Lost in translation? Insights into caribou habitat selection from forest inventory data

被引:6
作者
Rudolph, Tyler D. [1 ]
MacNearney, Doug [2 ,3 ]
Finnegan, Laura [2 ]
机构
[1] Rudolph Expertise, Montreal, PQ H4E 3C8, Canada
[2] fRI Res, Caribou Program, 1176 Switzer Dr, Hinton, AB T7V 1V3, Canada
[3] Natl Wildlife Res Ctr, Wildlife Res Div, Environm & Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
来源
FACETS | 2019年 / 4卷
关键词
caribou; forest inventory; Alberta; implementation; habitat selection; habitat management; RANGIFER-TARANDUS-CARIBOU; WOODLAND CARIBOU; RESOURCE SELECTION; COLLAR PERFORMANCE; CONSERVATION; BOREAL; LANDSCAPE; CANADA; MANAGEMENT; PREDATION;
D O I
10.1139/facets-2018-0050
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The gap between research and its implementation is an impediment to conservation of the environment. Translating science into actionable management and policy requires effective communication and collaboration among scientists, practitioners, and policy-makers. Ecologists routinely rely on spatial data to describe wildlife distributions; however, habitat definitions vary by species, and data sources often differ from those used by land managers. Finding commonalities in the language and data used to plan for industrial activities and wildlife conservation may help address the research-implementation gap for threatened species like woodland caribou. We built resource selection functions for caribou using Alberta Vegetation Index (AVI) habitat data, which is employed by the Alberta forest industry for landbase planning. Our goal was to bridge the research-implementation gap by providing the forest industry with tools to facilitate planning for caribou conservation within their jurisdiction. In contrast to previous studies that highlighted shortcomings in AVI data for predicting wildlife habitat use, we found that resource selection function models that combined AVI data with complementary covariates validated well to predict caribou habitat use. We suggest that by using a data source familiar to land managers, ecologists can facilitate the bridging of the research-implementation gap without compromising the quality of ecological modeling.
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页码:531 / 550
页数:20
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