Data from: Moving in the Anthropocene: global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

AbstractAnimal movement is fundamental for ecosystem functioning and species survival, yet the effects of the anthropogenic footprint on animal movements have not been estimated across species. Using a unique GPS-tracking database of 803 individuals across 57 species, we found that movements of mamm...

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Main Authors: Tucker, Marlee A., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Fagan, William F., Fryxell, John M., Van Moorter, Bram, Alberts, Susan C., Ali, Abdullahi H., Allen, Andrew M., Attias, Nina, Avgar, Tal, Bartlam-Brooks, Hattie, Bayarbaatar, Buuveibaatar, Belant, Jerrold L., Bertassoni, Alessandra, Beyer, Dean, Bidner, Laura, van Beest, Floris M., Blake, Stephen, Blaum, Niels, Bracis, Chloe, Brown, Danielle, de Bruyn, P. J. Nico, Cagnacci, Francesca, Calabrese, Justin M., Camilo-Alves, Constança, Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon, Chiaradia, Andre, Davidson, Sarah C., Dennis, Todd, DeStefano, Stephen, Diefenbach, Duane, Douglas-Hamilton, Iain, Fennessy, Julian, Fichtel, Claudia, Fiedler, Wolfgang, Fischer, Christina, Fischhoff, Ilya, Fleming, Christen H., Ford, Adam T., Fritz, Susanne A., Gehr, Benedikt, Goheen, Jacob R., Gurarie, Eliezer, Hebblewhite, Mark, Heurich, Marco, Hewison, A. J. Mark, Hof, Christian, Hurme, Edward, Isbell, Lynne A., Janssen, René, Jeltsch, Florian, Kaczensky, Petra, Kane, Adam, Kappeler, Peter M., Kauffman, Matthew, Kays, Roland, Kimuyu, Duncan, Koch, Flavia, Kranstauber, Bart, LaPoint, Scott, Leimgruber, Peter, Linnell, John D. C., López-López, Pascual, Markham, A. Catherine, Mattisson, Jenny, Medici, Emilia Patricia, Mellone, Ugo, Merrill, Evelyn, de Miranda Mourão, Guilherme, Morato, Ronaldo G., Morellet, Nicolas, Morrison, Thomas A., Díaz-Muñoz, Samuel L., Mysterud, Atle, Nandintsetseg, Dejid, Nathan, Ran, Niamir, Aidin, Odden, John, O’Hara, Robert B., Oliveira-Santos, Luiz Gustavo R., Olson, Kirk A., Patterson, Bruce D., Cunha de Paula, Rogerio, Pedrotti, Luca, Reineking, Björn, Rimmler, Martin, Rogers, Tracey L., Rolandsen, Christer Moe, Rosenberry, Christopher S., Rubenstein, Daniel I., Safi, Kamran, Saïd, Sonia, Sapir, Nir, Sawyer, Hall, Schmidt, Niels Martin, Selva, Nuria, Sergiel, Agnieszka, Shiilegdamba, Enkhtuvshin, Silva, João Paulo, Singh, Navinder, Solberg, Erling J., Spiegel, Orr, Strand, Olav, Sundaresan, Siva, Ullmann, Wiebke, Voigt, Ulrich, Wall, Jake, Wattles, David, Wikelski, Martin, Wilmers, Christopher C., Wilson, John W., Wittemyer, George, Zięba, Filip, Zwijacz-Kozica, Tomasz, Mueller, Thomas
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Published: 2021
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Summary:AbstractAnimal movement is fundamental for ecosystem functioning and species survival, yet the effects of the anthropogenic footprint on animal movements have not been estimated across species. Using a unique GPS-tracking database of 803 individuals across 57 species, we found that movements of mammals in areas with a comparatively high human footprint were on average one-half to one-third the extent of their movements in areas with a low human footprint. We attribute this reduction to behavioral changes of individual animals and to the exclusion of species with long-range movements from areas with higher human impact. Global loss of vagility alters a key ecological trait of animals that affects not only population persistence but also ecosystem processes such as predator-prey interactions, nutrient cycling, and disease transmission.