Authors
Justin P Suraci, Kaitlyn M Gaynor, Maximilian L Allen, Peter Alexander, Justin S Brashares, Sara Cendejas‐Zarelli, Kevin Crooks, L Mark Elbroch, Tavis Forrester, Austin M Green, Jeffrey Haight, Nyeema C Harris, Mark Hebblewhite, Forest Isbell, Barbara Johnston, Roland Kays, Patrick E Lendrum, Jesse S Lewis, Alex McInturff, William McShea, Thomas W Murphy, Meredith S Palmer, Arielle Parsons, Mitchell A Parsons, Mary E Pendergast, Charles Pekins, Laura R Prugh, Kimberly A Sager‐Fradkin, Stephanie Schuttler, Çağan H Şekercioğlu, Brenda Shepherd, Laura Whipple, Jesse Whittington, George Wittemyer, Christopher C Wilmers
Publication date
2021/8
Journal
Global Change Biology
Volume
27
Issue
16
Pages
3718-3731
Description
Human activity and land use change impact every landscape on Earth, driving declines in many animal species while benefiting others. Species ecological and life history traits may predict success in human‐dominated landscapes such that only species with “winning” combinations of traits will persist in disturbed environments. However, this link between species traits and successful coexistence with humans remains obscured by the complexity of anthropogenic disturbances and variability among study systems. We compiled detection data for 24 mammal species from 61 populations across North America to quantify the effects of (1) the direct presence of people and (2) the human footprint (landscape modification) on mammal occurrence and activity levels. Thirty‐three percent of mammal species exhibited a net negative response (i.e., reduced occurrence or activity) to increasing human presence and/or …
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