Sex‐specific differences and long‐term trends in habitat selection of American woodcock
Colby R. Slezak,
Roger J. Masse,
Scott R. McWilliams
Abstract:Effective wildlife management requires an understanding of how individuals select environmental factors, although few studies assess how habitat selection may differ over time or between sexes. During the post‐breeding period (15 May to 1 Sep), we tracked 146 male American woodcock (Scolopax minor) in Rhode Island, USA, from 2010–2021 to assess how habitat selection varied over time, and 17 females and 51 males during the final 2 years of the study to document sex‐specific differences in habitat selection. Mal… Show more
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