Avian behaviour changes in response to human activity during the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 289(1983)

Опубликована: Сен. 20, 2022

Human activities may impact animal habitat and resource use, potentially influencing contemporary evolution in animals. In the United Kingdom, COVID-19 lockdown restrictions resulted sudden, drastic alterations to human activity. We hypothesized that short-term daily long-term seasonal changes mobility might result bird depending on type (home, parks grocery) extent of change. Using Google data 872 850 observations, we determined during lockdown, altered use 80% (20/25) our focal species. When humans spent more time at home, over half affected species had lower counts, perhaps resulting from disturbance birds garden habitats. Bird counts some (e.g. rooks gulls) increased short term as parks, possibly due human-sourced food resources picnic refuse), while other tits sparrows) decreased. All when less grocery services. Avian rapidly adjusted novel environmental conditions demonstrated behavioural plasticity, but with diverse responses, reflecting different interactions pressures caused by

Язык: Английский

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Wildlife roadkill and COVID‐19: A biologically significant, but heterogeneous, reduction

Journal of Applied Ecology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 59(5), С. 1291 - 1301

Опубликована: Фев. 22, 2022

Abstract Collisions with vehicles are a major cause of wildlife mortality. During the COVID‐19 pandemic, many countries enforced lockdowns that reduced vehicular traffic and consequently wildlife‐vehicle collisions. However, no study has yet explored how traffic‐related mortality declined across multiple species wildlife, leaving doubts about species‐specific impact on ecology management. We modelled two (in spring autumn 2020) influenced collisions throughout Slovenia, in central Europe, by comparing weekly roadkill 2020 2010–2019 time series for European roe deer ( n = 53,259), red fox 9,889), Eurasian badger 5,170), brown hare 5,050), stone marten 4,267), wild boar 1,188) 1,088). lockdown (16 March–30 April 2020), we observed far fewer than expected badgers. (20 October–31 December significantly boar, but noted an excess Traffic reduction had influence deer, whose decreased between 156 321 individuals. Heterogeneous changes road seven studied indicate reductions human mobility can trigger complex dynamics assemblages, which may generate compensatory effects beyond lockdowns. For some species, such as local number attained significant fraction overall This could affect population cases where repeated over years. Policy implications . Management aimed at reducing traffic, therefore disturbance roadkill, be evaluated using time‐series analysis data species. times restricted movement, local‐scale should estimated accounted adaptive management, planning culling quotas, to minimize their ecological socio‐economic impacts while optimizing outcomes science‐based

Язык: Английский

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Recovery of ghost crabs metapopulations on urban beaches during the Covid-19 “anthropause”

Marine Environmental Research, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 180, С. 105733 - 105733

Опубликована: Авг. 24, 2022

Язык: Английский

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The presence of COVID-19 face masks in the largest hypersaline lagoon of South America is predicted by urbanization level

Marine Pollution Bulletin, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 189, С. 114746 - 114746

Опубликована: Фев. 21, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Worse sleep and increased energy expenditure yet no movement changes in sub-urban wild boar experiencing an influx of human visitors (anthropulse) during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 879, С. 163106 - 163106

Опубликована: Март 24, 2023

Язык: Английский

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A Global Synthesis of the Impacts of Urbanisation on Amphibians

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Influence of theCOVID‐19 pandemic on amphibian road mortality

Conservation Science and Practice, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 3(11)

Опубликована: Сен. 29, 2021

Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic and its related human activity shutdowns provide unique opportunities for biodiversity monitoring through what has been termed the “anthropause” or “great confinement experiment.” caused immense disruption to in northeastern United States spring of 2020, with notable reductions traffic levels. These coincided seasonal migration adult amphibians, which are typically subject intense vehicle‐impact mortality. Using data collected as part an annual community science program Maine from 2018 2021, we examined how amphibian mortality probabilities responded during pandemic. While detected a 50% decline all this was driven entirely by frog Wildlife collision Department Transportation on other wildlife species support our finding drastic declines road 2020 when compared immediately previous subsequent years. Additionally, find that frogs suffer significantly higher than salamanders, particularly conditions warmer wetter.

Язык: Английский

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Relationships Between Muskrat Density and Avian and Anuran Richness in Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands

Wetlands, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 44(4)

Опубликована: Март 8, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Anthropause Opportunities: Experimental Perturbation of Road Traffic and the Potential Effects on Wildlife

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 10

Опубликована: Март 7, 2022

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic severely reduced many human activities. So pronounced was the change, it has given rise to term “anthropause”: considerable alteration of modern Among these surface transportation, with prolonged traffic reductions, in excess, 50% countries. Roads and are responsible for functionally fragmenting ecosystems, wildlife populations, species interactions. unintentional “dialing-down” continuous monitoring systems wildlife-vehicle conflict a unique opportunity study consequences perturbing this source disturbance mortality. Experimental manipulation at global scale would not have been possible without mitigation responses SARS-CoV-2. Such perturbation allows robust empirical investigation into traffic, including changes mortality, behavior, genetic connectivity, knock-on ecosystem effects, which can be replicated across network systems. We review extent extensive data-collection provide primary data responses, providing raw material understand some striking anthropause.

Язык: Английский

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Estimating Road Mortality Hotspots While Accounting for Imperfect Detection: A Case Study with Amphibians and Reptiles

Land, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 11(5), С. 739 - 739

Опубликована: Май 14, 2022

Wildlife road mortality tends to aggregate spatially at locations commonly referred as hotspots. Predictive models can be used identify appropriate for mitigation measures that reduce mortality. However, the influence of imperfect detection (e.g., false absences) during surveys lead inaccurate or imprecise spatial patterns hotspots and suboptimal implementation measures. In this research, we amphibians reptiles a case study address issues when estimating probability using occupancy modeling. addition, determined survey effort needed achieve high detecting large roadkill events. We also assessed whether vehicle travel reductions associated with COVID-19 pandemic restrictions led in conducted 48 sites throughout Rhode Island, USA, from 2019–2021. total, observed 657 carcasses representing 19 Island’s 37 native species. Of species, eight species frogs, four salamanders, snakes, three turtles were observed. documented reduction density proportion dead versus live years (2020 2021), but unable link traffic volume. Our model results indicated events more likely occur on roads near wetlands low volume detected daily precipitation increased. there was events, suggesting influences many missed our surveys. Therefore, recommend modeling account This approach will effectively guide

Язык: Английский

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