Habitat preference contributes to explaining the varied sensitivity of bats to anthropogenic noise

Biological Conservation, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 302, С. 110974 - 110974

Опубликована: Янв. 18, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Associations between human non‐motorised recreational activity on nest box occupation, exploratory behaviour and breeding success in a passerine bird

Journal of Avian Biology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 2025(2)

Опубликована: Март 1, 2025

Anthropomorphic activities have a large impact on ecosystems in many ways, one of which is how animals behave. Non‐motorised nature recreation popular human activity the impacts are largely unknown. These activities, include hiking, biking, pet walking and horseback riding, tend to increase during commencement breeding for most passerine forest birds temperate zones. We here investigated whether variation recreational associates with patterns nest box occupation reproductive success long‐term study personality‐typed great tits Parus major . measured disturbance area by recording frequency non‐motorised observations. were particularly interested relationship between levels occupancy as well occupied boxes exploratory scores that them. also characteristics such fledging success, clutch size, chick weight tarsus length varied at boxes. did not find direct association disturbance. Habitat quality rather than explained occupation. Furthermore, more individuals less disturbed areas, independent habitat quality. Fitness decreased increasing Chicks heavier had longer tarsi, sizes bigger areas. In conclusion, we found site choice be activity, although there clear fitness effects

Язык: Английский

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Feature networks: The environmental features that are central to nature- connectedness experiences

Landscape and Urban Planning, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 259, С. 105362 - 105362

Опубликована: Март 29, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Understanding and predicting animal movements and distributions in the Anthropocene

Journal of Animal Ecology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 4, 2025

Predicting animal movements and spatial distributions is crucial for our comprehension of ecological processes provides key evidence conserving managing populations, species ecosystems. Notwithstanding considerable progress in movement ecology recent decades, developing robust predictions rapidly changing environments remains challenging. To accurately predict the effects anthropogenic change, it important to first identify defining features human-modified their consequences on drivers movement. We review discuss these within framework, describing relationships between external environment, internal state, navigation motion capacity. Developing under novel situations requires models moving beyond purely correlative approaches a dynamical systems perspective. This increased mechanistic modelling, using functional parameters derived from principles decision-making. Theory empirical observations should be better integrated by experimental approaches. Models fitted new historic data gathered across wide range contrasting environmental conditions. need therefore targeted supervised approach collection, increasing studied taxa carefully considering issues scale bias, modelling. Thus, we caution against indiscriminate non-supervised use citizen science data, AI machine learning models. highlight challenges opportunities incorporating into management actions policy. Rewilding translocation schemes offer exciting collect environments, enabling tests model varied contexts scales. Adaptive frameworks particular, based stepwise iterative process, including refinements, provide mutual benefit conservation. In conclusion, verge transforming descriptive predictive science. timely progression, given that conditions are now more urgently needed than ever evidence-based policy decisions. Our aim not describe existing as well possible, but rather understand underlying mechanisms develop with reliable ability situations.

Язык: Английский

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A call for increased integration of experimental approaches in movement ecology

Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 29, 2025

ABSTRACT Rapid developments in animal‐tracking technology have enabled major advances the field of movement ecology, which seeks to understand drivers and consequences across scales, taxa, ecosystems. The has made ground‐breaking discoveries, yet majority studies ecology remain reliant on observational approaches. While important, are limited compared experimental methods that can reveal causal relationships underlying mechanisms. As such, we advocate for a renewed focus approaches animal ecology. We illustrate way forward two fundamental levels biological organisation: individuals social groups. then explore application experiments study anthropogenic influences wildlife movement, enhance our mechanistic understanding conservation interventions. In each these examples, draw upon previous research effectively employed approaches, while highlighting outstanding questions could be answered by further experimentation. conclude ways manipulations both laboratory natural settings provide promising generate understandings drivers, consequences, movement.

Язык: Английский

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A case for human mobility data applications in wildlife management

Journal of Applied Ecology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Май 29, 2025

Abstract Human activities have significantly altered terrestrial ecosystems, leading to biodiversity loss and habitat fragmentation. Traditional methods for measuring human impacts often lack the precision required localized assessments, fail capture temporal dynamics or are scale‐limited. mobility data (HMD) from GPS‐enabled smartphone applications offers a valuable approach understanding movement patterns, overcoming many of these limitations. We present case studies demonstrating use HMD in assessing activity within ecologically sensitive habitats (e.g. winter ranges breeding grounds) evaluating where human‐wildlife interactions likely occur inform proactive conflict management. also discuss how can improve inference connectivity analyses provide detailed, timely insights on broadly support conservation wildlife management goals. revealed patterns recreational bighorn sheep ( Ovis canadensis ) range helped timing scope protective measures sheep. allowed us quantify frequency potential wildlife‐human interactions, such as cougar Puma concolor proximity activity, identifying high areas opportunities mitigate mortality risks road crossings). discussed future uses connectivity, allowing managers assess barriers movement, identify critical thresholds disturbance refine strategies mitigating species disturbance. provided simple example by highlighting differences migration corridor pronghorn Antilocapra americana ). Synthesis . provides transformative tool offering scalable, dynamic into that traditional cannot fully capture. These enable prioritize intervention areas, compliance with zones, risks, enhance species, supporting effective human‐dominated world.

Язык: Английский

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Play is a privilege in both humans and animals: how our recreation influences wildlife

Journal of Wildlife Management, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 88(8)

Опубликована: Сен. 10, 2024

Abstract Nature‐based tourism nets roughly 8 billion annual travelers globally to all regions of Earth, with many visiting around 200,000 formally protected areas. Financially well‐off tourists pay for playful activities and effects on wildlife are potentially large relatively uncertain. Our commentary makes 3 points. First, variation in resource privileges associated benefits characterizes not only humans but other species. Among animals, well‐nurtured populations engage more leisurely than do those nutritionally impoverished. Privilege depends partially birth sites, parents, local conditions, recreation expands monetary advantage. Second, nature‐based has 2 generalizable wildlife, each involving degree habituation. non‐habituated populations, site abandonment is frequent modulated by seasonality, individuals' physiological states, whether motorized or not. For habituated tolerance emerges increasing recreational exposure some species learning rely shield as a buffer against possible predation. Third, desert bighorn sheep ( Ovis canadensis nelsoni ) offer robust example the issues surrounding because geographically complicated relationship between pursuit public lands western United States. While decades, females have failed habituate different forms at certain sites. The result been flight abandonment. Biodiversity protection numerous scales made strong gains still needed where progress stymied income disparities, privilege, ventures.

Язык: Английский

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Wildlife ecology: The scary sounds of recreation

Current Biology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 34(15), С. R736 - R738

Опубликована: Авг. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Late summer spatial behaviour of Alpine marmots Marmota marmota in the Eastern Italian Alps: effects of intrinsic and extrinsic drivers

Mammal Research, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 70(1), С. 21 - 34

Опубликована: Ноя. 16, 2024

Язык: Английский

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