干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Behavior-specific habitat models as a tool to inform ungulate restoration

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DOI	10.1002/ecs2.3687
	Behavior-specific habitat models as a tool to inform ungulate restoration
	Lowrey, B.; DeVoe, J. D.; Proffitt, K. M.; Garrott, R. A.
通讯作者	Lowrey, B (corresponding author), Montana State Univ, Fish & Wildlife Ecol & Management Program, Dept Ecol, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA.
来源期刊	ECOSPHERE
ISSN	2150-8925
出版年	2021
卷号	12 期号:8
英文摘要	Across North America, many ungulate species that experienced historic population declines and range contractions are now broadly distributed across their native ranges after the implementation of successful restoration programs. The use of translocation continues to serve as an important restoration tool and is often informed through habitat models used to identify potential translocation areas based on biotic and abiotic landscape characteristics. Within the context of partially migratory wildlife populations, resident and migrant population segments can select for varying habitat characteristics, yet these population segments are often pooled when building habitat models. We used a large spatial dataset collected from eight bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) populations to build separate winter and summer resource selection models for migrant and resident animals with the purposes of (1) characterizing differences in seasonal selection patterns between resident and migrant population segments and (2) generating broad spatial predictions of bighorn sheep habitat to inform future translocations across western Montana, USA. Lastly, we used the model to inform two potential management scenarios, first to establish a new population in an unoccupied area and second to expand the distribution of existing populations through intra-mountain translocations. Selection patterns were generally similar among migrants and residents, especially in winter. Summer selection patterns varied between the two behaviors, with migrants selecting for higher elevations and residents selecting for lower elevations. Throughout the western Montana prediction area, bighorn sheep habitat was centered around mountain areas in all seasons. In the first management scenario, our model predicted that adequate resident and migratory bighorn sheep habitat existed in the restoration area, thus justifying the use of either resident or migrant source populations in translocation. In the second management scenario, our model predicted that there was broad potential for translocations into unoccupied areas adjacent to the current bighorn sheep distribution in western Montana. The behavior-specific approach to predicting bighorn sheep seasonal habitat captures the specific habitat characteristics of multiple migratory behaviors and may help to inform targeted and effective translocation programs.
英文关键词	bighorn sheep habitat migration Montana mountain ungulates Ovis canadensis resource selection restoration rsf translocation
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000689453800002
WOS关键词	CONTERMINOUS UNITED-STATES ; DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP ; RESOURCE SELECTION ; MIGRATION PATTERNS ; PREDATION RISK ; RESIDENT ELK ; TRANSLOCATION ; POPULATIONS ; MIGRANT ; FORAGE
WOS类目	Ecology
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/363049
作者单位	[Lowrey, B.; DeVoe, J. D.; Garrott, R. A.] Montana State Univ, Fish & Wildlife Ecol & Management Program, Dept Ecol, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA; [Proffitt, K. M.] Montana Dept Fish Wildlife & Pk, 1400 South 19th Ave, Bozeman, MT 59718 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lowrey, B.,DeVoe, J. D.,Proffitt, K. M.,et al. Behavior-specific habitat models as a tool to inform ungulate restoration[J],2021,12(8).
APA	Lowrey, B.,DeVoe, J. D.,Proffitt, K. M.,&Garrott, R. A..(2021).Behavior-specific habitat models as a tool to inform ungulate restoration.ECOSPHERE,12(8).
MLA	Lowrey, B.,et al."Behavior-specific habitat models as a tool to inform ungulate restoration".ECOSPHERE 12.8(2021).