城市鸟类在COVID-19重新开放后变得不那么害怕
Eleanor S Diamant1, Ian MacGregor-Fors2, Daniel T Blumstein1
1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Proceedings. Biological sciences
|August 23, 2023
概括
城市鸟类,特别是黑眼,在COVID-19大流行期间没有改变恐惧反应.
科学领域:
- 城市生态学 城市生态学
- 动物行为 动物行为
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,COVID-19大流行导致人类活动大幅减少,造成了"人类停产期".
- 这为研究人类干扰对城市野生动物行为的影响提供了独特的机会.
- 了解动物对人类存在的反应对于城市野生动物保护至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究城市鸟类的恐惧反应如何改变,以应对改变的人类活动.
- 为了确定人类停滞期间减少的人类存在是否导致鸟类的长期行为变化.
- 检查行为可塑性与习惯性在对城市环境的恐惧反应中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在个体和人口层面上测量黑眼的飞行启动距离.
- 收集人类停产期之前,期间和之后的数据.
- 在长期改变人类活动的过程中,分析恐惧反应的变化.
主要成果:
- 在人类活动减少的期间,黑眼子在恐惧水平上没有变化.
- 在人类活动恢复后,鸟类的恐惧反应显著下降.
- 这些发现表明,恐惧反应是由可塑性驱动的,而不是习惯性.
结论:
- 城市动物的恐惧反应是复杂的,可以由人类活动塑造.
- 人类减少存在,然后又回来,可能导致野生动物行为发生反直觉的变化.
- 行为可塑性在动物如何适应城市环境和人类干扰方面发挥着关键作用.
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