在一个充满恐惧的景观中,狼家族的活动
Robert Mitchell1, Shelley Alexander2
1University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Scientific reports
|December 19, 2025
概括
城市小丑表现出高度的恐惧行为,影响管理策略. 了解这些基线恐惧反应对于开发有效的人类和野生动物共存实践至关重要.
科学领域:
- 野生动物生态学野生动物生态学
- 城市生态学 城市生态学
- 行为生态学 行为生态学
背景情况:
- 狼在城市地区的存在促使采取管理行动,往往有利于非致命的共存策略.
- 厌恶条件旨在增加野狼对人类的恐惧,但城市野狼的基线恐惧行为不太了解.
- 了解城市野狼的行为对于有效的人类和野生动物的共存和管理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查城市化对大猩猩 (Canis latrans) 恐惧和行为的影响.
- 为了比较城市,郊区和农村子家庭在幼犬养殖季节的基线恐惧行为.
主要方法:
- 远程摄像头监控了加拿大卡尔加里附近的城市,郊区和农村地区的三户野狼家族 (2021-2022年).
- 成人和小猎犬的行为观察是从62,822张图像中编码的.
- 行为数据包括警,警,保,以及与小狗的互动.
主要成果:
- 与农村小丑相比,城市和郊区的小丑表现出更高的警觉性和花费更多时间保护巢穴.
- 城市小丑在玩的小狗周围表现出更高的警,这表明它们对环境压力的适应性反应.
- 这些适应性行为可能导致行为权衡,可能增加垃圾消费等风险行为.
结论:
- 城市小丑表现出高度的基线恐惧,需要在厌恶条件化策略中仔细考虑.
- 管理实践必须考虑到城市野生动物固有的恐惧水平和行为适应.
- 共存策略应通过对城市小丑行为的细微了解来告知,以避免意外的负面后果.
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