Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

Marlee A. Tucker; Katrin Bohning-Gaese; William F. Fagan; John Fryxell; Bram Van Moorter; Susan C Alberts; Abdullahi H. Ali; Andrew M. Allen; Nina Attias; Tal Avgar; Hattie Bartlam-Brooks; Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar; Jerrold L. Belant; Alessandra Bertassoni; Dean Beyer; Laura Bidner; Floris M. van Beest; Stephen Blake; Niels Blaum; Chloe Bracis; Danielle Brown; P. J. Nico de Bruyn; Francesca Cagnacci; J.M. Calabrese; Constanca Camilo-Alves; Simon Chamaille-Jammes; Andre Chiaradia; Sarah C. Davidson; Todd Dennis; Stephen DeStefano; Duane R. Diefenbach; Iain Douglas-Hamilton; Julian Fennessy; Claudia Fichtel; Wolfgang Fiedler; Christina Fischer; Ilya Fischhoff; Christen H. Fleming; Adam T. Ford; Susanne A. Fritz; Benedikt Gehr; Jacob R. Goheen; Eliezer Gurarie; Mark Hebblewhite; Marco Heurich; A. J. Mark Hewison; Christian Hof; Edward Hurme; Lynne A. Isbell; Rene Janssen; Florian Jeltsch; Petra Kaczensky; Adam Kane; Peter M. Kappeler; Matthew J. Kauffman; Roland Kays; Duncan Kimuyu; Flavia Koch; Bart Kranstauber; Scott LaPoint; Peter Leimgruber; John D. C. Linnell; Pascual Lopez-Lopez; A. Catherine Markham; Jenny Mattisson; Emilia Patricia Medici; Ugo Mellone; E. Merrill; Guilherme de Miranda Mourao; Ronaldo G. Morato; Nicolas Morellet; Thomas A. Morrison; Samuel L. Diaz-Munoz; Atle Mysterud; Dejid Nandintsetseg; Ran Nathan; Aidin Niamir; John Odden; Robert B. O’Hara; Luiz G. R. Oliveira-Santos; Kirk A. Olson; Bruce D. Patterson; Rogerio Cunha de Paula; Luca Pedrotti; Bjorn Reineking; Martin Rimmler; T. L. Rogers; Christer Moe Rolandsen; Christopher S. Rosenberry; Daniel I. Rubenstein; Kamran Safi; Sonia Said; Nir Sapir; Hall Sawyer; Niels Martin Schmidt; Nuria Selva; Agnieszka Sergiel; Enkhtuvshin Shiilegdamba; Joao Paulo Silva; N. Singh; Erling J. Solberg; Orr Spiegel; Olav Strand; S.R. Sundaresan; Wiebke Ullmann; Ulrich Voigt; J. Wall; David W. Wattles; Martin Wikelski; Christopher C. Wilmers; John W. Wilson; George Wittemyer; Filip Zieba; Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica; Thomas Mueller

doi:10.1126/science.aam9712

Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

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By: Marlee A. Tucker, Katrin Bohning-Gaese, William F. Fagan, John Fryxell, Bram Van Moorter, Susan C Alberts, Abdullahi H. Ali, Andrew M. Allen, Nina Attias, Tal Avgar, Hattie Bartlam-Brooks, Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar, Jerrold L. Belant, Alessandra Bertassoni, Dean Beyer, Laura Bidner, Floris M. van Beest, Stephen Blake, Niels Blaum, Chloe Bracis, Danielle Brown, P. J. Nico de Bruyn, Francesca Cagnacci, J.M. Calabrese, Constanca Camilo-Alves, Simon Chamaille-Jammes, Andre Chiaradia, Sarah C. Davidson, Todd Dennis, Stephen DeStefano, Duane R. Diefenbach, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Julian Fennessy, Claudia Fichtel, Wolfgang Fiedler, Christina Fischer, Ilya Fischhoff, Christen H. Fleming, Adam T. Ford, Susanne A. Fritz, Benedikt Gehr, Jacob R. Goheen, Eliezer Gurarie, Mark Hebblewhite, Marco Heurich, A. J. Mark Hewison, Christian Hof, Edward Hurme, Lynne A. Isbell, Rene Janssen, Florian Jeltsch, Petra Kaczensky, Adam Kane, Peter M. Kappeler, Matthew J. Kauffman, Roland Kays, Duncan Kimuyu, Flavia Koch, Bart Kranstauber, Scott LaPoint, Peter Leimgruber, John D. C. Linnell, Pascual Lopez-Lopez, A. Catherine Markham, Jenny Mattisson, Emilia Patricia Medici, Ugo Mellone, E. Merrill, Guilherme de Miranda Mourao, Ronaldo G. Morato, Nicolas Morellet, Thomas A. Morrison, Samuel L. Diaz-Munoz, Atle Mysterud, Dejid Nandintsetseg, Ran Nathan, Aidin Niamir, John Odden, Robert B. O’Hara, Luiz G. R. Oliveira-Santos, Kirk A. Olson, Bruce D. Patterson, Rogerio Cunha de Paula, Luca Pedrotti, Bjorn Reineking, Martin Rimmler, T. L. Rogers, Christer Moe Rolandsen, Christopher S. Rosenberry, Daniel I. Rubenstein, Kamran Safi, Sonia Said, Nir Sapir, Hall Sawyer, Niels Martin Schmidt, Nuria Selva, Agnieszka Sergiel, Enkhtuvshin Shiilegdamba, Joao Paulo Silva, N. Singh, Erling J. Solberg, Orr Spiegel, Olav Strand, S.R. Sundaresan, Wiebke Ullmann, Ulrich Voigt, J. Wall, David W. Wattles, Martin Wikelski, Christopher C. Wilmers, John W. Wilson, George Wittemyer, Filip Zieba, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, and Thomas Mueller

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Abstract

Animal movement is fundamental for ecosystem functioning and species survival, yet the effects of the anthropogenic footprint on animal movements have not been estimated across species. Using a unique GPS-tracking database of 803 individuals across 57 species, we found that movements of mammals in areas with a comparatively high human footprint were on average one-half to one-third the extent of their movements in areas with a low human footprint. We attribute this reduction to behavioral changes of individual animals and to the exclusion of species with long-range movements from areas with higher human impact. Global loss of vagility alters a key ecological trait of animals that affects not only population persistence but also ecosystem processes such as predator-prey interactions, nutrient cycling, and disease transmission.

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Publication type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Title	Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements
Series title	Science
DOI	10.1126/science.aam9712
Volume	359
Issue	6374
Year Published	2018
Language	English
Publisher	Science
Contributing office(s)	Coop Res Unit Leetown
Description	4 p.
First page	466
Last page	469