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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
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Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns
Science, Volume 380, No. 6649, Year 2023
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COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020 reduced human mobility, providing an opportunity to disentangle its effects on animals from those of landscape modifications. Using GPS data, we compared movements and road avoidance of 2300 terrestrial mammals (43 species) during the lockdowns to the same period in 2019. Individual responses were variable with no change in average movements or road avoidance behavior, likely due to variable lockdown conditions. However, under strict lockdowns 10-day 95th percentile displacements increased by 73%, suggesting increased landscape permeability. Animals’ 1-hour 95th percentile displacements declined by 12% and animals were 36% closer to roads in areas of high human footprint, indicating reduced avoidance during lockdowns. Overall, lockdowns rapidly altered some spatial behaviors, highlighting variable but substantial impacts of human mobility on wildlife worldwide. Copyright © 2023 the authors, some rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Tucker, Marlee A.
Netherlands, Nijmegen
Radboud Universiteit
Schipper, Aafke M.
Netherlands, Nijmegen
Radboud Universiteit
Adams, Tempe S.F.
Botswana, Kasane
Elephants Without Borders
Attias, Nina
Brazil, Campo Grande
Instituto de Conservação de Animais Silvestres Icas
United States, Gainesville
University of Florida
Avgar, Tal
United States, Logan
Utah State University
Babic, Natarsha L.
Australia, Clayton
Monash University
Barker, Kristin J.
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Bastille-Rousseau, Guillaume
United States, Carbondale
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Behr, Dominik M.
Switzerland, Zurich
Universität Zürich
Botswana, Maun
Botswana Predator Conservation Trust
Belant, Jerrold L.
United States, East Lansing
Michigan State University
Beyer, Dean E.
United States, East Lansing
Michigan State University
Blaum, Niels
Germany, Potsdam
Universität Potsdam
Blount, Jonathan D.
United States, Salt Lake City
The University of Utah
Bockmühl, Dirk
Unknown Affiliation
Boulhosa, Ricardo Luiz Pires
Brazil, Atibaia
Instituto Pró-carnívoros
Brown, Michael Butler
Namibia, Windhoek
Giraffe Conservation Foundation
United States, Front Royal
Conservation and Research Center National Zoo
Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar
Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
Wildlife Conservation Society
Cagnacci, Francesca
Italy, San Michele All'adige
Fondazione Edmund Mach
Calabrese, Justin M.
United States, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
Cerne, Rok
Unknown Affiliation
Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon
France, Montpellier
Centre D’ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
South Africa, Pretoria
University of Pretoria
Chan, Aung Nyein
United States, Front Royal
Conservation and Research Center National Zoo
United States, Fort Collins
Colorado State University
Chase, Michael J.
Botswana, Kasane
Elephants Without Borders
Chaval, Yannick
France, Castanet-tolosan
Inrae Occitanie-toulouse Centre
Chenaux-Ibrahim, Yvette M.
United States, Grand Portage
Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Cherry, Seth G.
Canada, Gatineau
Parks Canada
Ćirović, Duško
Serbia, Belgrade
University of Belgrade
Çoban, Emrah
Unknown Affiliation
Cole, Eric K.
Unknown Affiliation
Conlee, Laura
United States, Jefferson City
Missouri Department of Conservation
Courtemanch, Alyson B.
Unknown Affiliation
Cozzi, Gabriele
Switzerland, Zurich
Universität Zürich
Botswana, Maun
Botswana Predator Conservation Trust
Davidson, Sarah C.
Germany, Radolfzell
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Germany, Konstanz
Universität Konstanz
United States, Columbus
The Ohio State University
DeBloois, Darren
United States, Salt Lake City
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Dejid, Nandintsetseg
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Senckenberg Biodiversität Und Klima Forschungszentrum
DeNicola, Vickie L.
Unknown Affiliation
Desbiez, Arnaud Léonard Jean
Brazil, Campo Grande
Instituto de Conservação de Animais Silvestres Icas
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
Douglas-Hamilton, Iain
Kenya, Nairobi
Save the Elephants
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Drake, David
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin-madison
Egan, Michael E.
United States, Carbondale
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Eikelboom, Jasper A.J.
Netherlands, Wageningen
Wageningen University & Research
Fagan, William Fredric
United States, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
Farmer, Morgan J.
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin-madison
Fennessy, Julian
Namibia, Windhoek
Giraffe Conservation Foundation
Finnegan, Shannon P.
United States, Syracuse
Suny College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Fleming, Christen H.
United States, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
United States, Front Royal
Conservation and Research Center National Zoo
Fournier, Bonnie
Canada, Yellowknife
Government of the Northwest Territories
Fowler, Nicholas L.
United States, Syracuse
Suny College of Environmental Science and Forestry
United States, Juneau
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Gantchoff, Mariela Gisele
United States, Syracuse
Suny College of Environmental Science and Forestry
United States, Dayton
University of Dayton
Garnier, Alexandre
France, Castanet-tolosan
Inrae Occitanie-toulouse Centre
Gehr, Benedikt
Switzerland, Zurich
Universität Zürich
Geremia, Chris J.
United States, Washington, D.c.
National Park Service
Goheen, Jacob R.
United States, Laramie
University of Wyoming
Hauptfleisch, Morgan Lindo
Unknown Affiliation
Hebblewhite, Mark
United States, Missoula
University of Montana
Heim, Morten
Norway, Trondheim
Trondheim Hovedkontor
Hertel, Anne G.
Germany, Munich
Ludwig-maximilians-universität München
Heurich, Marco
Germany, Grafenau
Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald
Germany, Freiburg Im Breisgau
Universität Freiburg
Norway, Elverum
Høgskolen I Innlandet
Hewison, Aidan Jonathan Mark
France, Castanet-tolosan
Inrae Occitanie-toulouse Centre
Hodson, James
Canada, Yellowknife
Government of the Northwest Territories
Hoffman, Nicholas
Unknown Affiliation
Hopcraft, J. Grant C.
United Kingdom, Glasgow
University of Glasgow
Huber, Djuro
Croatia, Zagreb
University of Zagreb
Isaac, Edmund J.
United States, Grand Portage
Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Janik, Karolina
Unknown Affiliation
Ježek, Miloš
Czech Republic, Prague
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Johansson, Örjan
Sweden, Uppsala
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet
United States, Seattle
Snow Leopard Trust
Jordan, Neil R.
Botswana, Maun
Botswana Predator Conservation Trust
Australia, Sydney
Unsw Sydney
Australia, Mosman
Taronga Conservation Society Australia
Kaczensky, Petra
Norway, Elverum
Høgskolen I Innlandet
Austria, Vienna
Veterinarmedizinische Universitat Wien
Kamaru, Douglas N.
United States, Laramie
University of Wyoming
Kenya, Nanyuki
Wildlife Management Department
Kauffman, Matthew J.
United States, Reston
United States Geological Survey
Kautz, Todd M.
United States, Syracuse
Suny College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Kays, Roland
United States, Raleigh
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences
United States, Raleigh
Nc State University
Kelly, Allicia P.
Canada, Yellowknife
Government of the Northwest Territories
Kindberg, Jonas
Norway, Trondheim
Trondheim Hovedkontor
Sweden, Uppsala
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet
Krofel, Miha
Slovenia, Ljubljana
Univerza V Ljubljani
Germany, Berlin
Leibniz-institut Für Zoo- Und Wildtierforschung
Kusak, Josip
Croatia, Zagreb
University of Zagreb
Lamb, Clayton T.
Canada, Edmonton
University of Alberta
LaSharr, Tayler N.
United States, Laramie
University of Wyoming
Leimgruber, Peter
United States, Front Royal
Conservation and Research Center National Zoo
Leitner, Horst
Unknown Affiliation
Lierz, Michael W.
Germany, Giessen
Justus-liebig-universität Gießen
Linnell, John D.C.
Norway, Trondheim
Trondheim Hovedkontor
Norway, Elverum
Høgskolen I Innlandet
Lkhagvaja, Purevjav
Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation
Long, Ryan A.
United States, Moscow
University of Idaho
López-Bao, José Vicente
Spain, Madrid
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Loretto, Matthias Claudio
Germany, Radolfzell
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Germany, Munich
Technische Universität München
Germany, Berchtesgaden
Berchtesgaden National Park
Marchand, Pascal
Unknown Affiliation
Martin, Hans W.
United States, Missoula
University of Montana
Martinez, Lindsay A.
Unknown Affiliation
McBride, Roy T.
Paraguay, Boqueron
Faro Moro Eco Research
McLaren, Ashley A.D.
Canada, Yellowknife
Government of the Northwest Territories
Meisingset, Erling L.
Norway, As
Norsk Institutt for Bioøkonomi
Melzheimer, Jörg
Unknown Affiliation
Merrill, Evelyn H.
Canada, Edmonton
University of Alberta
Middleton, Arthur D.
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Monteith, Kevin L.
United States, Laramie
University of Wyoming
Moore, Seth A.
United States, Grand Portage
Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Van Moorter, Bram
Norway, Trondheim
Trondheim Hovedkontor
Morellet, Nicolas
France, Castanet-tolosan
Inrae Occitanie-toulouse Centre
Morrison, Thomas A.
United Kingdom, Glasgow
University of Glasgow
Mysterud, Atle
Norway, Oslo
Universitetet I Oslo
Noonan, Michael James
Canada, Kelowna
University of British Columbia Okanagan
O’Connor, David
United States, Dallas
Save Giraffe now
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Goethe-universität Frankfurt am Main
United States, Washington, D.c.
National Geographic Partners
Olson, Kirk A.
Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
Wildlife Conservation Society
Ortega, Anna C.
United States, Laramie
University of Wyoming
Panzacchi, Manuela
Norway, Trondheim
Trondheim Hovedkontor
Patchett, Robert
United Kingdom, St Andrews
University of st Andrews
De Paula, Rogério Cunha
Brazil, Brasilia
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade
Payne, John C.
Austria, Vienna
Veterinarmedizinische Universitat Wien
Peters, Wibke
Unknown Affiliation
Petroelje, Tyler R.
United States, Syracuse
Suny College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Pitcher, Benjamin J.
Australia, Mosman
Taronga Conservation Society Australia
Australia, Sydney
Macquarie University
Pokorny, Boštjan
Slovenia, Ljubljana
Gozdarski Inštitut Slovenije
Slovenia, Koper
University of Primorska
Pringle, Robert M.
United States, Princeton
Princeton University
Prins, Herbert H. T.
Netherlands, Wageningen
Wageningen University & Research
Ranc, Nathan
Italy, San Michele All'adige
Fondazione Edmund Mach
France, Castanet-tolosan
Inrae Occitanie-toulouse Centre
United States, Cambridge
Harvard University
Reljic, Slaven
Croatia, Zagreb
University of Zagreb
Croatia, Zagreb
Oikon Ltd. – Institute of Applied Ecology
Rolandsen, Christer Moe
Norway, Trondheim
Trondheim Hovedkontor
Rutz, Christian
United Kingdom, St Andrews
University of st Andrews
Salemgareyev, Albert R.
Kazakhstan, Almaty
Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan Acbk
Samelius, Gustaf
United States, Seattle
Snow Leopard Trust
Schooler, Sarah L.
United States, Syracuse
Suny College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Hakkı Şekercioğlu, Çağan
United States, Salt Lake City
The University of Utah
Turkey, Istanbul
Koç Üniversitesi
Selva, Nuria
Poland, Warszawa
Polish Academy of Sciences
Spain, Huelva
Universidad de Huelva
Sergiel, Agnieszka
Poland, Warszawa
Polish Academy of Sciences
Sharma, Koustubh
United States, Seattle
Snow Leopard Trust
India, Mysore
Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore
Signer, Johannes
Germany, Gottingen
Georg-august-universität Göttingen
Silovský, Václav
Czech Republic, Prague
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Silva, João Paulo
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
Portugal, Fornelo e Vairao
Cibio - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
Smith, Douglas W.
United States, Washington, D.c.
National Park Service
Spiegel, Orr
Israel, Tel Aviv-yafo
Tel Aviv University
Stabach, Jared A.
United States, Front Royal
Conservation and Research Center National Zoo
Stacy-Dawes, Jenna
United States, San Diego
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
Strand, Olav
Norway, Trondheim
Trondheim Hovedkontor
Svoboda, Nathan J.
United States, Juneau
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Swart, Jonathan M.
South Africa, Vaalwater
Welgevonden Game Reserve
Thompson, Jeffrey J.
Paraguay, Asuncion
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología Conacyt
Paraguay, Asuncion
Instituto Saite
Uiseb, Kenneth Heinrich
Namibia, Windhoek
Ministry of Environment
Wachter, Bettina
Unknown Affiliation
Whittington, Jesse
Unknown Affiliation
Wikelski, Martin C.
Germany, Radolfzell
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Germany, Konstanz
Universität Konstanz
Wilmers, Christopher C.
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Wittemyer, George
Kenya, Nairobi
Save the Elephants
United States, Fort Collins
Colorado State University
Young, Julie K.
United States, Millville
Usda National Wildlife Research Center
United States, Logan
Utah State University
Zwijacz-Kozica, Tomasz
Poland, Zakopane
Tatra National Park
Huijbregts, Mark A.J.
Netherlands, Nijmegen
Radboud Universiteit
Mueller, Thomas
United States, Front Royal
Conservation and Research Center National Zoo
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Senckenberg Biodiversität Und Klima Forschungszentrum
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Goethe-universität Frankfurt am Main
Statistics
Citations: 14
Authors: 148
Affiliations: 108
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1126/science.abo6499
ISSN:
00368075
Research Areas
Covid