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Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns
Author(s) -
Marlee A. Tucker,
Aafke M. Schipper,
Tempe S. F. Adams,
Nina Attias,
Tal Avgar,
Natarsha L. Babic,
Kristin J. Barker,
Guillaume BastilleRousseau,
Dominik M. Behr,
Jerrold L. Belant,
Dean E. Beyer,
Niels Blaum,
J. David Blount,
Dirk P. Bockmühl,
Ricardo Luiz Pires Boulhosa,
Michael B. Brown,
Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar,
Francesca Cagnacci,
Justin M. Calabrese,
Rok Černe,
Simon ChamailléJammes,
Aung Nyein Chan,
Michael J. Chase,
Yannick Chaval,
Yvette ChenauxIbrahim,
Seth G. Cherry,
Duško Ćirović,
Emrah Çoban,
Eric K. Cole,
Laura Conlee,
Alyson B. Courtemanch,
Gabriele Cozzi,
Sarah C. Davidson,
Darren DeBloois,
Nandintsetseg Dejid,
Vickie L. DeNicola,
Arnaud Léonard Jean Desbiez,
Iain DouglasHamilton,
David Drake,
Michael E. Egan,
Jasper A.J. Eikelboom,
William F. Fagan,
Morgan J. Farmer,
Julian Fennessy,
Shan P. Finnegan,
Christen H. Fleming,
Bonnie Fournier,
Nicholas L. Fowler,
Mariela G. Gantchoff,
Alexandre Garnier,
Benedikt Gehr,
Chris Geremia,
Jacob R. Goheen,
Morgan Hauptfleisch,
Mark Hebblewhite,
Morten Heim,
Anne G. Hertel,
Marco Heurich,
A. J. Mark Hewison,
James Hodson,
Nicholas Hoffman,
J. Grant C. Hopcraft,
Đuro Huber,
Edmund J. Isaac,
Karolina Janik,
Miloš Ježek,
Örjan Johansson,
Neil R. Jordan,
Petra Kaczensky,
Douglas Kamaru,
Matthew J. Kauffman,
Todd M. Kautz,
Roland Kays,
Allicia Kelly,
Jonas Kindberg,
Miha Krofel,
Josip Kusak,
Clayton T. Lamb,
Tayler N. LaSharr,
Peter Leimgruber,
Horst Leitner,
Michael Lierz,
John D. C. Linnell,
Purevjav Lkhagvaja,
Ryan A. Long,
José Vicente LópezBao,
MatthiasClaudio Loretto,
Pascal Marchand,
Hans Martin,
L. Martínez,
Roy McBride,
Ashley McLaren,
Erling L. Meisingset,
Joerg Melzheimer,
Evelyn H. Merrill,
Arthur D. Middleton,
Kevin L. Monteith,
Seth A. Moore,
Bram Van Moorter,
Nicolas Morellet,
Thomas A. Morrison,
Rebekka Müller,
Atle Mysterud,
Michael Noonan,
D.A. O'Connor,
Daniel G. Olson,
Kirk A. Olson,
Anna C. Ortega,
Federico Ossi,
Manuela Panzacchi,
Robert Patchett,
Brent R. Patterson,
Rogério Cunha de Paula,
John C. Payne,
Wibke Peters,
Tyler R. Petroelje,
Benjamin J. Pitcher,
Boštjan Pokorny,
Kim G. Poole,
Hubert Potočnik,
MariePier Poulin,
Robert M. Pringle,
H.H.T. Prins,
Nathan Ranc,
Slaven Reljić,
Benjamin Robb,
Ralf Röder,
Christer M. Rolandsen,
Christian Rutz,
Albert Salemgareyev,
Gustaf Samelius,
Heather Sayine-Crawford,
Sarah L. Schooler,
Çağan H. Şekercioğlu,
Nuria Selva,
Paola Semenzato,
Agnieszka Sergiel,
Koustubh Sharma,
Avery Shawler,
Johannes Signer,
Václav Silovský,
João Paulo Silva,
Richard Simon,
Rachel A. Smiley,
Douglas W. Smith,
Erling J. Solberg,
Diego EllisSoto,
Orr Spiegel,
Jared A. Stabach,
Jenna StacyDawes,
Daniel R. Stahler,
John Stephenson,
Cheyenne Stewart,
Olav Strand,
Peter Sunde,
Nathan J. Svoboda,
Jonathan Swart,
Jeffrey J. Thompson,
Katrina L. Toal,
Kenneth Uiseb,
Meredith C. VanAcker,
Marianela Velilla,
Tana L. Verzuh,
Bettina Wachter,
Brittany L. Wagler,
Jesse Whittington,
Martin Wikelski,
Christopher C. Wilmers,
George Wittemyer,
Julie K. Young,
Filip Zięba,
Tomasz ZwijaczKozica,
Mark A. J. Huijbregts,
Thomas Mueller
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.abo6499
Subject(s) - covid-19 , wildlife , percentile , geography , environmental science , ecology , biology , medicine , statistics , disease , pathology , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , mathematics
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.

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