Evaluating expert‐based habitat suitability information of terrestrial mammals with GPS‐tracking data. Issue 8 (9th May 2022)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Evaluating expert‐based habitat suitability information of terrestrial mammals with GPS‐tracking data. Issue 8 (9th May 2022)
- Main Title:
- Evaluating expert‐based habitat suitability information of terrestrial mammals with GPS‐tracking data
- Authors:
- Broekman, Maarten J. E.
Hilbers, Jelle P.
Huijbregts, Mark A. J.
Mueller, Thomas
Ali, Abdullahi H.
Andrén, Henrik
Altmann, Jeanne
Aronsson, Malin
Attias, Nina
Bartlam‐Brooks, Hattie L. A.
van Beest, Floris M.
Belant, Jerrold L.
Beyer, Dean E.
Bidner, Laura
Blaum, Niels
Boone, Randall B.
Boyce, Mark S.
Brown, Michael B.
Cagnacci, Francesca
Černe, Rok
Chamaillé‐Jammes, Simon
Dejid, Nandintsetseg
Dekker, Jasja
L. J. Desbiez, Arnaud
Díaz‐Muñoz, Samuel L.
Fennessy, Julian
Fichtel, Claudia
Fischer, Christina
Fisher, Jason T.
Fischhoff, Ilya
Ford, Adam T.
Fryxell, John M.
Gehr, Benedikt
Goheen, Jacob R.
Hauptfleisch, Morgan
Hewison, A. J. Mark
Hering, Robert
Heurich, Marco
Isbell, Lynne A.
Janssen, René
Jeltsch, Florian
Kaczensky, Petra
Kappeler, Peter M.
Krofel, Miha
LaPoint, Scott
Latham, A. David M.
Linnell, John D. C.
Markham, A. Catherine
Mattisson, Jenny
Medici, Emilia Patricia
de Miranda Mourão, Guilherme
Van Moorter, Bram
Morato, Ronaldo G.
Morellet, Nicolas
Mysterud, Atle
Mwiu, Stephen
Odden, John
Olson, Kirk A.
Ornicāns, Aivars
Pagon, Nives
Panzacchi, Manuela
Persson, Jens
Petroelje, Tyler
Rolandsen, Christer Moe
Roshier, David
Rubenstein, Daniel I.
Saïd, Sonia
Salemgareyev, Albert R.
Sawyer, Hall
Schmidt, Niels Martin
Selva, Nuria
Sergiel, Agnieszka
Stabach, Jared
Stacy‐Dawes, Jenna
Stewart, Frances E. C.
Stiegler, Jonas
Strand, Olav
Sundaresan, Siva
Svoboda, Nathan J.
Ullmann, Wiebke
Voigt, Ulrich
Wall, Jake
Wikelski, Martin
Wilmers, Christopher C.
Zięba, Filip
Zwijacz‐Kozica, Tomasz
Schipper, Aafke M.
Tucker, Marlee A.
… (more) - Abstract:
- Abstract: Aim: Macroecological studies that require habitat suitability data for many species often derive this information from expert opinion. However, expert‐based information is inherently subjective and thus prone to errors. The increasing availability of GPS tracking data offers opportunities to evaluate and supplement expert‐based information with detailed empirical evidence. Here, we compared expert‐based habitat suitability information from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with habitat suitability information derived from GPS‐tracking data of 1, 498 individuals from 49 mammal species. Location: Worldwide. Time period: 1998–2021. Major taxa studied: Forty‐nine terrestrial mammal species. Methods: Using GPS data, we estimated two measures of habitat suitability for each individual animal: proportional habitat use (proportion of GPS locations within a habitat type), and selection ratio (habitat use relative to its availability). For each individual we then evaluated whether the GPS‐based habitat suitability measures were in agreement with the IUCN data. To that end, we calculated the probability that the ranking of empirical habitat suitability measures was in agreement with IUCN's classification into suitable, marginal and unsuitable habitat types. Results: IUCN habitat suitability data were in accordance with the GPS data (> 95% probability of agreement) for 33 out of 49 species based on proportional habitat use estimates and for 25 out of 49Abstract: Aim: Macroecological studies that require habitat suitability data for many species often derive this information from expert opinion. However, expert‐based information is inherently subjective and thus prone to errors. The increasing availability of GPS tracking data offers opportunities to evaluate and supplement expert‐based information with detailed empirical evidence. Here, we compared expert‐based habitat suitability information from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with habitat suitability information derived from GPS‐tracking data of 1, 498 individuals from 49 mammal species. Location: Worldwide. Time period: 1998–2021. Major taxa studied: Forty‐nine terrestrial mammal species. Methods: Using GPS data, we estimated two measures of habitat suitability for each individual animal: proportional habitat use (proportion of GPS locations within a habitat type), and selection ratio (habitat use relative to its availability). For each individual we then evaluated whether the GPS‐based habitat suitability measures were in agreement with the IUCN data. To that end, we calculated the probability that the ranking of empirical habitat suitability measures was in agreement with IUCN's classification into suitable, marginal and unsuitable habitat types. Results: IUCN habitat suitability data were in accordance with the GPS data (> 95% probability of agreement) for 33 out of 49 species based on proportional habitat use estimates and for 25 out of 49 species based on selection ratios. In addition, 37 and 34 species had a > 50% probability of agreement based on proportional habitat use and selection ratios, respectively. Main conclusions: We show how GPS‐tracking data can be used to evaluate IUCN habitat suitability data. Our findings indicate that for the majority of species included in this study, it is appropriate to use IUCN habitat suitability data in macroecological studies. Furthermore, we show that GPS‐tracking data can be used to identify and prioritize species and habitat types for re‐evaluation of IUCN habitat suitability data. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Global ecology & biogeography. Volume 31:Issue 8(2022)
- Journal:
- Global ecology & biogeography
- Issue:
- Volume 31:Issue 8(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 31, Issue 8 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 8
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0031-0008-0000
- Page Start:
- 1526
- Page End:
- 1541
- Publication Date:
- 2022-05-09
- Subjects:
- expert opinion -- GPS -- habitat suitability -- habitat type -- habitat use -- IUCN -- mammals -- movement -- selection ratio -- telemetry
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Biogeography -- Periodicals
Biodiversity -- Periodicals
Macroevolution -- Periodicals
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- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1466-8238 ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/geb.13523 ↗
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- English
- ISSNs:
- 1466-822X
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