deer_nohunting

This table contains the roe deer steps associated with habitat variables and temporal variables that were used to build the step selection function (SSF) named the no hunting model in Gehr et al. 2017 – Ecology and Evolution. This table differs from the all data table in that all locations during the 10 week hunting season were removed. The table is divided into used (actual) lynx steps and random steps in a ratio of 1:10 (column "use"). The random steps match to their corresponding location id in the used steps (column “loc_id”). Swisstopo in the column headers refers to the source of the environmental variables. Cover swisstopo is a dummy variable for open/cover. Edge_dist_swisstopo refers to the distance to the closest forest edge. Slope_sq and altitude_sq are the squared slope and altitude variables. Aspect_swisstopoS is the southern exposition. Dist2 refers to the step length. Pred_risk_search refers to the chronic predation risk which was derived from a lynx habitat model for active/searching lynx. The 6 temporal variables are time harmonics of a Fourier transform for time of day (tsin, tcos; period of 24) and day of year (ytsin, ytcos, ytsin2, ytcos2; period of 365). All habitat variables were measured at the end of a step. All continuous variables in this table are mean centered and standardized to a SD=1. For information on the raw data or for R-code used to run the models please contact the data owner