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Population Ecology (W6) Flashcards

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Ecological niche?

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= involves an organism’s tolerances (conditions) & requirements (resources).

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Eg of conditions? (3)

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• Heat.
• Acidity.
• Windiness.

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Egs of resources? (4)

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• Food.
• Soil.
• Nutrients.
• Sunlight.

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Niche dimensions?

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= habitat factors.

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Egs of niche dimensions? (2)

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• Acidity.
• Salinity.

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Habitat?

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= the combination of resources & conditions that promote occupancy by individuals of a particular species.

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Habitat attributes? (3)

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• Species-specific (eg habitat for meerkats).

• Spatial locations associated with resources like food, water, shelter, security from predators/parasites.

• Serves a particular function (eg. feeding habitat).

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Promoting factors?

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= increase the likelihood of occupancy.

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Restricting factors?

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= decrease the likelihood of occupancy.

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Egs of Promoting factors from House discussion? (3)

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• Price.
• Space.
• Close to shops.

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Egs of Restricting factors from House discussion? (3)

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• Crime.
• Near a coal power plant.
• Neighbouring properties are dodgy.

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Habitat use?

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= pattern of individual locations with respect to habitat factors, which are linked to an individual’s movement.

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What does habitat use depend on?

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The ability of the individual to access the habitat.

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Tool used when understanding an individual’s use of a habitat?

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Home range (HR).

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HR properties to know? (2)

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• Overlap in HR between individuals.
• Spacing of HR/between HR.

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What does overlap in HR between individuals tell us?

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Tells us whether species are gregarious or territorial.

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What does spacing of HR/between HR tell us?

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Gives us spatial perspective on changes in the population abundance over time.

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Lots of overlap of HR between individuals means…?

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Gregarious individuals.

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Eg of gregarious species?

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Sable antelope.

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No overlap of HR between individuals means…?

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Territorial individuals.

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Eg of territorial individuals?

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Prides of lions.

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Full landscape of HR means …? (2)

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• Population is territorial.
• Population is at ED.

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Still more room landscape means…?

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Population is growing & not yet at a population density (middle of sigmoid graph).

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What do we use to estimate HR?

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Spatial field data.

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Spatial field data attributes? (4)

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• GPS collar used.
• Data are collected at intervals (daily, hourly).
• Variation in lengths of “steps” between locations.
• Most of an individual’s time is spent in a small fraction of the available area.

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Why use a GPS collar?

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Placed on animal to track its movement & location.

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Downside of collecting data at intervals (daily, hourly)?

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We only see a subset of where an individual occurs & not the full picture.

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What does the variation in lengths of “steps” between locations tells us/help us with?

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Gives us an idea of what an animal might be doing as it moves from one location to another.

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“Most of an individual’s time is spent in a small fraction of the available area”, what does this mean/what can you deduce from this?

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Animals appear to show preference for some patches over others.

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Goals of estimating HR? (3)

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• To characterize the overall pattern of use on the landscape.

• To measure the extent/size of the area over which individuals traverse as they do their life activities.

• To relate location & search paths to variables in the environment.

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What information does relating location & search paths to variables in the environment provide? (2)

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• Tells us what factors in the environment affect where we find locations & where steps occur.

• Gives us information about the biology of the species we are studying.

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HR estimators? (3)

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• Minimum convex polygon (MCP).
• Kernel method.
• Local Convex Hull (LoCoH).

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HR method criteria for a good method? (2)

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• Must give us HR size & location.
• Must give us utilization distribution (intensity of use).

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MCP method attributes? (2)

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• Easiest.
• Most common.

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Importance of MCP? (2)

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• Gives us extent/size of the HR.
• Gives us location of polygon (HR) using GPS.

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Con of MCP?

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Doesn’t provide utilization distribution.

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Types of Kernel method estimators? (3)

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• Bivariate kernel.
• Adaptive kernel.
• Brownian bridge kernel.

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Bivariate kernel attributes? (3)

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• Fits a 3D normal distribution around a set of points.

• X & Y coordinates measure extent of area used by the individual.

• Z coordinate measures intensity of use by individuals.

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What do the X & Y coordinates of the Bivariate kernel method measure?

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The extent of area used by the individual.

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What do the Z coordinate of the Bivariate kernel method measure?

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The intensity of use by individuals.

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Cons of Bivariate kernel estimator? (2)

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• A lot of areas are not a nice oval shape & you need that to use the Bivariate kernel method.

• Spread of location is in one patch.

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Sections of 3D normal distribution? (3)

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• Core area.
• Isopleth.
• Periphery.

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Core area of 3D normal distribution?

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= has high use by the animals.

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Isopleth section of a 3D normal distribution?

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= contour that tells us the density of use of the habitat.

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Periphery section of a 3D normal distribution?

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= less use by the animals.

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Pros of Adaptive kernel? (2)

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• More flexibility in its shape.
• Spread of location is in 2 pockets.

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Gap in between 2 pockets attributes? (2)

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• Not a lot of resources & intensity of use.
• Could be a moving area to & from resources & shelter/resting.

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Axes/Coordinates of 3D normal distribution? (3)

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• X coordinates.
• Y coordinates.
• Z coordinates.

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What are the Bivariate & Adaptive kernel estimators based on?

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The location of the GPS points coming from the animal’s GPS radio collar.

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What does the Brownian bridge kernel estimator focus on?

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On the steps between the locations.

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LoCoH attributes? (3)

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• How it works.
• Many overlapping polygons/hulls.
• Fewer overlapping hulls.

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How does LoCoH work?

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Works by drawing polygons around certain points & seeing within the HR how many polygons overlap with each other.

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Many overlapping hulls =…?

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High intensity of use.

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Fewer overlapping hulls = …?

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Low intensity of use.

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How do we estimate habitat use & habitat availability?

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We look at the characteristics within the HR where the animal occurs & where it doesn’t occur to get an idea of which parts of the HR are important than other parts.

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Types of vegetation? (4)

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• Streamline/Riparian vegetation.
• Open woodland.
• Closed woodland.
• Grassland.

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Importance of estimating habitat use & habitat availability?

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Allows us to relate the intensity of use to vegetation types occurring in the homeland.

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How/What we use for estimating the habitat use & habitat availability? (3)

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● Individual locations from GPS collar which gives us “used” habitat.

● Vegetation map from GIS by covering HR with random locations which give us availability.

● Compare proportions of use & availability to judge selectivity of vegetation types.

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Properties of using GIS to estimate/model a habitat for a species? (4)

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● Computerised maps are represented as a layer.

● Accuracy of data that goes into GIS layer/map must be assessed.

● Resolution of a layer might not be sufficient to address the question of interest.

● GIS/its layers may not be able to capture the changes of landscapes over time & space.

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Types of HR? (5)

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• Total HR.
• Seasonal HR.
• Breeding HR.
• Migratory HR.
• Annual HR.

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Total HR?

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= HR throughout an individual’s lifetime.

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Kinds of Seasonal HR? (2)

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• Dry season HR.
• Wet season HR.

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Habitat assessment?

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= measures of availability where we cover polygon with random points.

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Steps of assessing selective use of habitat? (4)

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● Observed locations from a GPS collar (use)

n = 378.

● Random locations (availability)

n = 378 (different colour).

● Use these to determine how many location points fell into each vegetation type:

• Grassland
- USE = 28.
- AVAILABILITY = 57.

• Stream vegetation
- USE = 227.
- AVAILABILITY = 95.

• Closed woodland
- USE = 102.
- AVAILABILITY = 151.

• Open woodland
- USE = 21.
- AVAILABILITY = 76.

● Estimate strength of selectivity (S) for each vegetation type via using USE & AVAILABILITY ratio:

S = USE/AVAILABILITY

• Grassland (S) = 0.49
• Stream vegetation (S) = 2.40
• Closed woodland (S) = 0.68
• Open woodland (S) = 0.28

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S < 1?

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Organisms avoid vegetation type.

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S > 1?

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Organisms favour vegetation type.

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Interpretation of vegetation type?

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This organism uses grassland at about half its availability, uses stream vegetation at 2.4 times its availability, uses closed woodland at about two thirds of its availability & uses open woodland at about a quarter of its availability.

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What can we do with this data? (2)

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• Gives us a picture about what is important for an animal.

• We can do a statistical test for how important the selectivity is (χ² test) & test whether O & E are equal.

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χ² test formula?

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χ² = Σ (O–E)² / E

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O & E symbols in χ² equation? (2)

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• O –> use.

• E –> availability.

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Elaborate χ² equation in our vegetation type example? (3)

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● Input use & availability in equation

χ² = Σ (O–E)² / E
= (28–57)²/57 + (227–95)²/95 + (102–151)²/151 + (21–76)²/76

χ² = 274.64

● Information obtained:

df = 4; χ² = 276.64; p<0.01 (very small)

● There is strong evidence that USE is unequal to AVAILABILITY.

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Resource Selection Function (RSF) attributes? (3)

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• Works with environmental factors that are continous.

• Relationship between a continuous predictor variable and habitat factor & a degree of use.

• Similar to simpler linear regression.

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Simple linear regression equation?

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y = βo + β1 x

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Eg of an environmental factor that is continuous?

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Elevation.

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Simple linear regression equation symbols? (4)

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• y —> amount of use.
• x —> elevation.
• βo —> y-intercept.
• β1 —> strength of the relationship between elevation & use.

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Things that contribute variation in habitat use? (3)

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• Scale of habitat use.
• Effect of availability.
• Effect of density.

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Scale of habitat use as a contributor to habitat use variation?

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= looking at habitat use at different scales, temporal & spatial.

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Scales of selection? (4)

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• Type 1.
• Type 2.
• Type 3.
• Type 4.

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Effect of availability attributes as a contributor to habitat use variation? (6)

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• Influences the strength of selection.
• x-axis = amount of resource (Q) [little to lots].
• y-axis = strength of selectivity (S).
• Resource Q is scarce is at top of line graph.
• Resource Q is plentiful is at bottom of line graph.
• Decreasing line graph.

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When resource Q is scarce = …?

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High strength of selection (S).

81
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When resource Q is plentiful = …?

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Low strength of selection (S).

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Habitat functional response?

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= where the strength of selection varies depending on how available a particular resource/habitat is.

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Effect of density attributes? (2)

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• Deals with IFD.
• Deals with IDD.

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IFD attribute?

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Distribution should be proportional to the quality of the environment.

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IDD attributes? (2)

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• Not free.
• Individuals have to deal with territorial behaviour & competitors.

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Important aspects of Habitat selection? (2)

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• Habitat selection is linked to movement (you can only get access to habitats if you can move to them).

• Consider movement within the HR & how it influences availability.

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How do we estimate movement & HR? (2)

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• Movement within the HR.
• Movement among the HR.

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Movement within the HR attributes? (3)

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• Gives us an idea of the behaviour of the animal.

• Uses ¹ step length & ² turning angle.

• Use hourly GPS locations to look as patterns over time & figure out what animals are doing as they are moving.

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Components that Movement within the HR uses? (2)

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• Step length.
• Tyrning angle.

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Short step lengths & tight turns = …?

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Organism is using an important patch.

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Long step lengths & few turns = …?

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Organism travels between patches.

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Step selection analysis?

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= involves looking at the environmental characteristics where the steps occur.

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Importance of Step selection analysis?

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Gives us a sense of what sorts of environments facilitate movement & what sorts of environments impede movement (eg, protected animals for conservation).

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Movement among HR attributes? (3)

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• Deals with migration between non-overlapping, seasonal HR.

• Nomadism.

• Residents.

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Nomadism attributes? (4)

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• Movement is unpredictable.
• Characterize the HR at small scales.
• No fixed HR in one location or other locations.
• Unpredictable HR from one season to the next.

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Eg of Nomadic animals?

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Elands.

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Residents attribute?

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Have the same HR annually.

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Eg of Resident animals?

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Serengeti wildebeest.

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Explain Serengeti wildebeest? (6)

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• Move in a cyclic movement.
• Seasonal HR.
• Meet at a location in one part of the HR & in another part of the HR.
• Depends on rainfall.
• Characterize those 2 HR.
• Migrate between Kenya & Tanzania.

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Pros of Serengeti wildebeest being residents & moving in a cyclic movement? (2)

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• Get access to better resources.
• Helps with predators as wildebeest move seasonally, which predators cannot due to them being territorial.

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Benefit for predators in Serengeti wildebeest example?

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Predator swamping.

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