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Ecology
Melanie Dickie, Robert Serrouya, Tal Avgar, Philip McLoughlin, R. Scott McNay, Craig DeMars, Stan Boutin, Adam T. Ford
Summary: This study examines how the interaction between resource density and exploitation efficiency influences home range size of wolves. The results show that exploitation efficiency plays a key role in determining home range size, with the impact of linear features diminishing in areas of higher resource density.
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Ecology
Ellen E. Brandell, Nicholas M. Fountain-Jones, Marie L. J. Gilbertson, Paul C. Cross, Peter J. Hudson, Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, Craig Packer, Meggan E. Craft
Summary: The spatial organization of wildlife populations can be influenced by factors such as habitat quality, resource dispersion, and contact rates, which can impact the spread of information, behavior, and pathogens. Our study of Serengeti lions and Yellowstone wolves at the group level showed that group-level factors had a greater impact on spatial organization than population-level factors. Resource dispersion may play a more significant role in driving territory size and overlap for wolves compared to lions. Additionally, infectious disease epizootics can alter the spatial organization of wildlife populations, underscoring the importance of considering disease outbreaks in studies of behavioral ecology.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
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Behavioral Sciences
Marc Naguib, Mieke Titulaer, Joseph R. Waas, Kees van Oers, Philipp Sprau, Lysanne Snijders
Summary: Territorial animals use signals to advertise territorial occupancy, and their responses to territorial intrusions can predict their future responses and overall spatial behavior. However, singing activity does not have predictability in their responses to future intrusions.
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
(2022)
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Ecology
Matteo Rizzuto, Shawn J. Leroux, Eric Vander Wal, Isabella C. Richmond, Travis R. Heckford, Juliana Balluffi-Fry, Yolanda F. Wiersma
Summary: Home range size of snowshoe hares varies in response to the spatial patterns of high quality, homogeneous food sources, indicating the influence of consumers on nutrient recycling rates and ecosystem processes. This study combines elemental distribution models and summer home range size estimates to provide insights into consumer spatial ecology and the importance of forage quality on consumers' survival strategies. Consumers' responses to spatial patterns of food quality highlight the interconnectedness between consumer behavior and ecosystem dynamics.
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Ecology
Robert J. P. Heathcote, Mark A. Whiteside, Christine E. Beardsworth, Jayden O. Van Horik, Philippa R. Laker, Sivan Toledo, Yotam Orchan, Ran Nathan, Joah R. Madden
Summary: The study shows that juvenile pheasants with better memory develop larger home ranges and are more successful in avoiding predation at the edges of their range. Spatial memory is linked to home range development and variation, and predation risk selects for spatial memory via experience-dependent spatial variation in mortality.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
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Forestry
Juan Manuel Fernandez, Martjan Lammertink
Summary: Understanding the habitat requirements and resource selection of woodpecker species in different forest environments is crucial for effective management strategies. This study found that forest structural attributes significantly influenced the habitat selection and home range sizes of Helmeted Woodpeckers, Lineated Woodpeckers, and Robust Woodpeckers. Therefore, it is important to prioritize the conservation of key attributes associated with the threatened Helmeted Woodpecker in forest management.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Nadine Elizabeth Cronk, Neville Pillay
Summary: Urban areas provide small carnivores with abundant resources and reduced predation risk, leading to higher population densities. Yellow mongooses adjust their home ranges in response to urbanisation, with overlap between their territories and human residential areas observed.
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Ornithology
Paulo S. Amorim, Andre C. Guaraldo, Mariana F. Rossi, Pedro Diniz
Summary: The way animals use their home range and territory can vary depending on their breeding state and habitat complexity. This study investigated the variation in home range and territory size of the Rufous Hornero bird species between breeding and non-breeding seasons, as well as the frequency of partner replacements. The results showed that home range size decreased in the non-breeding season, indicating a higher demand for resources during the breeding season. Additionally, partner replacements were recorded with no apparent bias towards sex or season. These findings provide valuable insights for future studies on the mechanisms behind home ranging, territoriality, and partner replacement in tropical birds.
ACTA ORNITHOLOGICA
(2023)
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Zoology
S. M. Xirouchakis, C. Grivas, G. Andreou, E. Georgopoulou
Summary: The study of griffon vultures on Crete from 2005 to 2015 showed that immature vultures had larger winter ranges and core areas compared to adults, who were more restricted to breeding colonies and preferred sites away from urban areas. The home range overlap and utilization distribution between different age groups varied significantly between seasons.
JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Ecology
Juliette Seigle-Ferrand, Kamal Atmeh, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Victor Ronget, Nicolas Morellet, Mathieu Garel, Anne Loison, Glenn Yannic
Summary: In this study, the relationship between environmental drivers, species characteristics, and individual home range sizes in ungulates was explored. The majority of papers supported the habitat productivity hypothesis, while the influence of landscape heterogeneity was less pervasive. Species-specific body mass or sociality level did not have a detectable effect on the support for biological hypotheses.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Ecology
Charlotte E. Regan, Josephine M. Pemberton, Jill G. Pilkington, Per T. Smiseth
Summary: This study aims to understand how individual differences in resource acquisition interact with environmental variation at the population scale to influence estimates of the cost of reproduction in natural populations. The results suggest that Soay sheep females experience costs in terms of future survival and future reproduction. However, there is little evidence of a relationship between relative home range quality and the estimated costs of reproduction.
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2022)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Jenny C. Dunn, Antony J. Morris, Philip V. Grice, Will J. Peach
Summary: The study investigated the impact of providing food-rich habitats through agri-environment schemes on the demography and local abundance of turtle doves. Findings showed that breeding doves were more likely to choose seed-rich habitats further away, and nestling weight was higher near human habitation.
BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
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Zoology
Ellen M. Hall, Victoria J. Bennett, Susan Loeb
Summary: The study reveals that evening bats expand their home range with increasing temperatures, and urban neighborhoods surrounding green spaces play a crucial role in providing water resources for bats.
JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY
(2021)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Janet W. Ng, Troy I. Wellicome, Lionel F. V. Leston, Erin M. Bayne
Summary: Global wind-energy development is growing rapidly, with Canada expected to double its wind-energy capacity by 2040. Wind-farm development can have significant implications for wildlife, particularly raptors, such as the Ferruginous Hawk. Understanding the habitat selection of Ferruginous Hawks and assessing the potential conflict with wind-farm development is important for conservation efforts. The study found that landscape composition, industrial development, soil characteristics, and seasonal climate influenced the habitat selection of Ferruginous Hawks. The risk analysis identified areas at medium to very high risk of conflict with wind energy, as well as areas with low wind-energy development potential and high conservation value.
AVIAN CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY
(2022)
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Ecology
Joseph M. Northrup, Charles R. Anderson, Brian D. Gerber, George Wittemyer
Summary: This study found that wildlife exhibit behavioral responses to habitat modification caused by hydrocarbon development, but these responses did not result in individual-level physiological or reproductive costs. Different levels of development in areas had significant impacts on mule deer habitat selection and survival rates, highlighting the importance of reducing human activity on wildlife.
WILDLIFE MONOGRAPHS
(2021)
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Ecology
Shamshidin Abduriyim, Yoshinori Nishita, Pavel A. Kosintsev, Evgeniy Raichev, Risto Vainola, Alexey P. Kryukov, Alexei Abramov, Yayoi Kaneko, Ryuichi Masuda
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Zoology
Ibuki Mitsuhashi, Takako Sako, Makito Teduka, Ririko Koizumi, Masayuki U. Saito, Yayoi Kaneko
JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY
(2018)
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Zoology
Emi Kinoshita, Alexei Abramov, Vyacheslav A. Soloviev, Alexander P. Saveljev, Yoshinori Nishita, Yayoi Kaneko, Ryuichi Masuda
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Zoology
Masumi Hisano, Chris Newman, Shota Deguchi, Yayoi Kaneko
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Behavioral Sciences
Yoshinori Nishita, Nikolai Spassov, Stanislava Peeva, Evgeniy G. Raichev, Yayoi Kaneko, Ryuichi Masuda
ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2019)
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Ecology
Marie Tsunoda, Yayoi Kaneko, Takako Sako, Ririko Koizumi, Kaori Iwasaki, Ibuki Mitsuhashi, Masayuki U. Saito, Masumi Hisano, Chris Newman, David W. Macdonald, Christina D. Buesching
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
(2019)
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Zoology
S. Abduriyim, Y. Nishita, A. V. Abramov, V. A. Solovyev, A. P. Saveljev, P. A. Kosintsev, A. P. Kryukov, E. Raichev, R. Vainola, Y. Kaneko, R. Masuda
JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
(2019)
Review
Ecology
Yamato Tsuji, Takehiko Y. Ito, Yayoi Kaneko
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Zoology
Hiroshi Tsunoda, Stanislava Peeva, Raichev Evgeniy, Kairi Ito, Yayoi Kaneko
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Evolutionary Biology
Takuma Sato, Alexei Abramov, Evgeniy G. Raichev, Pavel A. Kosintsev, Risto Vainola, Takahiro Murakami, Yayoi Kaneko, Ryuichi Masuda
JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH
(2020)
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Zoology
Kaito Mizumachi, Nikolai Spassov, Dimitar Kostov, Evgeniy G. Raichev, Stanislava Peeva, Daisuke Hirata, Yoshinori Nishita, Yayoi Kaneko, Ryuichi Masuda
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Biodiversity Conservation
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. Havmoller, Ben T. Hirsch, Cindy Hurtado, Lynne A. Isbell, Rene 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 Mourao, 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, Justin M. Calabrese
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2020)
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Zoology
Hiroshi Tsunoda, Chris Newman, Stanislava Peeva, Evgeniy Raichev, Christina D. Buesching, Yayoi Kaneko
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Zoology
Yu Endo, Liang-Kong Lin, Koji Yamazaki, Kurtis Jai-Chyi Pei, Shih-Wei Chang, Yen-Jean Chen, Keiji Ochiai, Shuuji Yachimori, Tomoko Anezaki, Yayoi Kaneko, Ryuichi Masuda
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Zoology
Evgeniy G. Raichev, Stanislava P. Peeva, Krasimir B. Kirilov, Yayoi Kaneko, Hiroshi Tsunoda
ACTA ZOOLOGICA BULGARICA
(2020)