Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-20-2019

Department

College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science

Abstract

Habitat selection is a process that spans space, time and individual life histories. Ecological analyses of animal distributions and preferences are most accurate when they account for inherent dynamics of the habitat selection process. Strong territoriality can constrain perception of habitat availability by individual animals or groups attempting to colonize or establish new territory. Because habitat selection is a function of habitat availability, broad-scale changes in habitat availability or occupancy can drive density-dependent habitat functional responses. We investigated density-dependent habitat selection over a 19-year period of grey wolf (

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© 2019 The Authors. Article has been deposited here in compliance with publisher policies. Publisher's version of record: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190282

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Royal Society Open Science

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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