Data from: Fear of the dark? contrasting impacts of humans vs lynx on diel activity of roe deer across Europe
Humans, as super predators, can have strong effects on wildlife behaviour, including profound modifications of diel activity patterns. Subsequent to the return of large carnivores to human-modified ecosystems, many prey species have adjusted their spatial behaviour to the contrasting landscapes of f...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:5005157 2024-09-15T18:41:46+00:00 Data from: Fear of the dark? contrasting impacts of humans vs lynx on diel activity of roe deer across Europe Bonnot, Nadège C. Couriot, Ophélie Berger, Anne Cagnacci, Francesca Ciuti, Simone De Groeve, Johannes Gehr, Benedikt Heurich, Marco Kjellander, Petter Kröschel, Max Morellet, Nicolas Sönnichsen, Leif Hewison, A.J. Mark 2019-11-29 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1zcrjdfnm unknown Zenodo https://zenodo.org/communities/dryad https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1zcrjdfnm oai:zenodo.org:5005157 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode accelerometers Crepuscularity Human Footprint nocturnality Diurnality Temporal partitioning info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2019 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1zcrjdfnm 2024-07-25T16:44:30Z Humans, as super predators, can have strong effects on wildlife behaviour, including profound modifications of diel activity patterns. Subsequent to the return of large carnivores to human-modified ecosystems, many prey species have adjusted their spatial behaviour to the contrasting landscapes of fear generated by both their natural predators and anthropogenic pressures. The effects of predation risk on temporal shifts in diel activity of prey, however, remain largely unexplored in human-dominated landscapes . W e investigated the influence of the density of lynx ( Lynx lynx ), a nocturnal predator, on the diel activity patterns of their main prey, the roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ), across a gradient of human disturbance and hunting at the European scale. Based on 11 million activity records from 431 individually GPS-monitored roe deer in 12 populations within the EURODEER network (http://eurodeer.org), we investigated how lynx predation risk in combination with both lethal and non-lethal human activities affected deer diurnality. We demonstrated marked plasticity in roe deer diel activity patterns in response to spatio-temporal variations in risk, mostly due to human activities. In particular, roe deer decreased their level of diurnality by a factor of 1.37 when the background level of general human disturbance was high. Hunting exacerbated this effect, as during the hunting season deer switched most of their activity to nighttime and, to a lesser extent, to dawn, although this pattern varied noticeably in relation to lynx density. Indeed, in the presence of lynx, their main natural predator, roe deer were relatively more diurnal. Overall, our results revealed a strong influence of human activities and the presence of lynx on diel shifts in roe deer activity. In the context of the recovery of large carnivores across Europe, we provide important insights about the effects of predators on the behavioural responses of their prey in human-dominated ecosystems. Modifications in the temporal partitioning of ... Other/Unknown Material Lynx Lynx lynx lynx Zenodo |
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accelerometers Crepuscularity Human Footprint nocturnality Diurnality Temporal partitioning Bonnot, Nadège C. Couriot, Ophélie Berger, Anne Cagnacci, Francesca Ciuti, Simone De Groeve, Johannes Gehr, Benedikt Heurich, Marco Kjellander, Petter Kröschel, Max Morellet, Nicolas Sönnichsen, Leif Hewison, A.J. Mark Data from: Fear of the dark? contrasting impacts of humans vs lynx on diel activity of roe deer across Europe |
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Humans, as super predators, can have strong effects on wildlife behaviour, including profound modifications of diel activity patterns. Subsequent to the return of large carnivores to human-modified ecosystems, many prey species have adjusted their spatial behaviour to the contrasting landscapes of fear generated by both their natural predators and anthropogenic pressures. The effects of predation risk on temporal shifts in diel activity of prey, however, remain largely unexplored in human-dominated landscapes . W e investigated the influence of the density of lynx ( Lynx lynx ), a nocturnal predator, on the diel activity patterns of their main prey, the roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ), across a gradient of human disturbance and hunting at the European scale. Based on 11 million activity records from 431 individually GPS-monitored roe deer in 12 populations within the EURODEER network (http://eurodeer.org), we investigated how lynx predation risk in combination with both lethal and non-lethal human activities affected deer diurnality. We demonstrated marked plasticity in roe deer diel activity patterns in response to spatio-temporal variations in risk, mostly due to human activities. In particular, roe deer decreased their level of diurnality by a factor of 1.37 when the background level of general human disturbance was high. Hunting exacerbated this effect, as during the hunting season deer switched most of their activity to nighttime and, to a lesser extent, to dawn, although this pattern varied noticeably in relation to lynx density. Indeed, in the presence of lynx, their main natural predator, roe deer were relatively more diurnal. Overall, our results revealed a strong influence of human activities and the presence of lynx on diel shifts in roe deer activity. In the context of the recovery of large carnivores across Europe, we provide important insights about the effects of predators on the behavioural responses of their prey in human-dominated ecosystems. Modifications in the temporal partitioning of ... |
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Bonnot, Nadège C. Couriot, Ophélie Berger, Anne Cagnacci, Francesca Ciuti, Simone De Groeve, Johannes Gehr, Benedikt Heurich, Marco Kjellander, Petter Kröschel, Max Morellet, Nicolas Sönnichsen, Leif Hewison, A.J. Mark |
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Bonnot, Nadège C. Couriot, Ophélie Berger, Anne Cagnacci, Francesca Ciuti, Simone De Groeve, Johannes Gehr, Benedikt Heurich, Marco Kjellander, Petter Kröschel, Max Morellet, Nicolas Sönnichsen, Leif Hewison, A.J. Mark |
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Data from: Fear of the dark? contrasting impacts of humans vs lynx on diel activity of roe deer across Europe |
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Data from: Fear of the dark? contrasting impacts of humans vs lynx on diel activity of roe deer across Europe |
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Data from: Fear of the dark? contrasting impacts of humans vs lynx on diel activity of roe deer across Europe |
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Data from: Fear of the dark? contrasting impacts of humans vs lynx on diel activity of roe deer across Europe |
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data from: fear of the dark? contrasting impacts of humans vs lynx on diel activity of roe deer across europe |
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