Local and Landscape-Level Environmental Conditions Drive Habitat Selection Across Terrestrial Mammal Species
Franke B.H.
Schipper A.M.
Avgar T.
Borger L.
Chatterjee N.
Muller T.
Smith B.J.
Abrahms B.
Ali A.H.
Attias N.
Bartlam-Brooks H.L.A.
van Beest F.M.
Belant J.L.
Beyer D.E.
Blaum N.
Brown M.B.
Buuveibaatar B.
Cagnacci F.
Chamaille-Jammes S.
Dejid N.
Dekker J.
Desbiez A.L.J.
Fennessy J.
Fischer C.
Fischhoff I.
Ford A.T.
Gehr B.
Goheen J.R.
Goncalves Morato R.
Hebblewhite M.
Hering R.
Heurich M.
Hewison A.J.M.
Isbell L.A.
Kauffman M.J.
Jakes A.
Janssen R.
Jones P.F.
Jonge Poerink B.
Lamb C.T.
Linnell J.D.C.
Markham A.C.
Marneweck C.J.
Mattisson J.
McEvoy J.
Meisingset E.
Merrill E.H.
de Miranda Mourao G.
Van Moorter B.
Morellet N.
Mysterud A.
Odden J.
Olson K.A.
Paviolo A.
Petroelje T.R.
Proffitt K.M.
Rafiq K.
Ranc N.
Rolandsen C.M.
Rubenstein D.I.
Said S.
Sawyer H.
Schmidt N.M.
Selva N.
Sergiel A.
Solberg E.J.
Songer M.
Stiegler J.
Strand O.
Sundaresan S.
Thompson J.J.
Ullmann W.
Usukhjargal D.
Voigt U.
Zieba F.
Zwijacz-Kozica T.
Huijbregts M.A.J.
Tucker M.A.
Global Ecology and Biogeography
Doi 10.1111/geb.70212
Volumen 35
2026-03-01
Citas: 0
© 2026 The Author(s). Global Ecology and Biogeography published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Aim: Animal movements are a fundamental process affecting communities and ecosystems. Quantifying habitat selection across species and habitats is key for understanding how animals respond to environmental change. Currently, we lack comparative studies that examine how habitat selection varies across species traits and landscapes. We aim to quantify global patterns of habitat selection to help understand the fundamental drivers of movement behaviour. Location: Global. Time Period: Contemporary. Major Taxa Studied: Terrestrial mammals. Methods: We estimated selection coefficients for terrain ruggedness, vegetation productivity, human population density and distance to roads of individual terrestrial mammals through step-selection analysis of 1344 GPS tracks across 48 species. We quantified intra- and interspecific variation and tested whether selection coefficients were associated with species traits and habitat availability. Results: We observe an overall avoidance of roads and areas of high human population density as well as rugged terrain, with a large proportion of individuals selecting for areas of intermediate NDVI. However, we also found large intraspecific variation in habitat selection and show that this variation is predicted by local and landscape-level environmental conditions rather than species traits. Individuals in more remote areas exhibited weaker functional responses to human presence than those in more disturbed areas. Avoidance of rugged terrain is also context-dependent, with stronger avoidance when local ruggedness is high. The only exception to the observed intraspecific variability is consistent species-level responses to road proximity. Main Conclusions: Our findings contribute to the understanding of habitat selection by terrestrial mammals, showing that selection is largely shaped by environmental conditions and that animals exhibit high plasticit...
environmental drivers, functional response, habitat selection, human impact, macroecology, movement ecology, step-selection analysis
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