Effects of cumulated outdoor activity on wildlife habitat use
Humans profoundly affect animal distributions by directly competing for space, not only transforming, but actively using their habitat. Anthropogenic disturbance is usually measured via structural proxies such as infrastructure and land use that overlook the impact of human presence, or functional d...
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ftutrentoiris:oai:iris.unitn.it:11572/284911 2024-02-11T10:09:20+01:00 Effects of cumulated outdoor activity on wildlife habitat use Corradini A. Randles M. Pedrotti L. van Loon E. Passoni G. Oberosler V. Rovero F. Tattoni C. Ciolli M. Cagnacci F. Corradini, A. Randles, M. Pedrotti, L. van Loon, E. Passoni, G. Oberosler, V. Rovero, F. Tattoni, C. Ciolli, M. Cagnacci, F. 2021 STAMPA http://hdl.handle.net/11572/284911 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108818 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320720308764?via=ihub eng eng country:NLD info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000611989800008 volume:2020/253 firstpage:1088181 lastpage:1088188 numberofpages:8 journal:BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION http://hdl.handle.net/11572/284911 doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108818 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85096830436 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320720308764?via=ihub info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Bio-logging COI Habitat selection Human-wildlife conflict Strava Ursus arctos info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2021 ftutrentoiris https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108818 2024-01-23T23:12:13Z Humans profoundly affect animal distributions by directly competing for space, not only transforming, but actively using their habitat. Anthropogenic disturbance is usually measured via structural proxies such as infrastructure and land use that overlook the impact of human presence, or functional disturbance. In this study, we propose a methodology unifying two paradigms, human mobility and animal movement, to fill this gap. We developed a novel spatially-explicit index of anthropic disturbance, the Cumulative Outdoor activity Index (COI), and validated it with ground truth observations derived from camera trapping (r = +0.63, p < 0.001). Building on previous work from Peters et al. (2015, Biol. Cons. 186, 123–133) on a Critically Endangered brown bear population in the Alps, we used Resource Selection Analysis to assess the influence of different forms of anthropogenic disturbance on the relative probability of habitat selection. The intensity of COI provided an effective measure of functional anthropogenic disturbance, and it outperformed all alternative and commonly-used proxies of structural disturbance in predicting bear habitat use. Our predictions suggest that brown bear shrinks its ecological niche as a consequence of intense human use of otherwise suitable habitat. These constraints may limit the potential range expansion of bears to establish a viable Alpine-Dinaric metapopulation. Conclusive conservation and future land use planning towards human-wildlife coexistence should account for the functional presence of humans on the landscape. The proposed COI could help determine where mitigation measures should be enforced. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos Università degli Studi di Trento: CINECA IRIS Biological Conservation 253 108818 |
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Humans profoundly affect animal distributions by directly competing for space, not only transforming, but actively using their habitat. Anthropogenic disturbance is usually measured via structural proxies such as infrastructure and land use that overlook the impact of human presence, or functional disturbance. In this study, we propose a methodology unifying two paradigms, human mobility and animal movement, to fill this gap. We developed a novel spatially-explicit index of anthropic disturbance, the Cumulative Outdoor activity Index (COI), and validated it with ground truth observations derived from camera trapping (r = +0.63, p < 0.001). Building on previous work from Peters et al. (2015, Biol. Cons. 186, 123–133) on a Critically Endangered brown bear population in the Alps, we used Resource Selection Analysis to assess the influence of different forms of anthropogenic disturbance on the relative probability of habitat selection. The intensity of COI provided an effective measure of functional anthropogenic disturbance, and it outperformed all alternative and commonly-used proxies of structural disturbance in predicting bear habitat use. Our predictions suggest that brown bear shrinks its ecological niche as a consequence of intense human use of otherwise suitable habitat. These constraints may limit the potential range expansion of bears to establish a viable Alpine-Dinaric metapopulation. Conclusive conservation and future land use planning towards human-wildlife coexistence should account for the functional presence of humans on the landscape. The proposed COI could help determine where mitigation measures should be enforced. |
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Corradini, A. Randles, M. Pedrotti, L. van Loon, E. Passoni, G. Oberosler, V. Rovero, F. Tattoni, C. Ciolli, M. Cagnacci, F. |
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Effects of cumulated outdoor activity on wildlife habitat use |
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