Table 3. Literature examples for assessing predictions concerning habitat shifts. Predictions (in shortened form; see text for more detail) were (A) long-term, intense disturbance stimuli will cause habitat shifts at the cost of reduced access to resources, but (B) habitat shifts will not occur if alternative habitats are unavailable or unsuitable. Unless both treatments are addressed, support for Prediction A makes Prediction B inapplicable. (See Habitat selection.)

 
Study
Species
Stimuli
Predictions
     
Supported
Rejected
Not tested
or controls lacking
Allen and Read (2000)
bottlenose dolphin
motorboats
A


 
Buckingham et al. (1999)
Florida manatee
motor and paddle boats
A, B


 
de la Torre et al. (2000)
pygmy marmoset
people on foot and boats
A


 
Duchesne et al. (2000)
woodland caribou
people on skis or snow-shoes

A
B
 
Dyer et al. (2001)
woodland caribou
roads, other linear developments
A


 
Gill et al. (1996)
Pink-footed Geese
roads, vehicular traffic, related activities
A


 
Knapton et al. (2000)
diving ducks
motorboats
A, B


 
Lafferty (2001)
Snowy Plover
people on foot
A
 
Lord et al. (1997)
New Zealand Dotterela
people on foot
A


 
Mace et al. (1996)
grizzly bear
roads, vehicular traffic, related activities
A


 
Madsen (1998)
waterfowl (quarry and non-quarry species)
hunting activities
A


 
Nellemann and Cameron (1998)
barren-ground caribou
road density and associated activities
A


 
Nellemann et al. (2000, 2001), Vistness and Nellemann (2001)
reindeerb
road traffic; centers of human activity
A


 
Papouchis et al. (2001)
bighorn sheep
road traffic
A


a Charadrius obscurus aquilonius.

b Rangifer t. tarandus.