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
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• Published: Borealis
• Subjects: Other; Eulemur rufifrons; Chlorocebus pygerythrus; Madoqua guentheri; Lynx lynx; Odocoileus hemionus; Euphractus sexcinctus; Panthera onca; Human Footprint; Cervus elaphus; Lepus europaeus; Chrysocyon brachyurus; Cerdocyon thous; Giraffa camelopardalis; Odocoileus virginianus; Antilocapra americana; Tolypeutes matacus; Martes pennanti; Odocoileus hemionus columbianus; Equus hemionus; Alces alces; Felis silvestris; Ovibos moschatus; Canis aureus; Canis latrans; Papio anubis; Papio cynocephalus; Rangifer tarandus; Elephas maximus; Canis lupus; Sus scrofa; Puma concolor; Gulo gulo; Connochaetes taurinus; Ursus americanus; Saguinus geoffroyi; Saiga tatarica; NDVI; Capreolus capreolus; Cercocebus galeritus; Equus quagga; Tapirus terrestris; Lynx rufus; Myrmecophaga tridactyla; Vulpes vulpes; Aepyceros melampus; Anthropocene; Beatragus hunteri; Loxodonta africana; Dasypus novemcinctus; ovibos moschatus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/OUUICF

Abstract Animal 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. Usage notes Terrestrial Mammal Displacement Data This data file includes median (0.5 quantile) and long-distance (0.95 quantile) displacement distances for 803 individuals spanning 57 terrestrial mammal species. Also included are mean body mass, trophic guild, mean Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and mean human footprint index values for each individual. Displacement values are in kilometres and body mass values are in grams. The displacement and body mass values are log10 transformed and the NDVI values are scaled. Please note that each row within a time interval represents a different individual. Please see the associated manuscript and supplementary materials for details on the data sources and calculation methods. MammalDisplacementData.csv