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Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape

Wildlife must adapt to human presence to survive in the Anthropocene, so it is critical to understand species responses to humans in different contexts. We used camera trapping as a lens to view mammal responses to changes in human activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Across 163 species sampled in 102 projects around the world, changes in the amount and timing of animal activity varied widely. Under higher human activity, mammals were less active in undeveloped areas but unexpectedly more active in developed areas while exhibiting greater nocturnality. Carnivores were most sensitive, showing the strongest decreases in activity and greatest increases in nocturnality. Wildlife managers must consider how habituation and uneven sensitivity across species may cause fundamental differences in human-wildlife interactions along gradients of human influence. Analysing camera-trap data of 163 mammal species before and after the onset of COVID-19 lockdowns, the authors show that responses to human activity are dependent on the degree to which the landscape is modified by humans, with carnivores being especially sensitive.

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Volume 8
Magazine issue 5
Type A1: Web of Science-article
Category Research
Magazine Nature Ecology and Evolution
Issns 2397-334X
Language English
Bibtex

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title = "Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape",
abstract = "Wildlife must adapt to human presence to survive in the Anthropocene, so it is critical to understand species responses to humans in different contexts. We used camera trapping as a lens to view mammal responses to changes in human activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Across 163 species sampled in 102 projects around the world, changes in the amount and timing of animal activity varied widely. Under higher human activity, mammals were less active in undeveloped areas but unexpectedly more active in developed areas while exhibiting greater nocturnality. Carnivores were most sensitive, showing the strongest decreases in activity and greatest increases in nocturnality. Wildlife managers must consider how habituation and uneven sensitivity across species may cause fundamental differences in human-wildlife interactions along gradients of human influence. Analysing camera-trap data of 163 mammal species before and after the onset of COVID-19 lockdowns, the authors show that responses to human activity are dependent on the degree to which the landscape is modified by humans, with carnivores being especially sensitive.",
author = "A. Cole Burton and Christopher Beirne and Kaitlyn M. Gayno and Catherine Sun and Alys Granados and Maximilian L. Allen and Jesse M. Alston and Guilherme C. Alvarenga and Francisco Samuel Alvarez Calderon and Zachary Amir and Christine Anhalt-Depies and Cara Appel and Stephanny Arroyo-Arce and Guy Balme and Avi Bar-Massada and Daniele Barcelos and Evan Barr and Erika L. Barthelmess and Carolina Baruzzi and Sayantani M. Basak and Natalie Beenaerts and Jonathan Belmaker and Olgirda Belova and Branko Bezarevic and Tori Bird and Daniel A. Bogan and Neda Bogdanovic and Andy Boyce and Mark Boyce and LaRoy Brandt and Jedediah F. Brodie and Jarred Brooke and Jakub W. Bubnicki and Francesca Cagnacci and Benjamin Scott Carr and Joao Carvalho and Jim Casaer and Rok Cerne and Ron Chen and Emily Chow and Marcin Churski and Connor Cincotta and Dusko Cirovic and T. D. Coates and Justin Compton and Courtney Coon and Michael V. Cove and Anthony P. Crupi and Simone Dal Farra and Andrea K. Darracq and Miranda Davis and Kimberly Dawe and Valerie De Waele and Esther Descalzo and Tom A. Diserens and Jakub Drimaj and Martin Dul'a and Susan Ellis-Felege and Caroline Ellison and Alper Erturk and Jean Fantle-Lepczyk and Jorie Favreau and Mitch Fennell and Pablo Ferreras and Francesco Ferretti and Christian Fiderer and Laura Finnegan and Jason T. Fisher and M. Caitlin Fisher-Reid and Elizabeth A. Flaherty and Ursa Flezar and Jiri Flousek and Jennifer M. Foca and Adam Ford and Barbara Franzetti and Sandra Frey and Sarah Fritts and Sarka Frybova and Brett Furnas and Brian Gerber and Hayley M. Geyle and Diego G. Gimenez and Anthony J. Giordano and Tomislav Gomercic and Matthew E. Gompper and Diogo Maia Grabin and Morgan Gray and Austin Green and Robert Hagen and Robert (Bob) Hagen and Steven Hammerich and Catharine Hanekom and Christopher Hansen and Steven Hasstedt and Mark Hebblewhite and Marco Heurich and Tim R. Hofmeester and Tru Hubbard and David Jachowski and Patrick A. Jansen and Kodi Jo Jaspers and Alex Jensen and Mark Jordan and Mariane C. Kaizer and Marcella J. Kelly and Michel T. Kohl and Stephanie Kramer-Schadt and Miha Krofel and Andrea Krug and Kellie M. Kuhn and Dries P.J. Kuijper and Erin K. Kuprewicz and Josip Kusak and Miroslav Kutal and Diana J. R. Lafferty and Summer LaRose and Marcus Lashley and Richard Lathrop and Thomas E. Lee, Jr. and Christopher Lepczyk and Damon B. Lesmeister and Alain Licoppe and Marco Linnell and Jan Loch and Robert Long and Robert C. Lonsinger and Julie Louvrier and Matthew Scott Luskin and Paula MacKay and Sean Maher and Benoit Manet and Gareth K. H. Mann and Andrew J. Marshall and David Mason and Zara McDonald and Tracy McKay and William J. McShea and Matt Mechler and Claude Miaud and Joshua J. Millspaugh and Claudio M. Monteza-Moreno and Dario Moreira-Arce and Kayleigh Mullen and Christopher Nagy and Robin Naidoo and Itai Namir and Carrie Nelson and Brian O'Neill and M. Teague O'Mara and Valentina Oberosler and Christian Osorio and Federico Ossi and Pablo Palencia and Kimberly Pearson and Luca Pedrotti and Charles E. Pekins and Mary Pendergast and Fernando F. Pinho and Radim Plhal and Xochilt Pocasangre-Orellana and Melissa Price and Michael Procko and Mike D. Proctor and Emiliano Esterci Ramalho and Nathan Ranc and Slaven Reljic and Katie Remine and Michael Rentz and Ronald Revord and Rafael Reyna-Hurtado and Derek Risch and Euan G. Ritchie and Andrea Romero and Christopher Rota and Francesco Rovero and Helen Rowe and Christian Rutz and Marco Salvatori and Derek Sandow and Christopher M. Schalk and Jenna Scherger and Jan Schipper and Daniel G. Scognamillo and Cagan Hakki Sekercioglu and Paola Semenzato and Jennifer Sevin and Hila Shamon and Catherine Shier and Eduardo A. Silva-Rodriguez and Magda Sindicic and Lucy K. Smyth and Anil Soyumert and Tiffany Sprague and Colleen Cassady St Clair and Jennifer Stenglein and Philip A. Stephens and Kinga Magdalena Stepniak and Michael Stevens and Cassondra Stevenson and Balint Ternyik and Ian Thomson and Rita T. Torres and Joan Tremblay and Tomas Urrutia and Jean-Pierre Vacher and Darcy Visscher and Stephen L. Webb and Julian Weber and Katherine C. B. Weiss and Laura S. Whipple and Christopher A. Whittier and Jesse Whittington and Izabela Wierzbowska and Martin Wikelski and Jacque Williamson and Christopher C. Wilmers and Todd Windle and Heiko U. Wittmer and Yuri Zharikov and Adam Zorn and Roland Kays",
year = "2024",
month = may,
day = "01",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02363-2",
language = "English",
publisher = "Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek",
address = "Belgium,
type = "Other"
}

Authors

A. Cole Burton
Christopher Beirne
Kaitlyn M. Gayno
Catherine Sun
Alys Granados
Maximilian L. Allen
Jesse M. Alston
Guilherme C. Alvarenga
Francisco Samuel Alvarez Calderon
Zachary Amir
Christine Anhalt-Depies
Cara Appel
Stephanny Arroyo-Arce
Guy Balme
Avi Bar-Massada
Daniele Barcelos
Evan Barr
Erika L. Barthelmess
Carolina Baruzzi
Sayantani M. Basak
Natalie Beenaerts
Jonathan Belmaker
Olgirda Belova
Branko Bezarevic
Tori Bird
Daniel A. Bogan
Neda Bogdanovic
Andy Boyce
Mark Boyce
LaRoy Brandt
Jedediah F. Brodie
Jarred Brooke
Jakub W. Bubnicki
Francesca Cagnacci
Benjamin Scott Carr
Joao Carvalho
Jim Casaer
Rok Cerne
Ron Chen
Emily Chow
Marcin Churski
Connor Cincotta
Dusko Cirovic
T. D. Coates
Justin Compton
Courtney Coon
Michael V. Cove
Anthony P. Crupi
Simone Dal Farra
Andrea K. Darracq
Miranda Davis
Kimberly Dawe
Valerie De Waele
Esther Descalzo
Tom A. Diserens
Jakub Drimaj
Martin Dul'a
Susan Ellis-Felege
Caroline Ellison
Alper Erturk
Jean Fantle-Lepczyk
Jorie Favreau
Mitch Fennell
Pablo Ferreras
Francesco Ferretti
Christian Fiderer
Laura Finnegan
Jason T. Fisher
M. Caitlin Fisher-Reid
Elizabeth A. Flaherty
Ursa Flezar
Jiri Flousek
Jennifer M. Foca
Adam Ford
Barbara Franzetti
Sandra Frey
Sarah Fritts
Sarka Frybova
Brett Furnas
Brian Gerber
Hayley M. Geyle
Diego G. Gimenez
Anthony J. Giordano
Tomislav Gomercic
Matthew E. Gompper
Diogo Maia Grabin
Morgan Gray
Austin Green
Robert Hagen
Robert (Bob) Hagen
Steven Hammerich
Catharine Hanekom
Christopher Hansen
Steven Hasstedt
Mark Hebblewhite
Marco Heurich
Tim R. Hofmeester
Tru Hubbard
David Jachowski
Patrick A. Jansen
Kodi Jo Jaspers
Alex Jensen
Mark Jordan
Mariane C. Kaizer
Marcella J. Kelly
Michel T. Kohl
Stephanie Kramer-Schadt
Miha Krofel
Andrea Krug
Kellie M. Kuhn
Dries P.J. Kuijper
Erin K. Kuprewicz
Josip Kusak
Miroslav Kutal
Diana J. R. Lafferty
Summer LaRose
Marcus Lashley
Richard Lathrop
Thomas E. Lee, Jr.
Christopher Lepczyk
Damon B. Lesmeister
Alain Licoppe
Marco Linnell
Jan Loch
Robert Long
Robert C. Lonsinger
Julie Louvrier
Matthew Scott Luskin
Paula MacKay
Sean Maher
Benoit Manet
Gareth K. H. Mann
Andrew J. Marshall
David Mason
Zara McDonald
Tracy McKay
William J. McShea
Matt Mechler
Claude Miaud
Joshua J. Millspaugh
Claudio M. Monteza-Moreno
Dario Moreira-Arce
Kayleigh Mullen
Christopher Nagy
Robin Naidoo
Itai Namir
Carrie Nelson
Brian O'Neill
M. Teague O'Mara
Valentina Oberosler
Christian Osorio
Federico Ossi
Pablo Palencia
Kimberly Pearson
Luca Pedrotti
Charles E. Pekins
Mary Pendergast
Fernando F. Pinho
Radim Plhal
Xochilt Pocasangre-Orellana
Melissa Price
Michael Procko
Mike D. Proctor
Emiliano Esterci Ramalho
Nathan Ranc
Slaven Reljic
Katie Remine
Michael Rentz
Ronald Revord
Rafael Reyna-Hurtado
Derek Risch
Euan G. Ritchie
Andrea Romero
Christopher Rota
Francesco Rovero
Helen Rowe
Christian Rutz
Marco Salvatori
Derek Sandow
Christopher M. Schalk
Jenna Scherger
Jan Schipper
Daniel G. Scognamillo
Cagan Hakki Sekercioglu
Paola Semenzato
Jennifer Sevin
Hila Shamon
Catherine Shier
Eduardo A. Silva-Rodriguez
Magda Sindicic
Lucy K. Smyth
Anil Soyumert
Tiffany Sprague
Colleen Cassady St Clair
Jennifer Stenglein
Philip A. Stephens
Kinga Magdalena Stepniak
Michael Stevens
Cassondra Stevenson
Balint Ternyik
Ian Thomson
Rita T. Torres
Joan Tremblay
Tomas Urrutia
Jean-Pierre Vacher
Darcy Visscher
Stephen L. Webb
Julian Weber
Katherine C. B. Weiss
Laura S. Whipple
Christopher A. Whittier
Jesse Whittington
Izabela Wierzbowska
Martin Wikelski
Jacque Williamson
Christopher C. Wilmers
Todd Windle
Heiko U. Wittmer
Yuri Zharikov
Adam Zorn
Roland Kays