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0000-0002-8055-2213
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College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York
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Publisher: The Royal Society
Date: 27-07-2010
Abstract: Models of habitat preference are widely used to quantify animal–habitat relationships, to describe and predict differential space use by animals, and to identify habitat that is important to an animal (i.e. that is assumed to influence fitness). Quantifying habitat preference involves the statistical comparison of s les of habitat use and availability. Preference is therefore contingent upon both of these s les. The inferences that can be made from use versus availability designs are influenced by subjectivity in defining what is available to the animal, the problem of quantifying the accessibility of available resources and the framework in which preference is modelled. Here, we describe these issues, document the conditional nature of preference and establish the limits of inferences that can be drawn from these analyses. We argue that preference is not interpretable as reflecting the intrinsic behavioural motivations of the animal, that estimates of preference are not directly comparable among different s les of availability and that preference is not necessarily correlated with the value of habitat to the animal. We also suggest that preference is context-dependent and that functional responses in preference resulting from changing availability are expected. We conclude by describing advances in analytical methods that begin to resolve these issues.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-2005
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 29-08-2008
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 04-2004
Location: No location found
Location: United States of America
Location: United States of America
Location: United States of America
Location: United States of America
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