Temporal overlap of human and apex predator activity on wildlife trails and forest roads

Title:

Temporal overlap of human and apex predator activity on wildlife trails and forest roads

Creator:

Blašković, Silvia, Gomerčić, Tomislav, Topličanec, Ira, and Sindičić, Magda

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:d204e302-036b-451e-adc6-8abeb988e7b7
uuid:d204e302-036b-451e-adc6-8abeb988e7b7
doi:10.25225/jvb.22029

Subject:

activity patterns, camera traps, Lynx lynx, Canis lupus, and Ursus arctos

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

počítač and online zdroj

Description:

The daily activity patterns of animals are modulated by external factors such as habitat selection, temporal niche selection, prey availability and predation risk. Furthermore, different species show a variety of responses to human disturbance; therefore, to understand the effects of human activities on wildlife, it is crucial to consider the disturbance characteristics (e.g. type, frequency, timing and location of human activity). Our objective was to evaluate whether vehicles on forest roads altered the daily temporal activity patterns of three apex predators; Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), the grey wolf (Canis lupus) and brown bear (Ursus arctos), using an extensive camera trap data set collected across a gradient of forest roads and wildlife trails in the Croatian part of the Dinaric mountains. We expected a low temporal overlap between humans and apex predators but predicted this even lower at sites where vehicles are present. Consistent with our expectations, the general overlap in temporal activity of all three apex predators and humans was low, the former being primarily active at night/dawn/dusk hours and the latter during daylight hours. In contrast, our results showed similarity in the temporal activity of all three predators on wildlife trails and forest roads where human activity was more frequent and diverse.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

1-9

Source:

Journal of Vertebrate Biology | 2022 Volume:71 | Number:1

Harvested from:

CDK

Metadata only:

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