Ecological impacts of human‐induced animal behaviour change

MW Wilson, AD Ridlon, KM Gaynor, SD Gaines… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A growing body of literature has documented myriad effects of human activities on animal
behaviour, yet the ultimate ecological consequences of these behavioural shifts remain …

Paws without claws? Ecological effects of large carnivores in anthropogenic landscapes

DPJ Kuijper, E Sahlén, B Elmhagen… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Large carnivores are frequently presented as saviours of biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning through their creation of trophic cascades, an idea largely based on studies …

A global map of roadless areas and their conservation status

PL Ibisch, MT Hoffmann, S Kreft, G Pe'er, V Kati… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Roads fragment landscapes and trigger human colonization and degradation of
ecosystems, to the detriment of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. The planet's remaining …

Faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour

M Dickie, R Serrouya, RS McNay… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Predation by grey wolves Canis lupus has been identified as an important cause of boreal
woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou mortality, and it has been hypothesized that …

Hunting for fear: innovating management of human–wildlife conflicts

JPGM Cromsigt, DPJ Kuijper, M Adam… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
There is a growing theoretical basis for the role of predation risk as a driver of trophic
interactions, conceptualized as the 'ecology of fear'. However, current ungulate management …

Landscapes of coexistence for terrestrial carnivores: the ecological consequences of being downgraded from ultimate to penultimate predator by humans

A Oriol‐Cotterill, M Valeix, LG Frank, C Riginos… - Oikos, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Fear of predation can have major impacts on the behaviour of prey species. Recently the
concept of the ecology of fear has been defined and formalised; yet there has been relatively …

Characterizing wildlife behavioural responses to roads using integrated step selection analysis

CM Prokopenko, MS Boyce… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Roads are a prevalent, ever‐increasing form of human disturbance on the landscape. In
many places in western North America, energy development has brought human and road …

Species-Habitat Associations: Spatial data, predictive models, and ecological insights

J Matthiopoulos, JR Fieberg, G Aarts - 2023 - conservancy.umn.edu
Ecologists develop species-habitat association (SHA) models to understand where species
occur, why they are there and where else they might be. This knowledge can be used to …

Crowded mountains: Long-term effects of human outdoor recreation on a community of wild mammals monitored with systematic camera trap**

M Salvatori, V Oberosler, M Rinaldi, A Franceschini… - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Outdoor recreation in natural areas has become an increasingly popular activity globally, yet
the long-term effects on wildlife are poorly known. Reconciling human access to nature and …

Anthropogenic resistance: accounting for human behavior in wildlife connectivity planning

A Ghoddousi, EK Buchholtz, AM Dietsch… - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Maintaining or restoring connectivity among wildlife populations is a primary strategy to
overcome the negative impacts of habitat fragmentation. Yet, current connectivity planning …