Title: | Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns |
Authors: | Tucker, Marlee A Schipper, Aafke M Adams, Tempe S F Attias, Nina Avgar, Tal Babic, Natarsha L Barker, Kristin J Bastille-Rousseau, Guillaume Behr, Dominik M Belant, Jerrold L Beyer, Dean E Blaum, Niels Blount, J David Bockmühl, Dirk Pires Boulhosa, Ricardo Luiz Brown, Michael B Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar Cagnacci, Francesca Calabrese, Justin M Černe, Rok Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon Chan, Aung Nyein Chase, Michael J Chaval, Yannick Chenaux-Ibrahim, Yvette Cherry, Seth G Ćirović, Duško Çoban, Emrah Cole, Eric K Conlee, Laura Courtemanch, Alyson Cozzi, Gabriele Davidson, Sarah C DeBloois, Darren Dejid, Nandintsetseg DeNicola, Vickie Desbiez, Arnaud L J Douglas-Hamilton, Iain Drake, David Egan, Michael Eikelboom, Jasper A J Fagan, William F Farmer, Morgan J Fennessy, Julian Finnegan, Shannon P Fleming, Christen H Fournier, Bonnie Fowler, Nicholas L Gantchoff, Mariela G Garnier, Alexandre Gehr, Benedikt Geremia, Chris Goheen, Jacob R Hauptfleisch, Morgan L Hebblewhite, Mark Heim, Morten Hertel, Anne G Heurich, Marco Hewison, A J Mark Hodson, James Hoffman, Nicholas Hopcraft, J Grant C Huber, Djuro Isaac, Edmund J Janik, Karolina Ježek, Miloš Johansson, Örjan Jordan, Neil R Kaczensky, Petra Kamaru, Douglas N Kauffman, Matthew J Kautz, Todd M Kays, Roland Kelly, Allicia P Kindberg, Jonas Krofel, Miha Kusak, Josip Lamb, Clayton T LaSharr, Tayler N Leimgruber, Peter Leitner, Horst Lierz, Michael Linnell, John D C Lkhagvaja, Purevjav Long, Ryan A López-Bao, José Vicente Loretto, Matthias-Claudio Marchand, Pascal Martin, Hans Martinez, Lindsay A McBride, Roy T McLaren, Ashley A D Meisingset, Erling Melzheimer, Joerg Merrill, Evelyn H Middleton, Arthur D Monteith, Kevin L Moore, Seth A Van Moorter, Bram Morellet, Nicolas Morrison, Thomas Müller, Rebekka Mysterud, Atle Noonan, Michael J O'Connor, David Olson, Daniel Olson, Kirk A Ortega, Anna C Ossi, Federico Panzacchi, Manuela Patchett, Robert Patterson, Brent R de Paula, Rogerio Cunha Payne, John Peters, Wibke Petroelje, Tyler R Pitcher, Benjamin J Pokorny, Boštjan Poole, Kim Potočnik, Hubert Poulin, Marie-Pier Pringle, Robert M Prins, Herbert H T Ranc, Nathan Reljić, Slaven Robb, Benjamin Röder, Ralf Rolandsen, Christer M Rutz, Christian Salemgareyev, Albert R Samelius, Gustaf Sayine-Crawford, Heather Schooler, Sarah Şekercioğlu, Çağan H Selva, Nuria Semenzato, Paola Sergiel, Agnieszka Sharma, Koustubh Shawler, Avery L Signer, Johannes Silovský, Václav Silva, João Paulo Simon, Richard Smiley, Rachel A Smith, Douglas W Solberg, Erling J Ellis-Soto, Diego Spiegel, Orr Stabach, Jared Stacy-Dawes, Jenna Stahler, Daniel R Stephenson, John Stewart, Cheyenne Strand, Olav Sunde, Peter Svoboda, Nathan J Swart, Jonathan Thompson, Jeffrey J Toal, Katrina L Uiseb, Kenneth VanAcker, Meredith C Velilla, Marianela Verzuh, Tana L Wachter, Bettina Wagler, Brittany L Whittington, Jesse Wikelski, Martin Wilmers, Christopher C Wittemyer, George Young, Julie K Zięba, Filip Zwijacz-Kozica, Tomasz Huijbregts, Mark A J Mueller, Thomas |
Issue Date: | 9-Jun-2023 |
Rank: | M21a |
Journal: | Science (New York, N.Y.) |
Volume: | 380 |
Issue: | 6649 |
Start page: | 1059 |
End page: | 1064 |
Abstract: | COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020 reduced human mobility, providing an opportunity to disentangle its effects on animals from those of landscape modifications. Using GPS data, we compared movements and road avoidance of 2300 terrestrial mammals (43 species) during the lockdowns to the same period in 2019. Individual responses were variable with no change in average movements or road avoidance behavior, likely due to variable lockdown conditions. However, under strict lockdowns 10-day 95th percentile displacements increased by 73%, suggesting increased landscape permeability. Animals' 1-hour 95th percentile displacements declined by 12% and animals were 36% closer to roads in areas of high human footprint, indicating reduced avoidance during lockdowns. Overall, lockdowns rapidly altered some spatial behaviors, highlighting variable but substantial impacts of human mobility on wildlife worldwide. |
URI: | https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6915 |
ISSN: | 00368075 |
DOI: | 10.1126/science.abo6499 |
Appears in Collections: | Journal Article
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