Data from: Fear of the human “super predator” far exceeds the fear of large carnivores in a model mesocarnivore
The fear (perceived predation risk) large carnivores inspire in mesocarnivores can affect ecosystem structure and function, and loss of the “landscape of fear” large carnivores create adds to concerns regarding the worldwide loss of large carnivores. Fear of humans has been proposed to act as a subs...
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ftdans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:94504 2023-07-02T03:31:55+02:00 Data from: Fear of the human “super predator” far exceeds the fear of large carnivores in a model mesocarnivore Clinchy, Michael Zanette, Liyana Y. Roberts, Devin Suraci, Justin P. Buesching, Christina D. Newman, Chris Macdonald, David W. 2016-06-29T17:18:59.000+02:00 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-1o-wx43 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:94504 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.4g0m4/1 doi:10.1093/beheco/arw117 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-1o-wx43 doi:10.5061/dryad.4g0m4 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:94504 OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf Life sciences medicine and health care 2016 ftdans https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4g0m4/110.1093/beheco/arw11710.5061/dryad.4g0m4 2023-06-13T13:22:36Z The fear (perceived predation risk) large carnivores inspire in mesocarnivores can affect ecosystem structure and function, and loss of the “landscape of fear” large carnivores create adds to concerns regarding the worldwide loss of large carnivores. Fear of humans has been proposed to act as a substitute, but new research identifies humans as a “super predator” globally far more lethal to mesocarnivores, and thus presumably far more frightening. Although much of the world now consists of human-dominated landscapes, there remains relatively little research regarding how behavioral responses to humans affect trophic networks, to the extent that no study has yet experimentally tested the relative fearfulness mesocarnivores demonstrate in reaction to humans versus nonhuman predators. Badgers (Meles meles) in Britain are a model mesocarnivore insofar as they no longer need fear native large carnivores (bears, Ursus arctos; wolves, Canis lupus) and now perhaps fear humans more. We tested the fearfulness badgers demonstrated to audio playbacks of extant (dog) and extinct (bear and wolf) large carnivores, and humans, by assaying the suppression of foraging behavior. Hearing humans affected latency to feed, vigilance, foraging time, number of feeding visits, and number of badgers feeding. Hearing dogs and bears had far lesser effects on latency to feed, and hearing wolves had no effects. Our results indicate fear of humans evidently cannot substitute for the fear large carnivores inspire in mesocarnivores because humans are perceived as far more frightening, which we discuss in light of the recovery of large carnivores in human-dominated landscapes. Other/Unknown Material Canis lupus Ursus arctos Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS): EASY (KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) |
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Life sciences medicine and health care Clinchy, Michael Zanette, Liyana Y. Roberts, Devin Suraci, Justin P. Buesching, Christina D. Newman, Chris Macdonald, David W. Data from: Fear of the human “super predator” far exceeds the fear of large carnivores in a model mesocarnivore |
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The fear (perceived predation risk) large carnivores inspire in mesocarnivores can affect ecosystem structure and function, and loss of the “landscape of fear” large carnivores create adds to concerns regarding the worldwide loss of large carnivores. Fear of humans has been proposed to act as a substitute, but new research identifies humans as a “super predator” globally far more lethal to mesocarnivores, and thus presumably far more frightening. Although much of the world now consists of human-dominated landscapes, there remains relatively little research regarding how behavioral responses to humans affect trophic networks, to the extent that no study has yet experimentally tested the relative fearfulness mesocarnivores demonstrate in reaction to humans versus nonhuman predators. Badgers (Meles meles) in Britain are a model mesocarnivore insofar as they no longer need fear native large carnivores (bears, Ursus arctos; wolves, Canis lupus) and now perhaps fear humans more. We tested the fearfulness badgers demonstrated to audio playbacks of extant (dog) and extinct (bear and wolf) large carnivores, and humans, by assaying the suppression of foraging behavior. Hearing humans affected latency to feed, vigilance, foraging time, number of feeding visits, and number of badgers feeding. Hearing dogs and bears had far lesser effects on latency to feed, and hearing wolves had no effects. Our results indicate fear of humans evidently cannot substitute for the fear large carnivores inspire in mesocarnivores because humans are perceived as far more frightening, which we discuss in light of the recovery of large carnivores in human-dominated landscapes. |
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Clinchy, Michael Zanette, Liyana Y. Roberts, Devin Suraci, Justin P. Buesching, Christina D. Newman, Chris Macdonald, David W. |
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Clinchy, Michael Zanette, Liyana Y. Roberts, Devin Suraci, Justin P. Buesching, Christina D. Newman, Chris Macdonald, David W. |
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Clinchy, Michael |
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Data from: Fear of the human “super predator” far exceeds the fear of large carnivores in a model mesocarnivore |
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Data from: Fear of the human “super predator” far exceeds the fear of large carnivores in a model mesocarnivore |
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Data from: Fear of the human “super predator” far exceeds the fear of large carnivores in a model mesocarnivore |
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Data from: Fear of the human “super predator” far exceeds the fear of large carnivores in a model mesocarnivore |
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Data from: Fear of the human “super predator” far exceeds the fear of large carnivores in a model mesocarnivore |
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data from: fear of the human “super predator” far exceeds the fear of large carnivores in a model mesocarnivore |
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Canis lupus Ursus arctos |
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doi:10.5061/dryad.4g0m4/1 doi:10.1093/beheco/arw117 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-1o-wx43 doi:10.5061/dryad.4g0m4 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:94504 |
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OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf |
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