A Desrochers

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DH Johnson

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EA Flaherty

EW Lehrer

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H Andreassen

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IK Hanski

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LR Prugh

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MB Hooten

MG Betts

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WP Erickson

WZ Lidicker

Movement Ecology

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Sanna Mäkeläinen

Henrik J de Knegt

Otso Ovaskainen

Ilpo K Hanski

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Home-range use patterns and movements of the Siberian flying squirrel in urban forests: Effects of habitat composition and connectivity

Abstract
              
                Background
                Urbanization causes modification, fragmentation and loss of native habitats. Such landscape changes threaten many arboreal and gliding mammals by limiting their movements through treeless parts of a landscape and by making the landscape surrounding suitable habitat patches more inhospitable. Here, we investigate the effects of landscape structure and habitat availability on the home-range use and movement patterns of the Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) at different spatial and temporal scales. We followed radio-tagged individuals in a partly urbanized study area in Eastern Finland, and analysed how landscape composition and connectivity affected the length and speed of movement bursts, distances moved during one night, and habitat and nest-site use.
              
              
                Results
                The presence of urban habitat on movement paths increased both movement lengths and speed whereas nightly distances travelled by males decreased with increasing amount of urban habitat within the home range. The probability of switching from the present nest site to another nest site decreased with increasing distance among the nest sites, but whether the nest sites were connected or unconnected by forests did not have a clear effect on nest switching. Flying squirrels preferred to use mature forests for their movements at night.
              
              
                Conclusions
                Our results suggest that the proximity to urban habitats modifies animal movements, possibly because animals try to avoid such habitats by moving faster through them. Urbanization at the scale of an entire home range can restrict their movements. Thus, maintaining a large enough amount of mature forests around inhabited landscape fragments will help protect forest specialists in urban landscapes. The effect of forested connections remains unclear, highlighting the difficulty of measuring and preserving connectivity in a species-specific way

Mäkeläinen, Sanna

de Knegt, Henrik J

Ovaskainen, Otso

Hanski, Ilpo K

Helsingin yliopiston digitaalinen arkisto

Home-range use patterns and movements of the Siberian flying squirrel in urban forests : effects of habitat composition and connectivity

Urbanization causes modification, fragmentation and loss of native habitats. Such landscape changes threaten many arboreal and gliding mammals by limiting their movements through treeless parts of a landscape and by making the landscape surrounding suitable habitat patches more inhospitable. Here, we investigate the effects of landscape structure and habitat availability on the home-range use and movement patterns of the Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) at different spatial and temporal scales. We followed radio-tagged individuals in a partly urbanized study area in Eastern Finland, and analysed how landscape composition and connectivity affected the length and speed of movement bursts, distances moved during one night, and habitat and nest-site use

de Knegt, H.J.

Hanski, Ilpo K.

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Mäkeläinen, Sanna Liisa Maria

de Knegt, Henrik Johan

Ovaskainen, Otso Tapio

Hanski, Ilpo Kalervo

https://movementecologyjournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40462-016-0071-z?site=movementecologyjournal.biomedcentral.com

Home-range use patterns and movements of the Siberian flying squirrel in urban forests: Effects of habitat composition and connectivity

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