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

• 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
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Equus hemionus; Loxodonta africana; Trichosurus vulpecula; Madoqua guentheri; Tamandua mexicana; Ursus arctos; Saguinus geoffroyi; Gulo gulo; Equus grevyi; Human Footprint; Anthropocene; Connochaetes taurinus; Canis lupus; NDVI; Elephas maximus; Panthera pardus; Cerdocyon thous; Aepyceros melampus; Canis aureus; Ovibos moschatus; Tapirus terrestris; Lynx lynx; Alces alces; Antilocapra americana; Lepus europaeus; Papio cynocephalus; Euphractus sexcinctus; Canis latrans; Puma concolor; Procyon lotor; Procapra gutturosa; Saiga tatarica; Sus scrofa; Vulpes vulpes; Cercocebus galeritus; Beatragus hunteri; Propithecus verreauxi; Lynx rufus; Odocoileus hemionus columbianus; Panthera onca; Loxodonta africana cyclotis; Martes pennanti; Chrysocyon brachyurus; Chlorocebus pygerythrus; Odocoileus virginianus; Equus quagga; Capreolus capreolus; Ursus americanus; Dasypus novemcinctus; Tolypeutes matacus; Giraffa camelopardalis; Syncerus caffer; Cervus elaphus; Eulemur rufifrons; Odocoileus hemionus; Felis silvestris; Myrmecophaga tridactyla; Papio anubis; Rangifer tarandus; Other; ovibos moschatus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/sha256:3e7f447c3e1a8e3cb868a42cf13fd5f9bb5da3424087e978f60884b8b937d224

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.