How to account for behavioral states in step-selection analysis: a model comparison

Step-selection models are widely used to study animals’ fine-scale habitat selection based on movement data. Resource preferences and movement patterns, however, often depend on the animal’s unobserved behavioral states, such as resting or foraging. As this is ignored in standard (integrated) step-s...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Jennifer Pohle, Johannes Signer, Jana A. Eccard, Melanie Dammhahn, Ulrike E. Schlägel
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2024-02-01
Subjects:	Animal movement Fine-scale interactions Habitat selection Hidden Markov models Markov-switching regression Movement behavior
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/16509.pdf