Data from: Do wild ungulates experience higher stress with humans than with large carnivores?
Predation is a major selective pressure for prey; however, the stress response to predation risk and the relative importance of natural versus anthropogenic stress factors in wild populations of animals have rarely been studied. We investigated the level of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGMs) in...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:4995775 2024-09-15T18:01:26+00:00 Data from: Do wild ungulates experience higher stress with humans than with large carnivores? Zbyryt, Adam Bubnicki, Kuba W. Kuijper, Dries P.J. Dehnhard, Martin Churski, Marcin Schmidt, Krzysztof 2017-09-25 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.p2f4b unknown Zenodo https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx142 https://zenodo.org/communities/dryad https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.p2f4b oai:zenodo.org:4995775 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Capreolus capereolus predation risk Cervus elaphus Lynx lynx stress hormone Glucocorticoids bayesian analysis Canis lupus info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2017 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.p2f4b10.1093/beheco/arx142 2024-07-25T09:37:02Z Predation is a major selective pressure for prey; however, the stress response to predation risk and the relative importance of natural versus anthropogenic stress factors in wild populations of animals have rarely been studied. We investigated the level of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGMs) in 6 populations of red deer and roe deer exposed to potentially different levels of stress, resulting from both natural (predator presence, forest cover, undergrowth, ungulate density, and temperature) and anthropogenic (hunting harvest, percentage of build-up areas, and road density) factors. We found the highest and most variable FGM concentrations in both ungulates in areas without large carnivores, and the lowest and least variable FGM levels in areas with wolf and lynx. Anthropogenic factors (hunting harvest, roads, and built-up area) positively correlated with the gradient of FGM levels in both species. Both the mean and the variance of the FGM concentrations measured within populations of both red deer and roe deer were affected positively by variation in hunting harvest and negatively by the minimum temperature. The variance in the roe deer FGM was also positively influenced by the percentage of built-up areas. The results indicate that stress in wild ungulate populations is lower and less variable in areas utilized by large carnivores than in carnivore-free areas where human-related factors predominate. This may be explained by evolutionary adaptations of prey animals constantly exposed to the risk of natural predation and their inability of adapting to the risk from humans probably due to its high intensity and erratic occurrence. FGM and environmental data, red deer Full database of fecal glucucocorticoid metabolites (FGM) concentration in pellets of red deer (Cervus elaphus) collected in 6 areas in Poland along with environmental data (see text for details on sources of data). data_red_deer.csv FGM and environmental data, roe deer Full database of fecal glucucocorticoid metabolites (FGM) concentration in ... Other/Unknown Material Canis lupus Lynx Zenodo |
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Predation is a major selective pressure for prey; however, the stress response to predation risk and the relative importance of natural versus anthropogenic stress factors in wild populations of animals have rarely been studied. We investigated the level of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGMs) in 6 populations of red deer and roe deer exposed to potentially different levels of stress, resulting from both natural (predator presence, forest cover, undergrowth, ungulate density, and temperature) and anthropogenic (hunting harvest, percentage of build-up areas, and road density) factors. We found the highest and most variable FGM concentrations in both ungulates in areas without large carnivores, and the lowest and least variable FGM levels in areas with wolf and lynx. Anthropogenic factors (hunting harvest, roads, and built-up area) positively correlated with the gradient of FGM levels in both species. Both the mean and the variance of the FGM concentrations measured within populations of both red deer and roe deer were affected positively by variation in hunting harvest and negatively by the minimum temperature. The variance in the roe deer FGM was also positively influenced by the percentage of built-up areas. The results indicate that stress in wild ungulate populations is lower and less variable in areas utilized by large carnivores than in carnivore-free areas where human-related factors predominate. This may be explained by evolutionary adaptations of prey animals constantly exposed to the risk of natural predation and their inability of adapting to the risk from humans probably due to its high intensity and erratic occurrence. FGM and environmental data, red deer Full database of fecal glucucocorticoid metabolites (FGM) concentration in pellets of red deer (Cervus elaphus) collected in 6 areas in Poland along with environmental data (see text for details on sources of data). data_red_deer.csv FGM and environmental data, roe deer Full database of fecal glucucocorticoid metabolites (FGM) concentration in ... |
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Data from: Do wild ungulates experience higher stress with humans than with large carnivores? |
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