哺乳动物在被人类扰乱的景观中,从捕获和标记中恢复得更快
Jonas Stiegler1,2, Cara A Gallagher3, Robert Hering3,4
1Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, 14469, Potsdam, Germany. stiegler@uni-potsdam.de.
Nature communications
|September 15, 2024
概括
野生动物标记可以改变动物的行为,但大多数物种在一周内恢复. 建议扩展追踪,特别是对于食草动物和偏远地区,以确保准确的生态数据.
科学领域:
- 野生动物生态和运动生态和运动.
- 动物行为和生理学.
- 保护技术 保护技术
背景情况:
- 野生动物标记对于了解动物生态至关重要,但可以引起压力,影响释放后的行为和数据解释.
- 捕获和处理压力可能导致标记动物的运动和活动模式暂时发生变化.
研究的目的:
- 用GPS和加速度计数据量化对陆地哺乳动物的标记后行为影响.
- 评估特定物种的恢复时间,并确定影响干扰强度和速度的因素.
主要方法:
- 在释放后的20天内,对42种陆地哺乳动物物种中的1585个个体的GPS和加速度计数据进行分析.
- 评估物种特定的移位和动态身体加速作为活动和恢复的代理.
- 考虑物种特征和人类足迹与恢复模式的关系.
主要成果:
- 超过70%的物种在标记后表现出显著的行为变化;食草动物的旅行增加,而食肉动物和食肉动物的活动初始下降.
- 大多数物种在4-7个追踪日内恢复,食草动物 (特别是雄性) 显示更快的移位恢复,但活动恢复速度较慢.
- 人类足迹较高的地区的动物恢复得更快,这表明它们已经习惯于人类的干扰.
结论:
- 需要延长超过一周的追踪期,以解释标记后的行为变化.
- 研究人员应对以食草动物为中心的研究保持谨慎,特别是在偏远地区或与较小的哺乳动物物种进行研究.
- 了解标记影响对于准确解释野生动物运动和行为数据至关重要.
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