Roads elicit negative movement and habitat-selection responses by wolverines (Gulo gulo luscus)

Matthew A Scrafford, Tal Avgar, Rick Heeres and Mark S Boyce

Behavioral Ecology, 2018, vol. 29, issue 3, 534-542

Abstract: Fine-scale responses of wildlife to crossing roads and interacting with vehicles can be translated to coarse-scale behaviors measured by GPS radiotelemetry. Telemetry facilitates evaluating and predicting the relationship of wildlife to roads when direct observations of wildlife-road interactions are not available. We predicted wolverine response to roads and traffic using radiotelemetry. Our findings show how researchers can acquire a more holistic understanding of habitat suitability by quantifying both habitat selection and movement simultaneously.

Keywords: boreal forest; Gulo gulo; habitat selection; movement; oil extraction; roads; step selection; traffic volume; wolverine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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