Shrub and vegetation cover predict resource selection use by an endangered species of desert lizard.

ABSTRACT: Globally, no species is exempt from the constraints associated with limited available habitat or resources, and endangered species in particular warrant critical examination. In most cases, these species are restricted to limited locations, and the relative likelihood of resource use within the space they can access is important. Using Gambelia sila, one of the first vertebrate species listed as endangered, we used resource selection function analysis of telemetry and remotely sensed data to identity key drivers of selected versus available locations for this species in Carrizo Plain National Monument, USA. We examined the probability of selection given different resource types. Increasing shrub cover, lower and relatively more flat sites, increasing normalized difference vegetation index,

SUBMITTER: Lortie CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7078218 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature