santini et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

High-energy, high-fat lifestyle challenges an Arctic apex predator, the polar bear

(2018) A. M. Pagano et al.   SCIENCE

Animal movement models for migratory individuals and groups

(2018) Mevin B. Hooten et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

A machine-learning approach for extending classical wildlife resource selection analyses

(2018) Kevin T. Shoemaker et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Accounting for location uncertainty in azimuthal telemetry data improves ecological inference

(2018) Brian D. Gerber et al.   Movement Ecology

Linking resource selection and step selection models for habitat preferences in animals

(2018) Théo Michelot et al.   ECOLOGY

Moose movement rates are altered by wolf presence in two ecosystems

(2018) Mark A. Ditmer et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Don't poke the bear: using tracking data to quantify behavioural syndromes in elusive wildlife

(2018) Anne G. Hertel et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Little owls in big landscapes: Informing conservation using multi-level resource selection functions

(2018) Julien Fattebert et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Evaluating the individuality of animal-habitat relationships

(2018) Robert A. Montgomery et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Paintings predict the distribution of species, or the challenge of selecting environmental predictors and evaluation statistics

(2017) Yoan Fourcade et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The role of density-dependent and –independent processes in spawning habitat selection by salmon in an Arctic riverscape

(2017) Brock M. Huntsman et al.   PLoS One

Multi-level, multi-scale resource selection functions and resistance surfaces for conservation planning: Pumas as a case study

(2017) Katherine A. Zeller et al.   PLoS One

Thematic accuracy assessment of the 2011 National Land Cover Database (NLCD)

(2017) James Wickham et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Habitat selection by Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx ) is primarily driven by avoidance of human activity during day and prey availability during night

(2017) Marc Filla et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Relative Selection Strength: Quantifying effect size in habitat- and step-selection inference

(2017) Tal Avgar et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Understanding and predicting habitat for wildlife conservation: the case of Canada lynx at the range periphery

(2017) Joseph D. Holbrook et al.   Ecosphere

Estimating utilization distributions from fitted step-selection functions

(2017) Johannes Signer et al.   Ecosphere

A movement-driven approach to quantifying grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) near-road movement patterns in west-central Alberta, Canada

(2016) Robin Kite et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Habitat selection by a large herbivore at multiple spatial and temporal scales is primarily governed by food resources

(2016) Claudia Dupke et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Movement reveals scale dependence in habitat selection of a large ungulate

(2016) Joseph M. Northrup et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

What's your move? Movement as a link between personality and spatial dynamics in animal populations

(2016) Orr Spiegel et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Hierarchical animal movement models for population-level inference

(2016) Mevin B. Hooten et al.   ENVIRONMETRICS

Incorporating animal spatial memory in step selection functions

(2016) Luiz Gustavo R. Oliveira-Santos et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Characterizing wildlife behavioural responses to roads using integrated step selection analysis

(2016) Christina M. Prokopenko et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Comparing resource selection and demographic models for predicting animal density

(2016) Garrett M. Street et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Habitat functional response mitigates reduced foraging opportunity: implications for animal fitness and space use

(2016) Garrett M. Street et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Multi-scale habitat selection modeling: a review and outlook

(2016) Kevin McGarigal et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Staying cool in a changing landscape: the influence of maximum daily ambient temperature on grizzly bear habitat selection

(2016) Karine E. Pigeon et al.   OECOLOGIA

The priority of prediction in ecological understanding

(2016) Jeff E. Houlahan et al.   OIKOS

A multispecies occupancy model for two or more interacting species

(2016) Christopher T. Rota et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Integrated step selection analysis: bridging the gap between resource selection and animal movement

(2016) Tal Avgar et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Forecasting Ecological Genomics: High-Tech Animal Instrumentation Meets High-Throughput Sequencing

(2016) Aaron B. A. Shafer et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Variation in habitat selection by white-bearded wildebeest across different degrees of human disturbance

(2016) J. A. Stabach et al.   Ecosphere

Habitat associations in a recolonizing, low-density black bear population

(2016) Rahel Sollmann et al.   Ecosphere

Lessons from integrating behaviour and resource selection: activity-specific responses of African wild dogs to roads

(2015) B. Abrahms et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Continuous-time discrete-space models for animal movement

(2015) Ephraim M. Hanks et al.   Annals of Applied Statistics

Eurasian lynx habitat selection in human-modified landscape in Norway: Effects of different human habitat modifications and behavioral states

(2015) Yaëlle Bouyer et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Post-establishment changes in habitat selection by an invasive species: beavers in the Patagonian steppe

(2015) Alejandro G. Pietrek et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Functional responses in habitat selection are density dependent in a large herbivore

(2015) Floris M. van Beest et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Linking resource selection and mortality modeling for population estimation of mountain lions in Montana

(2015) Hugh S. Robinson et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Process-focussed, multi-grain resource selection functions

(2015) Michel P. Laforge et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Establishing the link between habitat selection and animal population dynamics

(2015) Jason Matthiopoulos et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

A guide to Bayesian model selection for ecologists

(2015) M. B. Hooten et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Defining the scale of habitat availability for models of habitat selection

(2015) Robert Stephen Paton et al.   ECOLOGY

Rigorous home range estimation with movement data: a new autocorrelated kernel density estimator

(2015) C. H. Fleming et al.   ECOLOGY

Animal movement constraints improve resource selection inference in the presence of telemetry error

(2015) Brian M. Brost et al.   ECOLOGY

Quantifying spatial habitat loss from hydrocarbon development through assessing habitat selection patterns of mule deer

(2015) Joseph M. Northrup et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Movement is the glue connecting home ranges and habitat selection

(2015) Bram Van Moorter et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

REVIEW: Can habitat selection predict abundance?

(2015) Mark S. Boyce et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

What is the animal doing? Tools for exploring behavioural structure in animal movements

(2015) Eliezer Gurarie et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Adjustments in habitat selection to changing availability induce fitness costs for a threatened ungulate

(2015) Chrystel L. Losier et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Scale-dependent effects of density and habitat on foal survival

(2015) Michel P. Laforge et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

MMI: Multimodel inference or models with management implications?

(2015) John Fieberg et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Grain-dependent functional responses in habitat selection

(2015) Michel P. Laforge et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Quantifying consistent individual differences in habitat selection

(2015) Martin Leclerc et al.   OECOLOGIA

Terrestrial animal tracking as an eye on life and planet

(2015) R. Kays et al.   SCIENCE

Sexual segregation in North American elk: the role of density dependence

(2015) Kelley M. Stewart et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Foraging ecology and spatial behaviour of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in a wet grassland ecosystem

(2014) Katrine Meisner et al.   ACTA THERIOLOGICA

Model selection for ecologists: the worldviews of AIC and BIC

(2014) Ken Aho et al.   ECOLOGY

A memory-based foraging tactic reveals an adaptive mechanism for restricted space use

(2014) J. A. Merkle et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A unifying framework for quantifying the nature of animal interactions

(2014) J. R. Potts et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Sensitivity of landscape resistance estimates based on point selection functions to scale and behavioral state: pumas as a case study

(2014) Katherine A. Zeller et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Behavioural strategies towards human disturbances explain individual performance in woodland caribou

(2014) Martin Leclerc et al.   OECOLOGIA

Density-dependent habitat selection and partitioning between two sympatric ungulates

(2014) Floris M. van Beest et al.   OECOLOGIA

Using Latent Selection Difference to Model Persistence in a Declining Population

(2014) Mara E. Erickson et al.   PLoS One

The Relative Impacts of Climate and Land-Use Change on Conterminous United States Bird Species from 2001 to 2075

(2014) Terry L. Sohl   PLoS One

Large carnivores make savanna tree communities less thorny

(2014) A. T. Ford et al.   SCIENCE

Understanding co-occurrence by modelling species simultaneously with a Joint Species Distribution Model (JSDM)

(2014) Laura J. Pollock et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Density-dependent functional responses in habitat selection by two hosts of the raccoon rabies virus variant

(2014) Olivia Tardy et al.   Ecosphere

Applications of step-selection functions in ecology and conservation

(2014) Henrik Thurfjell et al.   Movement Ecology

Finite-sample equivalence in statistical models for presence-only data

(2013) William Fithian et al.   Annals of Applied Statistics

The pitfalls of ignoring behaviour when quantifying habitat selection

(2013) C. L. Roever et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Inference from presence-only data; the ongoing controversy

(2013) Trevor Hastie et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Practical guidance on characterizing availability in resource selection functions under a use–availability design

(2013) Joseph M. Northrup et al.   ECOLOGY

Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions

(2013) Antoine Guisan et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Linking genotype, ecotype, and phenotype in an intensively managed large carnivore

(2013) Aaron B. A. Shafer et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Linking habitat selection and predation risk to spatial variation in survival

(2013) Nicholas J. DeCesare et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Increasing density leads to generalization in both coarse-grained habitat selection and fine-grained resource selection in a large mammal

(2013) Floris M. van Beest et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Quantifying the effect of habitat availability on species distributions

(2013) Geert Aarts et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Location-only and use-availability data: analysis methods converge

(2013) Lyman McDonald et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Estimating animal resource selection from telemetry data using point process models

(2013) Devin S. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Male reproductive strategy explains spatiotemporal segregation in brown bears

(2013) Sam M.J.G. Steyaert et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Selection, use, choice and occupancy: clarifying concepts in resource selection studies

(2013) Subhash R. Lele et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Fully Bayesian hierarchical modelling in two stages, with application to meta-analysis

(2013) David Lunn et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES C-APPLIED STATISTICS

Ecological novelty and the emergence of evolutionary traps

(2013) Bruce A. Robertson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Beyond use versus availability: behaviour-explicit resource selection

(2013) Ryan R. Wilson et al.   WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

Predicting local and non-local effects of resources on animal space use using a mechanistic step selection model

(2013) Jonathan R. Potts et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The use of on-animal acoustical recording devices for studying animal behavior

(2013) Emma Lynch et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Integrating movement ecology with biodiversity research - exploring new avenues to address spatiotemporal biodiversity dynamics

(2013) Florian Jeltsch et al.   Movement Ecology

Agricultural lands as ecological traps for grizzly bears

(2012) J. M. Northrup et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Inferring behavioural mechanisms in habitat selection studies getting the null-hypothesis right for functional and familiarity responses

(2012) Bram Van Moorter et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Transcending scale dependence in identifying habitat with resource selection functions

(2012) Nicholas J. DeCesare et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Habitat selection predicts genetic relatedness in an alpine ungulate

(2012) Aaron B. A. Shafer et al.   ECOLOGY

Vehicle traffic shapes grizzly bear behaviour on a multiple-use landscape

(2012) Joseph M. Northrup et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Linking trade-offs in habitat selection with the occurrence of functional responses for moose living in two nearby study areas

(2012) Géraldine Mabille et al.   OECOLOGIA

Animal personalities: consequences for ecology and evolution

(2012) Max Wolf et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Estimating the zone of influence of industrial developments on wildlife: a migratory caribouRangifer tarandus groenlandicusand diamond mine case study

(2012) John Boulanger et al.   WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

Temporal variation and scale in movement-based resource selection functions

(2012) M.B. Hooten et al.   Statistical Methodology

Seasonal shifts in habitat selection of a large herbivore and the influence of human activity

(2011) Philip D. McLoughlin et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Crucial nesting habitat for gunnison sage-grouse: A spatially explicit hierarchical approach

(2011) Cameron L. Aldridge et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Validation of elk resource selection models with spatially independent data

(2011) Priscilla K. Coe et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Spending degrees of freedom in a poor economy: A case study of building a sightability model for moose in northeastern Minnesota

(2011) John H. Giudice et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Assessing the influence of resource covariates at multiple spatial scales: an application to forest-dwelling caribou faced with intensive human activity

(2011) Mathieu Leblond et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Adaptation and habitat selection in the eco-evolutionary process

(2011) D. W. Morris   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Comparative interpretation of count, presence-absence and point methods for species distribution models

(2011) Geert Aarts et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Poisson point process models solve the “pseudo-absence problem” for presence-only data in ecology

(2010) David I. Warton et al.   Annals of Applied Statistics

Generalized functional responses for species distributions

(2010) Jason Matthiopoulos et al.   ECOLOGY

Agent-Based Inference for Animal Movement and Selection

(2010) Mevin B. Hooten et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS

Mixed conditional logistic regression for habitat selection studies

(2010) Thierry Duchesne et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The interpretation of habitat preference metrics under use-availability designs

(2010) H. L. Beyer et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Foraging theory upscaled: the behavioural ecology of herbivore movement

(2010) N. Owen-Smith et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Temporal autocorrelation functions for movement rates from global positioning system radiotelemetry data

(2010) M. S. Boyce et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Resolving issues of imprecise and habitat-biased locations in ecological analyses using GPS telemetry data

(2010) J. L. Frair et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Correlation and studies of habitat selection: problem, red herring or opportunity?

(2010) J. Fieberg et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Do consistent individual differences in metabolic rate promote consistent individual differences in behavior?

(2010) Peter A. Biro et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Simple means to improve the interpretability of regression coefficients

(2010) Holger Schielzeth   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

How Different Types of Natal Experience Affect Habitat Preference

(2009) Judy A. Stamps et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The Misuse of BLUP in Ecology and Evolution

(2009) Jarrod D. Hadfield et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The repeatability of behaviour: a meta-analysis

(2009) Alison M. Bell et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Species Distribution Models: Ecological Explanation and Prediction Across Space and Time

(2009) Jane Elith et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Accounting for animal movement in estimation of resource selection functions: sampling and data analysis

(2009) James D. Forester et al.   ECOLOGY

Group-size-mediated habitat selection and group fusion–fission dynamics of bison under predation risk

(2009) Daniel Fortin et al.   ECOLOGY

Estimating habitat selection when GPS fix success is less than 100%

(2009) Ryan M. Nielson et al.   ECOLOGY

Temporal scales, trade-offs, and functional responses in red deer habitat selection

(2009) Inger Maren Rivrud Godvik et al.   ECOLOGY

A novel method for identifying behavioural changes in animal movement data

(2009) Eliezer Gurarie et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Habitat selection at multiple scales

(2009) Stephen J. Mayor et al.   ECOSCIENCE

Habitat Selection and the Evolution of Specialists in Heterogeneous Environments

(2009) Daniel Fortin et al.   Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution

Considering ecological dynamics in resource selection functions

(2009) Philip D. McLoughlin et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Regression modelling of correlated data in ecology: subject-specific and population averaged response patterns

(2009) John Fieberg et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

A New Method for Estimation of Resource Selection Probability Function

(2009) Subhash R. Lele   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Behavioural reaction norms: animal personality meets individual plasticity

(2009) Niels J. Dingemanse et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Conclusions beyond support: overconfident estimates in mixed models

(2008) H. Schielzeth et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Estimating space-use and habitat preference from wildlife telemetry data

(2008) Geert Aarts et al.   ECOGRAPHY

MECHANISTIC HOME RANGE MODELS AND RESOURCE SELECTION ANALYSIS: A RECONCILIATION AND UNIFICATION

(2008) Paul R. Moorcroft et al.   ECOLOGY

The role of behavior in evolution: a search for mechanism

(2008) Renée A. Duckworth   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Disentangling the effects of forage, social rank, and risk on movement autocorrelation of elephants using Fourier and wavelet analyses

(2008) G. Wittemyer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A movement ecology paradigm for unifying organismal movement research

(2008) R. Nathan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Three way k-fold cross-validation of resource selection functions

(2007) Trevor S. Wiens et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING