Habitat selection is a fundamental animal behavior that shapes a wide range of ecological
processes, including animal movement, nutrient transfer, trophic dynamics and population …

Simple Summary Monitoring the welfare of cattle and sheep in large pastures can be time-
consuming, especially if the animals are scattered over large areas in semi-natural pastures …

Habitat‐selection analyses allow researchers to link animals to their environment via habitat‐
selection or step‐selection functions, and are commonly used to address questions related …

The MaxEnt software package is one of the most popular tools for species distribution and
environmental niche modeling, with over 1000 published applications since 2006. Its …

Recent progress in positioning technology facilitates the collection of massive amounts of
sequential spatial data on animals. This has led to new opportunities and challenges when …

Maps of species' distributions or habitat suitability are required for many aspects of
environmental research, resource management and conservation planning. These include …

Background Human disturbance can influence wildlife behaviour, which can have
implications for wildlife populations. For example, wildlife may be more vigilant near human …

Habitat selection is a fundamental aspect of animal ecology, the understanding of which is
critical to management and conservation. Global positioning system data from animals allow …

Climate change is expected to alter the geographic distribution of wildfire, a complex abiotic
process that responds to a variety of spatial and environmental gradients. How future climate …

Summary 1 The concept of the ecological niche relates a set of environmental variables to
the fitness of species, while habitat suitability models (HSMs) relate environmental variables …