Foraging grounds of adult loggerhead sea turtles across the Mediterranean Sea: key sites and hotspots of risk

V Almpanidou, V Tsapalou, A Chatzimentor… - Biodiversity and …, 2022 - Springer
Delineating priority areas for highly mobile marine megafauna represents a major challenge
for conservation biology. To manage such areas, one must understand both their spatial …

Global habitat loss of a highly migratory predator, the blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)

JJ Dale, S Brodie, AB Carlisle… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Climate change is driving the redistribution of species throughout the oceans. However,
the speed and magnitude of species responses, including shifts in their distribution, are …

Blue whales increase feeding rates at fine-scale ocean features

JA Fahlbusch, MF Czapanskiy… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Marine predators face the challenge of reliably finding prey that is patchily distributed in
space and time. Predators make movement decisions at multiple spatial and temporal …

Using pseudo-absence models to test for environmental selection in marine movement ecology: the importance of sample size and selection strength

J Pinti, M Shatley, A Carlisle, BA Block, MJ Oliver - Movement Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Background Understanding the selection of environmental conditions by animals requires
knowledge of where they are, but also of where they could have been. Presence data can …

Urban avian conservation planning using species functional traits and habitat suitability mapping

ATM Chin, JLW Ruppert, N Shrestha, MJ Fortin - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urbanization adversely impacts biodiversity by reducing the quantity and quality of natural
habitat areas. Additionally, the quality of natural habitat depends on its bio-physical …

Using generative adversarial networks (GAN) to simulate central‐place foraging trajectories

A Roy, R Fablet, SL Bertrand - Methods in Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Miniature electronic devices have recently enabled ecologists to document relatively large
amounts of animal trajectories. Modelling such trajectories may contribute to explaining the …

Divergent post-breeding spatial habitat use of Laysan and black-footed albatross

FD Jordan, SA Shaffer, MG Conners… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the at-sea movements of wide-ranging seabird species throughout their
annual cycle is essential for their conservation and management. Habitat use and resource …

Wildlife movements and landscape connectivity in the Tarangire Ecosystem

GG Lohay, J Riggio, AL Lobora, BM Kissui… - … -Wildlife Coexistence in …, 2022 - Springer
A fundamental condition for maintaining viable populations of wildlife is to ensure that
animals can access resources. In landscapes where the boundaries of protected areas …

Non-preferred habitat increases the activity area of the endangered northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) in a semi-arid landscape

MA Cowan, HA Moore, BA Hradsky, CJ Jolly… - Australian …, 2022 - CSIRO Publishing
Animal conservation requires a sound understanding of movement ecology and habitat
selection. A key component of this is identifying habitats that animals actively seek or avoid …

The potential distribution of Bacillus anthracis suitability across Uganda using INLA

VA Ndolo, D Redding, MA Deka, JS Salzer… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
To reduce the veterinary, public health, environmental, and economic burden associated
with anthrax outbreaks, it is vital to identify the spatial distribution of areas suitable for …