Data from: Individual environmental niches in mobile organisms

Carlson B, Rotics S, Nathan R, Wikelski M, Jetz W. 2021. Data from: Individual environmental niches in mobile organisms. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.rj21g1p1

Abstract

Individual variation is increasingly recognized as a central component of ecological processes, but its role in structuring environmental niche associations remains largely unknown. Species’ responses to environmental conditions are ultimately determined by the niches of single individuals, yet environmental associations are typically captured only at the level of species. Here, we develop scenarios for how individual variation may combine to define the compound environmental niche of populations, use extensive movement data to document individual environmental niche variation, test associated hypotheses of niche configuration, and examine the consistency of individual niches over time. For 45 individual white storks (Ciconia ciconia; 116 individual-year combinations), we uncover high variability in individual environmental associations, consistency of individual niches over time, and moderate to strong niche specialization. Within populations, environmental niches follow a nested pattern, with individuals arranged along a specialist-to-generalist gradient. These results reject common assumptions of individual niche equivalency among conspecifics, as well as the separation of individual niches into disparate parts of environmental space. These findings underscore the need for a more thorough consideration of individualistic environmental responses in global change research.

Keywords

Ciconia ciconia,animal movement,animal tracking,bio-logging,Ciconia ciconia,individual variation,resource selection,white stork

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Taxon

Ciconia ciconia

White Stork

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Sensor

Acceleration

DOIs of related Publications

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24826-x

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https://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.1253

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@misc{001/1_rj21g1p1,
  title = {Data from: Individual environmental niches in mobile organisms},
  author = {Carlson, B and Rotics, S and Nathan, R and Wikelski, M and Jetz, W},
  year = {2021},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.rj21g1p1},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.rj21g1p1},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}

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AU  - Carlson, Ben
AU  - Rotics, Shay
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AU  - Wikelski, Martin
AU  - Jetz, Walter
Y1  - 2021/02/19
KW  - Ciconia ciconia
KW  - animal behavior
KW  - animal movement
KW  - animal tracking
KW  - bio-logging
KW  - Ciconia ciconia
KW  - individual variation
KW  - resource selection
KW  - white stork
KW  - Ciconia ciconia
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DO  - doi:10.5441/001/1.rj21g1p1
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