Quantifying drivers of wild pig movement across multiple spatial and temporal scales.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The movement behavior of an animal is determined by extrinsic and intrinsic factors that operate at multiple spatio-temporal scales, yet much of our knowledge of animal movement comes from studies that examine only one or two scales concurrently. Understanding the drivers of animal movement across multiple scales is crucial for understanding the fundamentals of movement ecology, predicting changes in distribution, describing disease dynamics, and identifying efficient methods of wildlife conservation and management.

Methods

We obtained over 400,000 GPS locations of wild pigs from 13 different studies spanning six states in southern U.S.A., and quantified movement rates and home range size within a single analytical framework. We used a generalized additive mixed m

SUBMITTER: Kay SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5471724 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature