陆地哺乳动物对COVID-19封锁的行为反应
Marlee A Tucker1, Aafke M Schipper1, Tempe S F Adams2
1Department of Environmental Science, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, P.O. Box 9010, 6500, GL Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 8, 2023
概括
由于COVID-19的封锁,人类的流动性减少,因此可以研究动物的行为变化. 野生动物的移动和避开道路的情况各不相同,在严格的封锁期间,一些物种的移动增加,避开道路的情况减少.
科学领域:
- 野生动物生态
- 动物行为
- 保护科学
背景情况:
- 人类的流动性对野生动物的空间生态和行为产生重大影响.
- 由于景观变化等混因素, 评估这些影响具有挑战性.
- 随着COVID-19大流行,封锁提供了一个独特的机会来隔离人类活动减少的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19封锁期间人类流动减少对陆地哺乳动物流动和避开道路的影响.
- 将动物在封锁期间的空间行为与封锁前 (2019年) 的数据进行比较.
- 了解不同封锁的严格程度如何影响野生动物的反应.
主要方法:
- 使用GPS跟踪数据来自43种陆地哺乳动物.
- 将2020年封锁期间的移动指标 (例如,95%的流离失所) 和避开道路的行为与2019年同期进行比较.
- 分析了与封锁严格性和人类足迹强度相关的数据.
主要成果:
- 所有人的平均移动或避开道路没有显著变化.
- 在严格的封锁下, 10-day 95th percentile流离失所率增加了73%,表明景观使用率更高.
- 在封锁期间,动物在人类足迹较高的地区减少了避开道路的行为 (36%接近道路).
结论:
- COVID-19封锁对野生动物的空间行为产生了快速,可变的影响.
- 人类流动性减少可以增加野生动物的景观透性.
- 了解人类流动的影响对于有效的野生动物保护和管理策略至关重要.
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