Home range and habitat selection of wolves recolonising Central European human-dominated landscapes

Decades of persecution has resulted in the long-term absence of grey wolves (Canis lupus) from most European countries. However, recent changes in both legislation and public attitudes toward wolves has eased the pressure, allowing wolves to rapidly re-establish territories in their previous Central European habitats over the last 20 years. Unfortunately, these habitats are now heavily altered by humans. Understanding the spatial ecology of wolves in such highly modified environments is crucial, given the high potential for conflict and the need to reconcile their return with multiple human concerns. We equipped 20 wolves, originating from seven packs in six Central European regions, with GPS collars, allowing us to calculate monthly average home range sizes for 14 of the animals of 213.3 km2 using Autocorrelated Kernel Density Estimation. We then used ESA WorldCover data to assess the mosaic of available habitats used within each home range. Our data confirmed a general seasonal patter..., Wolves were captured using Belisle 8″ or Victor soft-catch leg-hold traps set along trails or at marking places identified by trained dogs, camera traps or snow tracking. During trapping, each site was permanently controlled via a satellite transmitter (Telonics Inc., USA), a GSM Live Trap Alarm (UOVision, China) and a GPRS camera trap (Spromise, China) that instantly transmitted footage once triggered, allowing researchers to be on site within 30 minutes up to two hours of wolf capture. On arrival, the wolf was immobilised with a medetomidine-butorphanol-ketamine mixture mixture administered by a trained veterinarian and blood samples collected for subsequent mSAT DNA analysis to reveal relationships between the trapped animals (Szewczyk et al. 2021). After determining sex and approximate age based on tooth development, month of trapping and body mass, a GPS Plus collar (Vectronic Aerospace GmbH., Germany) was fitted that allowing telemetry data to be sent GSM service. After a short re..., , # Home range and habitat selection of wolves recolonising Central European human-dominated landscapes

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cz8w9gjbt](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cz8w9gjbt)

The dataset contains GPS telemetry data of 19 the Grey wolves (Canis Lupus) in Central Europe (Czechia, Germany, Austria, Slovakia) and was used to estimate home ranges using autocorrelated kernel estimation and habitat selection.

## Description of the data and file structure

The data are appropriate for analysing the spatial and movement ecology of wolves in different software. The dataset is appropriate for the generation and analysis of trajectories and overall animal movement analysis (e.g. using the package \"traj\", \"adehabitatLT\" or \"momentumHMM\" in the program R), but also for estimating home ranges using different methods (it is possible to start with simpler methods such as minimum convex polygon or kernel density estimation, but for estimating home ranges we recommend autocorrelated kernel ...

数十年来的捕杀迫害导致灰狼（Canis lupus）在绝大多数欧洲国家长期绝迹。然而近年来，相关立法与公众对灰狼的态度均出现转变，缓解了此前的生存压力，使得灰狼在过去20年间得以快速重返其原本的中欧栖息地，重新划定领地。遗憾的是，这些栖息地如今已被人类活动大幅改造。鉴于人狼冲突风险极高，且需要协调灰狼重返与多方人类诉求之间的矛盾，在此类高度人为改造的环境中研究灰狼的空间生态学特征至关重要。

我们为源自中欧6个区域7个狼群的20只灰狼佩戴了GPS项圈，借助自相关核密度估计（Autocorrelated Kernel Density Estimation）法，计算出其中14只个体的月均家域面积达213.3平方千米。随后我们使用欧空局世界覆盖数据（ESA WorldCover）评估了每个家域内可用栖息地的镶嵌格局。本研究数据证实了灰狼家域存在普遍的季节性模式……
研究团队使用贝尔斯莱（Belisle）8英寸软爪式捕兽夹或维克托（Victor）软捕兽夹，沿步道或经受训犬、红外相机诱捕或雪地追踪确定的标记点布设陷阱，以捕获灰狼。捕兽期间，每个陷阱位点均通过卫星发射器（美国泰罗尼克斯公司（Telonics Inc.））、GSM活体陷阱警报器（中国优愿景公司（UOVision））以及GPRS红外相机（中国斯普瑞斯公司（Spromise））进行永久监控；一旦陷阱触发，设备将立即传输影像，使研究人员可在灰狼被捕获后的30分钟至2小时内抵达现场。
抵达现场后，由经过培训的兽医使用美托咪定-布托啡诺-氯胺酮混合药剂对灰狼实施保定，并采集血液样本用于后续的微卫星DNA（mSAT）分析，以明确捕获个体间的亲缘关系（Szewczyk等，2021）。研究人员通过牙齿发育状况、捕获月份与体重确定灰狼的性别与大致年龄后，为其佩戴GPS Plus项圈（德国矢量航空航天有限公司（Vectronic Aerospace GmbH.）），该设备可通过GSM网络传输遥测数据。经过短暂的术后恢复……

# 中欧人类主导景观中重新定居灰狼的家域与生境选择
[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cz8w9gjbt](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cz8w9gjbt)

本数据集包含中欧（捷克、德国、奥地利、斯洛伐克）19只灰狼（Canis Lupus）的GPS遥测数据，被用于通过自相关核密度估计法估算家域及开展生境选择研究。

## 数据与文件结构说明
本数据集适用于借助不同软件开展灰狼空间生态学与运动生态学相关研究。其可用于生成、分析动物运动轨迹与整体运动模式（例如使用R语言中的"traj"、"adehabitatLT"或"momentumHMM"工具包），同时也可通过多种方法估算家域范围：可从最小凸多边形法、核密度估计等简易方法起步，但针对家域估算，我们推荐使用自相关核密度估计法……