1 Introduction Habitat use is a crucial aspect of behavioral ecology, revealing how animals interact with their environment to satisfy essential needs at different life stages (Johnson 1980; McGarigal et al. 2016). For ground-dwelling birds with limited dispersal ability, understanding the patterns of microhabitat use is particularly important, as fine-scale environmental factors directly impact foraging success, predator avoidance, and reproductive outcomes (Martin 1998; Specht et al.
