From: Applications of step-selection functions in ecology and conservation
Study species | Fix-rate | # random steps | Lengths and turning angles of random steps | Modelling approach | Model validation | Ref. |
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Elk (Cervus elaphus) | 5-hour | 200 | Drawn from 2 distributions established from observations of monitored individuals. | Conditional logistic regression | No | [11] |
Cougar (Puma concolor) | 15-min | 35 | Step length equal to the mean of all movement segments recorded during the same period of time. Turning angles generated at 10° increments around the starting point. | Compositional analysis | No | [22] |
Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) | 2-hour and 6-hour | 10 | Drawn from 2 distributions established from observations of monitored individuals. | Conditional logistic regression | No | [46] |
Elk (Cervus elaphus) | 5-hour | 20 | Pairs of step-lengths and turning angles jointly sampled with replacement from empirical distributions. | Conditional logistic regression | No | [20] |
Moose (Alces alces) | 2- hour | 10 | Drawn from 2 distributions established from observations of monitored individuals. | Conditional logistic regression | Yes (sensu Boyce et al. [59]) | [24] |
Grizzly bear (Ursus Arctos) | 4-hour | 20 | Drawn from 2 distributions established from observations of monitored individuals considering different period of the day. | Conditional logistic regression | No | [17] |
Snowshoe Hares (Lepus americanus) | 10-bound segment along hare trails left on snow | 2 | Drawn from 2 distributions established from observations of monitored individuals. | Conditional logistic regression | No | [28] |
North Island robin (Petroica longipes) | 1-day | 10 | Single dispersal step (obtained with several 1-day locations) was matched with a random walk of the same length. | Conditional logistic regression | No | [23] |
Wolf (Canis lupus) | 2-hour | 25 | Drawn from 2 distributions established from observations of monitored individuals at the seasonal scale. | Conditional logistic regression | No | [25] |
Barred Antshrike (Thammophilus doliatus); Rufous-naped Wren (Campylorhynchus rufinucha) | 15-min | 20 | Drawn from 2 distributions established from observations of monitored individuals. | Conditional logistic regression | No | [47] |
Moose (Alces alces) | 2-hour | 2 | Random turning angle (circular distribution). Random step length lower than the 99% quantile of the observed step lengths. | Conditional logistic regression | No | [64] |
Moose (Alces alces) | 1-hour | 5 | Drawn from 2 distributions established from observations of monitored individuals at the seasonal scale. | Conditional logistic regression | Yes (sensu Boyce et al. [59]) | [26] |
Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) | 1Â hour | 20 | Drawn from 2 distributions established from observations of monitored individuals. | Conditional logistic regression (individual modelling) | No | [27] |
Lynx (Lynx canadensis) | 30-min | 5 | Step length and turning angle data drawn from movement paths to distinguish activity bouts from resting bouts (i.e. clusters of GPS locations). | Conditional logistic regression (individual modelling) | Yes (sensu Boyce et al. [59]) | [16] |