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ArticleConservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology2020

Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements.

Michael J Noonan, Christen H Fleming, Marlee A Tucker, Roland Kays, Autumn-Lynn Harrison, Margaret C Crofoot, Briana Abrahms, Susan C Alberts, Abdullahi H Ali, Jeanne Altmann and 69 more

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Michael J NoonanSmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, VA, 22630, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0003-4512-0535
Christen H FlemingSmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, VA, 22630, U.S.A.
Marlee A TuckerSenckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt (Main), 60325, Germany.
Roland KaysNorth Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Biodiversity Lab, Raleigh, NC, 27601, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0002-2947-6665
Autumn-Lynn HarrisonMigratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, D.C., 20013, U.S.A.
Margaret C CrofootDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, U.S.A.
Briana AbrahmsEnvironmental Research Division, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Monterey, CA, 93940, U.S.A.
Susan C AlbertsDepartments of Biology and Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, U.S.A.
Abdullahi H AliHirola Conservation Programme, Garissa, 1774-70100, Kenya.
Jeanne AltmannDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, Princeton University, 106A Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ, 08544, U.S.A.
Pamela Castro AntunesDepartment of Ecology, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, 79070-900, Brazil.
Nina AttiasPrograma de Pós-Graduaçao em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Cidade Universitária, Av. Costa e Silva, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, 79070-900, Brazil.
Jerrold L BelantCamp Fire Program in Wildlife Conservation, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 13210, U.S.A.
Dean E BeyerMichigan Department of Natural Resources, 1990 U.S. 41 South, Marquette, MI, 49855, U.S.A.
Laura R BidnerDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, U.S.A.
Niels BlaumUniversity of Potsdam, Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, Am Mühlenberg 3, Potsdam, 14476, Germany.
Randall B BooneNatural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, U.S.A.
Damien CaillaudDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, U.S.A.
Rogerio Cunha de PaulaNational Research Center for Carnivores Conservation, Chico Mendes Institute for the Conservation of Biodiversity, Estrada Municipal Hisaichi Takebayashi 8600, Atibaia, SP, 12952-011, Brazil.
J Antonio de la TorreInstituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico and CONACyT, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico, D.F., 04318, Mexico.
Jasja DekkerJasja Dekker Dierecologie, Enkhuizenstraat 26, Arnhem, WZ, 6843, The Netherlands.
Christopher S DePernoFisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program, College of Natural Resources Campus Box 8001, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, U.S.A.
Mohammad FarhadiniaWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tubney House, Oxfordshire, Oxford, OX13 5QL, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-5385-6254
Julian FennessyGiraffe Conservation Foundation, PO Box 86099, Windhoek, Namibia.
Claudia FichtelGerman Primate Center, Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology Unit, Kellnerweg 4, Göttingen, 37077, Germany.
Christina FischerRestoration Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technische Universität München, Emil-Ramann-Straße 6, Freising, 85354, Germany.
Adam FordThe Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Unit 2: Biology, The University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, SCI 109, 1177 Research Road, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2509-7980
Jacob R GoheenDepartment of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0001-6609-0692
Rasmus W HavmøllerDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, U.S.A.
Ben T HirschZoology and Ecology, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia.
Cindy HurtadoMuseo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, 15072, Peru.ORCID 0000-0002-7958-236X
Lynne A IsbellDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, U.S.A.
René JanssenBionet Natuuronderzoek, Valderstraat 39, Stein, 6171EL, The Netherlands.
Florian JeltschUniversity of Potsdam, Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, Am Mühlenberg 3, Potsdam, 14476, Germany.
Petra KaczenskyNorwegian Institute for Nature Research - NINA, Sluppen, Trondheim, NO-7485, Norway.
Yayoi KanekoTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan.
Peter KappelerGerman Primate Center, Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology Unit, Kellnerweg 4, Göttingen, 37077, Germany.
Anjan KatnaAshoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560064, India.
Matthew KauffmanU.S. Geological Survey, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, U.S.A.
Flavia KochGerman Primate Center, Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology Unit, Kellnerweg 4, Göttingen, 37077, Germany.
Abhijeet KulkarniAshoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560064, India.
Scott LaPointMax Planck Institute for Ornithology, Vogelwarte Radolfzell, Am Obstberg 1, Radolfzell, D-78315, Germany.
Peter LeimgruberSmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, VA, 22630, U.S.A.
David W MacdonaldWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tubney House, Oxfordshire, Oxford, OX13 5QL, U.K.
A Catherine MarkhamDepartment of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, U.S.A.
Laura McMahonOffice of Applied Science, Department of Natural Resources, Rhinelander, WI, 54501, U.S.A.
Katherine MertesSmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, VA, 22630, U.S.A.
Christopher E MoormanFisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program, College of Natural Resources Campus Box 8001, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, U.S.A.
Ronaldo G MoratoNational Research Center for Carnivores Conservation, Chico Mendes Institute for the Conservation of Biodiversity, Estrada Municipal Hisaichi Takebayashi 8600, Atibaia, SP, 12952-011, Brazil.
Alexander M MoßbruckerFrankfurt Zoological Society, Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee 1, Frankfurt, 60316, Germany.
Guilherme MourãoEmbrapa Pantanal, Rua 21 de setembro 1880, Corumb´a, MS, 79320-900, Brazil.
David O'ConnorDepartment of Biological Sciences, Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, Frankfurt (Main), 60438, Germany.
Luiz Gustavo R Oliveira-SantosDepartment of Ecology, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, 79070-900, Brazil.
Jennifer PastoriniCentre for Conservation and Research, 26/7 C2 Road, Kodigahawewa, Julpallama, Tissamaharama, 82600, Sri Lanka.
Bruce D PattersonIntegrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, 60605, U.S.A.
Janet RachlowDepartment of Fish and Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive MS 1136, Moscow, ID, 83844-1136, U.S.A.
Dustin H RanglackDepartment of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE, 68849, U.S.A.
Neil ReidInstitute for Global Food Security (IGFS), School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5DL, U.K.
David M ScantleburySchool of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 5DL, U.K.
Dawn M ScottSchool of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, U.K.
Nuria SelvaInstitute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, Krakow, 31-120, Poland.
Agnieszka SergielInstitute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, Krakow, 31-120, Poland.
Melissa SongerSmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, VA, 22630, U.S.A.
Nucharin SongsasenSmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, VA, 22630, U.S.A.
Jared A StabachSmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, VA, 22630, U.S.A.
Jenna Stacy-DawesSan Diego Zoo Institute of Conservation Research, 15600 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA, 92027, U.S.A.
Morgan B SwingenFisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program, College of Natural Resources Campus Box 8001, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, U.S.A.
Jeffrey J ThompsonAsociación Guyra Paraguay - CONACYT, Parque Ecológico Asunción Verde, Asuncion, 1101, Paraguay.
Wiebke UllmannUniversity of Potsdam, Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, Am Mühlenberg 3, Potsdam, 14476, Germany.
Abi Tamim VanakAshoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560064, India.
Maria ThakerCentre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.
John W WilsonDepartment of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa.
Koji YamazakiIbaraki Nature Museum, Zoological Laboratory, 700 Osaki, Bando-city, Ibaraki, 306-0622, Japan.
Richard W YarnellSchool of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Brackenhurst Campus, Southwell, NG25 0QF, U.K.
Filip ZiebaTatra National Park, Kúznice 1, Zakopane, 34-500, Poland.
Tomasz Zwijacz-KozicaTatra National Park, Kúznice 1, Zakopane, 34-500, Poland.
William F FaganDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, U.S.A.
Thomas MuellerSenckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt (Main), 60325, Germany.
Justin M CalabreseSmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, VA, 22630, U.S.A.

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Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurately quantifying species' area requirements is a prerequisite for effective area-based conservation. This typically involves collecting tracking data on species of interest and then conducting home-range analyses. Problematically, autocorrelation in tracking data can result in space needs being severely underestimated. Based on the previous work, we hypothesized the magnitude of underestimation varies with body mass, a relationship that could have serious conservation implications. To evaluate this hypothesis for terrestrial mammals, we estimated home-range areas with global positioning system (GPS) locations from 757 individuals across 61 globally distributed mammalian species with body masses ranging from 0.4 to 4000 kg. We then applied block cross-validation to quantify bias in empirical home-range estimates. Area requirements of mammals <10 kg were underestimated by a mean approximately15%, and species weighing approximately100 kg were underestimated by approximately50% on average. Thus, we found area estimation was subject to autocorrelation-induced bias that was worse for large species. Combined with the fact that extinction risk increases as body mass increases, the allometric scaling of bias we observed suggests the most threatened species are also likely to be those with the least accurate home-range estimates. As a correction, we tested whether data thinning or autocorrelation-informed home-range estimation minimized the scaling effect of autocorrelation on area estimates. Data thinning required an approximately93% data loss to achieve statistical independence with 95% confidence and was, therefore, not a viable solution. In contrast, autocorrelation-informed home-range estimation resulted in consistently accurate estimates irrespective of mass. When relating body mass to home range size, we detected that correcting for autocorrelation resulted in a scaling exponent significantly >1, meaning the scaling of the relationship changed substantially at the upper end of the mass spectrum.

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Conservation of Natural ResourcesMammalsAnimalsBody SizeEndangered SpeciesHoming BehaviorHumansallometryalometríaanimal movementarea-based conservationautocorrelaciónautocorrelationconservación basada en áreasdiseño de reservadistribución localescalamientoestimación de densidad del núcleohome rangekernel density estimationmovimiento de mamíferosreserve designscaling保护区设计动物移动区域保护家域异速增长标度核密度估计自相关

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