Multi-scale habitat selection modeling: A review and outlook

Kevin McGarigal; Ho Yi Wan; Katherine Zeller; Brad C. Timm; Samuel A. Cushman

doi:10.1007/s10980-016-0374-x

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Multi-scale habitat selection modeling: A review and outlook

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Authors:

Kevin McGarigal, Ho Yi Wan, Katherine Zeller, Brad C. Timm, Samuel A. Cushman

Year:

2016

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-016-0374-x

Source:

Landscape Ecology. doi: 10.1007/s10980-016-0374-x.

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Abstract

Scale is the lens that focuses ecological relationships. Organisms select habitat at multiple hierarchical levels and at different spatial and/or temporal scales within each level. Failure to properly address scale dependence can result in incorrect inferences in multi-scale habitat selection modeling studies.

Keywords

scale, habitat, habitat selection, resource selection, resource selection function, wildlife habitat relationships, species–environment relationships

Citation

McGarigal, Kevin; Wan, Ho Yi; Zeller, Kathy A.; Timm, Brad C.; Cushman, Samuel A. 2016. Multi-scale habitat selection modeling: A review and outlook. Landscape Ecology. doi: 10.1007/s10980-016-0374-x.