| Abstract |
Innovations in animal tracking technologies have allowed researchers to gain an unprecedented view into the daily lives of animals, advancing our understanding of their ecology, evolution, and physiology (Kays et al., 2015), while also providing insights that can defy conventional knowledge. For example, lightweight tracking devices revealed that migratory moths (Acherontia atropos) actively navigate, calling into question the widespread assumption that invertebrate migration is largely driven by passive movement dictated by prevailing winds (Menz et al., 2022). Here, we present another example that challenges conventional knowledge of what constitutes typical pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) habitat by highlighting the use of extraordinary high-elevation summer ranges in the Carter Mountain area within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) in Wyoming, USA (hereafter the Carter Mountain area; Figure 1). Furthermore, this discovery of high-elevation habitat use, which only occurs in a portion of the population, raises questions about the processes that generate and maintain diversity in animal movement tactics across individuals that share a common winter range and have access to the same resources (Lundberg, 1988; Table 1). |
| Authors |
Ellen O. Aikens   , Jessica Speiser , Karma Choki , Michele Lovara , Anna Weesies , Jeffrey Tillery , Sean P. Ryder , Erica Lafferty , Amanda E. Cheeseman , William J. Severud , Hall Sawyer
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