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Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements.

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Tucker, MA; Böhning-Gaese, K; Fagan, WF; Fryxell, JM; Van Moorter, B; Alberts, SC; Ali, AH; Allen, AM; Attias, N; Avgar, T; Bartlam-Brooks, H ...
Published in: Science (New York, N.Y.)
January 2018

Animal movement is fundamental for ecosystem functioning and species survival, yet the effects of the anthropogenic footprint on animal movements have not been estimated across species. Using a unique GPS-tracking database of 803 individuals across 57 species, we found that movements of mammals in areas with a comparatively high human footprint were on average one-half to one-third the extent of their movements in areas with a low human footprint. We attribute this reduction to behavioral changes of individual animals and to the exclusion of species with long-range movements from areas with higher human impact. Global loss of vagility alters a key ecological trait of animals that affects not only population persistence but also ecosystem processes such as predator-prey interactions, nutrient cycling, and disease transmission.

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Science (New York, N.Y.)

DOI

EISSN

1095-9203

ISSN

0036-8075

Publication Date

January 2018

Volume

359

Issue

6374

Start / End Page

466 / 469

Related Subject Headings

  • Mammals
  • Humans
  • Human Activities
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • General Science & Technology
  • Animals
  • Animal Migration
 

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Tucker, M. A., Böhning-Gaese, K., Fagan, W. F., Fryxell, J. M., Van Moorter, B., Alberts, S. C., … Mueller, T. (2018). Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements. Science (New York, N.Y.), 359(6374), 466–469. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aam9712
Tucker, Marlee A., Katrin Böhning-Gaese, William F. Fagan, John M. Fryxell, Bram Van Moorter, Susan C. Alberts, Abdullahi H. Ali, et al. “Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements.Science (New York, N.Y.) 359, no. 6374 (January 2018): 466–69. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aam9712.
Tucker MA, Böhning-Gaese K, Fagan WF, Fryxell JM, Van Moorter B, Alberts SC, et al. Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements. Science (New York, NY). 2018 Jan;359(6374):466–9.
Tucker, Marlee A., et al. “Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements.Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 359, no. 6374, Jan. 2018, pp. 466–69. Epmc, doi:10.1126/science.aam9712.
Tucker MA, Böhning-Gaese K, Fagan WF, Fryxell JM, Van Moorter B, Alberts SC, Ali AH, Allen AM, Attias N, Avgar T, Bartlam-Brooks H, Bayarbaatar B, Belant JL, Bertassoni A, Beyer D, Bidner L, van Beest FM, Blake S, Blaum N, Bracis C, Brown D, de Bruyn PJN, Cagnacci F, Calabrese JM, Camilo-Alves C, Chamaillé-Jammes S, Chiaradia A, Davidson SC, Dennis T, DeStefano S, Diefenbach D, Douglas-Hamilton I, Fennessy J, Fichtel C, Fiedler W, Fischer C, Fischhoff I, Fleming CH, Ford AT, Fritz SA, Gehr B, Goheen JR, Gurarie E, Hebblewhite M, Heurich M, Hewison AJM, Hof C, Hurme E, Isbell LA, Janssen R, Jeltsch F, Kaczensky P, Kane A, Kappeler PM, Kauffman M, Kays R, Kimuyu D, Koch F, Kranstauber B, LaPoint S, Leimgruber P, Linnell JDC, López-López P, Markham AC, Mattisson J, Medici EP, Mellone U, Merrill E, de Miranda Mourão G, Morato RG, Morellet N, Morrison TA, Díaz-Muñoz SL, Mysterud A, Nandintsetseg D, Nathan R, Niamir A, Odden J, O’Hara RB, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Olson KA, Patterson BD, Cunha de Paula R, Pedrotti L, Reineking B, Rimmler M, Rogers TL, Rolandsen CM, Rosenberry CS, Rubenstein DI, Safi K, Saïd S, Sapir N, Sawyer H, Schmidt NM, Selva N, Sergiel A, Shiilegdamba E, Silva JP, Singh N, Solberg EJ, Spiegel O, Strand O, Sundaresan S, Ullmann W, Voigt U, Wall J, Wattles D, Wikelski M, Wilmers CC, Wilson JW, Wittemyer G, Zięba F, Zwijacz-Kozica T, Mueller T. Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements. Science (New York, NY). 2018 Jan;359(6374):466–469.
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Published In

Science (New York, N.Y.)

DOI

EISSN

1095-9203

ISSN

0036-8075

Publication Date

January 2018

Volume

359

Issue

6374

Start / End Page

466 / 469

Related Subject Headings

  • Mammals
  • Humans
  • Human Activities
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • General Science & Technology
  • Animals
  • Animal Migration