Risk response towards roads is consistent across multiple species in a temperate forest ecosystem ...

Roads can have diverse impacts on wildlife species, and while some species may adapt effectively, others may not. Studying multiple species’ responses to the same infrastructure in a given area can help understand this variation and reveal the effects of disturbance on the ecology of wildlife commun...

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Main Authors: Bastianelli, Matteo Luca, Von Hoermann, Christian, Kirchner, Katrin, Signer, Johannes, Dupke, Claudia, Henrich, Maik, Wielgus, Elodie, Fiderer, Christian, Belotti, Elisa, Bufka, Luděk, Ciuti, Simone, Dormann, Carsten F., Kuemmerle, Tobias, Storch, Ilse, Grilo, Clara, Heurich, Marco
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Dryad 2024
Subjects:
FOS: Natural sciences
integrated Step Selection Analysis
habitat selection
movement behaviour
Capreolus capreolus
Cervus elaphus
Sus scrofa
Lynx lynx
Lynx
Lynx lynx lynx
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3xsj3txp9
https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.3xsj3txp9
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Summary:Roads can have diverse impacts on wildlife species, and while some species may adapt effectively, others may not. Studying multiple species’ responses to the same infrastructure in a given area can help understand this variation and reveal the effects of disturbance on the ecology of wildlife communities. This study investigates the behavioural responses of four species with distinctive ecological and behavioural traits to roads in the protected Bohemian Forest Ecosystem in Central Europe: European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), a solitary herbivore; red deer (Cervus elaphus) a gregarious herbivore; wild boar (Sus scrofa), a gregarious omnivore and Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), a solitary large carnivore. We used GPS data gathered from each species to study movement behaviour and habitat selection in relation to roads using an integrated step selection analysis. For all species and sexes, we predicted increased movement rates in response to roads, selection of vegetation cover near roads and open areas after ... : The locational data were collected from GPS-collared roe deer, red deer, wild boar and lynx in the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem (Germany and Czech Republic). The data were processed as described in detail in the Materials and Methods section of the article "Risk response towards roads is consistent across multiple species in a temperate forest ecosystem". ...

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