Incoprea Theory
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Theory 52/New analysis/Movement ecology

Selection Depends on Scale

The claim

Measured habitat selection strength depends on the sampling interval, so studies at different intervals disagree without either being wrong.

01Mechanism

Availability is defined by how far the animal could have moved in the interval.

02Prediction

Selection should weaken at longer intervals.

03Refutation

Selection invariant to interval would remove the availability definition.