Data from: Mesopredators change temporal activity in response to a recolonizing apex predator
Apex predators can influence ecosystems through density and behaviorally mediated effects on herbivores and mesopredators. In many parts of the world, apex predators live in, or are returning to, landscapes that have been modified by people, so it is important to understand their ecological role in...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::6cdb2976910dd619db90499c7c0c0a5e 2023-05-15T15:50:04+02:00 Data from: Mesopredators change temporal activity in response to a recolonizing apex predator Shores, Carolyn Dellinger, Justin Newkirk, Eric Kachel, Shannon Wirsing, Aaron 2019-01-01 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.60m1ps0 undefined unknown Dryad Digital Repository https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.60m1ps0 http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.60m1ps0 lic_creative-commons 10.5061/dryad.60m1ps0 oai:services.nod.dans.knaw.nl:Products/dans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:126850 oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:126850 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 re3data_____::r3d100000044 10|eurocrisdris::fe4903425d9040f680d8610d9079ea14 10|re3data_____::94816e6421eeb072e7742ce6a9decc5f 10|re3data_____::84e123776089ce3c7a33db98d9cd15a8 Carnivores Coyotes Lynx rufus remote cameras Homo Sapiens behaviorally-mediated effects non-consumptive effects Canis latrans Holocene Canis lupus wolves Life sciences medicine and health care envir geo Dataset https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_ddb1/ 2019 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.60m1ps0 2023-01-22T16:51:48Z Apex predators can influence ecosystems through density and behaviorally mediated effects on herbivores and mesopredators. In many parts of the world, apex predators live in, or are returning to, landscapes that have been modified by people, so it is important to understand their ecological role in anthropogenic landscapes. We used motion-activated game cameras to compare the activity patterns of humans and two mesopredators, coyotes (Canis latrans) and bobcats (Lynx rufus), in areas with and without an apex predator, the gray wolf (Canis lupus), in a multi-use landscape of the northwestern United States. In areas with wolves there was a significant increase in temporal niche overlap between the mesopredators owing to higher levels of coyote activity at all time periods of the day. Temporal overlap between mesopredators and humans also increased significantly in the presence of wolves. Coyotes exposed to wolves increased their activity during dawn, day, and dusk hours. The increase in coyote activity was greatest during the day, when wolves were least active. The direction of change in bobcat activity in areas with wolves was opposite to coyotes, suggesting a behaviorally-mediated cascade between wolves, coyotes, and bobcats, although these findings would need to be confirmed with further research. Our findings suggest that mesopredators in human-dominated systems may perceive humans as less dangerous than apex predators, that humans may be more likely to encounter mesopredators in areas occupied by top predators, and that behaviorally-mediated effects of apex predators on mesopredators persist in human-dominated landscapes. Shores_2019_code_Figure_4_Table_2_Mesopredators change temporal activity patterns in response to an apex predator_GLMMAnnotated R code to reproduce species activity models with free R statistical software andR package glmmTMBShores_2019_data_Figure_4_Table_2_Mesopredator and apex predator activity records from game cameras_GLMMData of recorded species observations from game cameras. ... Dataset Canis lupus gray wolf Lynx Unknown |
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Carnivores Coyotes Lynx rufus remote cameras Homo Sapiens behaviorally-mediated effects non-consumptive effects Canis latrans Holocene Canis lupus wolves Life sciences medicine and health care envir geo Shores, Carolyn Dellinger, Justin Newkirk, Eric Kachel, Shannon Wirsing, Aaron Data from: Mesopredators change temporal activity in response to a recolonizing apex predator |
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Carnivores Coyotes Lynx rufus remote cameras Homo Sapiens behaviorally-mediated effects non-consumptive effects Canis latrans Holocene Canis lupus wolves Life sciences medicine and health care envir geo |
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Apex predators can influence ecosystems through density and behaviorally mediated effects on herbivores and mesopredators. In many parts of the world, apex predators live in, or are returning to, landscapes that have been modified by people, so it is important to understand their ecological role in anthropogenic landscapes. We used motion-activated game cameras to compare the activity patterns of humans and two mesopredators, coyotes (Canis latrans) and bobcats (Lynx rufus), in areas with and without an apex predator, the gray wolf (Canis lupus), in a multi-use landscape of the northwestern United States. In areas with wolves there was a significant increase in temporal niche overlap between the mesopredators owing to higher levels of coyote activity at all time periods of the day. Temporal overlap between mesopredators and humans also increased significantly in the presence of wolves. Coyotes exposed to wolves increased their activity during dawn, day, and dusk hours. The increase in coyote activity was greatest during the day, when wolves were least active. The direction of change in bobcat activity in areas with wolves was opposite to coyotes, suggesting a behaviorally-mediated cascade between wolves, coyotes, and bobcats, although these findings would need to be confirmed with further research. Our findings suggest that mesopredators in human-dominated systems may perceive humans as less dangerous than apex predators, that humans may be more likely to encounter mesopredators in areas occupied by top predators, and that behaviorally-mediated effects of apex predators on mesopredators persist in human-dominated landscapes. Shores_2019_code_Figure_4_Table_2_Mesopredators change temporal activity patterns in response to an apex predator_GLMMAnnotated R code to reproduce species activity models with free R statistical software andR package glmmTMBShores_2019_data_Figure_4_Table_2_Mesopredator and apex predator activity records from game cameras_GLMMData of recorded species observations from game cameras. ... |
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Data from: Mesopredators change temporal activity in response to a recolonizing apex predator |
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Data from: Mesopredators change temporal activity in response to a recolonizing apex predator |
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