Wherever I may roam-Human activity alters movements of red deer (Cervus elaphus) and elk (Cervus canadensis) across two continents.

Autor: Mumme S; Department of Biology and Biotechnologies 'Charles Darwin', University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.; Animal Ecology Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy.; Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, California, Berkeley, USA., Middleton AD; Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, California, Berkeley, USA., Ciucci P; Department of Biology and Biotechnologies 'Charles Darwin', University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy., De Groeve J; Animal Ecology Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy.; Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Corradini A; Animal Ecology Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy.; NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy.; Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering (DICAM), University of Trento, Trento, Italy.; Stelvio National Park-Ersaf Lombardia, Bormio, Italy., Aikens EO; School of Computing, University of Wyoming, Wyoming, Laramie, USA.; Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming, Wyoming, Laramie, USA., Ossi F; Animal Ecology Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy.; NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy., Atwood P; Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Idaho, Coeur d'Alene, USA., Balkenhol N; Wildlife Sciences, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany., Cole EK; US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Elk Refuge, Wyoming, Jackson, USA., Debeffe L; Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CEFS, Castanet Tolosan, France.; LTSER ZA PYRénées GARonne, Auzeville Tolosane, France., Dewey SR; National Park Service, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, Moose, USA., Fischer C; Department of Nature Management, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, Jussy, Switzerland., Gude J; Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Montana, Helena, USA., Heurich M; Department of Visitor Management and National Park Monitoring, Bavarian Forest National Park, Grafenau, Germany.; Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.; Inland Norway University of Applied Science Institute for Forest and Wildlife Management, Koppang, Norway., Hurley MA; Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Idaho, Boise, USA., Jarnemo A; School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden., Kauffman MJ; U.S. Geological Survey, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Wyoming, Laramie, USA., Licoppe A; Natural and Agricultural Environmental Studies Department, Service Public de Wallonie, Gembloux, Belgium., van Loon E; Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., McWhirter D; Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Wyoming, Jackson, USA., Mong TW; Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Wyoming, Cody, USA., Pedrotti L; Stelvio National Park-Ersaf Lombardia, Bormio, Italy., Morellet N; Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CEFS, Castanet Tolosan, France.; LTSER ZA PYRénées GARonne, Auzeville Tolosane, France., Mysterud A; Department of Biosciences, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway., Peters W; Department for Conservation, Biodiversity and Wildlife Management, Bavarian State Institute of Forestry, Freising, Germany., Proffitt K; Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Montana, Bozeman, USA., Saïd S; Office Français de la Biodiversité, DRAS, 'Montfort', Birieux, France., Signer J; Wildlife Sciences, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany., Sunde P; Department of Ecoscience-Wildlife Ecology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark., Starý M; Šumava National Park, Vimperk, Czech Republic., Cagnacci F; Animal Ecology Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy.; NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Global change biology [Glob Chang Biol] 2023 Oct; Vol. 29 (20), pp. 5788-5801. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 12.
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16769
Abstrakt: Human activity and associated landscape modifications alter the movements of animals with consequences for populations and ecosystems worldwide. Species performing long-distance movements are thought to be particularly sensitive to human impact. Despite the increasing anthropogenic pressure, it remains challenging to understand and predict animals' responses to human activity. Here we address this knowledge gap using 1206 Global Positioning System movement trajectories of 815 individuals from 14 red deer (Cervus elaphus) and 14 elk (Cervus canadensis) populations spanning wide environmental gradients, namely the latitudinal range from the Alps to Scandinavia in Europe, and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in North America. We measured individual-level movements relative to the environmental context, or movement expression, using the standardized metric Intensity of Use, reflecting both the directionality and extent of movements. We expected movement expression to be affected by resource (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, NDVI) predictability and topography, but those factors to be superseded by human impact. Red deer and elk movement expression varied along a continuum, from highly segmented trajectories over relatively small areas (high intensity of use), to directed transitions through restricted corridors (low intensity of use). Human activity (Human Footprint Index, HFI) was the strongest driver of movement expression, with a steep increase in Intensity of Use as HFI increased, but only until a threshold was reached. After exceeding this level of impact, the Intensity of Use remained unchanged. These results indicate the overall sensitivity of Cervus movement expression to human activity and suggest a limitation of plastic responses under high human pressure, despite the species also occurring in human-dominated landscapes. Our work represents the first comparison of metric-based movement expression across widely distributed populations of a deer genus, contributing to the understanding and prediction of animals' responses to human activity.
(© 2023 The Authors. Global Change Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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