@article{Tucker_M-2023_139824,
title = {Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns},
author = {Tucker, M. and Schipper, A. and Adams, T. and Attias, N. and Avgar, T. and Babic, N. and Barker, K. and Bastille-Rousseau, G. and Behr, D. and Belant, J. and Beyer, D. and Blaum, N. and Blount, J. and Bockmühl, D. and Pires Boulhosa, R. and Brown, M. and Buuveibaatar, B. and Cagnacci, F. and Calabrese, J. and Černe, R. and Chamaillé-Jammes, S. and Chan, A. and Chase, M. and Chaval, Y. and Chenaux-Ibrahim, Y. and Cherry, S. and Ćirović, D. and Çoban, E. and Cole, E. and Conlee, L. and Courtemanch, A. and Cozzi, G. and Davidson, S. and DeBloois, D. and Dejid, N. and DeNicola, V. and Desbiez, A. and Douglas-Hamilton, I. and Drake, D. and Egan, M. and Eikelboom, J. and Fagan, W. and Farmer, M. and Fennessy, J. and Finnegan, S. and Fleming, C. and Fournier, B. and Fowler, N. and Gantchoff, M. and Garnier, A. and Gehr, B. and Geremia, C. and Goheen, J. and Hauptfleisch, M. and Hebblewhite, M. and Heim, M. and Hertel, A. and Heurich, M. and Hewison, A. and Hodson, J. and Hoffman, N. and Hopcraft, J. and Huber, D. and Isaac, E. and Janik, K. and Ježek, M. and Johansson, Ö. and Jordan, N. and Kaczensky, P. and Kamaru, D. and Kauffman, M. and Kautz, T. and Kays, R. and Kelly, A. and Kindberg, J. and Krofel, M. and Kusak, J. and Lamb, C. and LaSharr, T. and Leimgruber, P. and Leitner, H. and Lierz, M. and Linnell, J. and Lkhagvaja, P. and Long, R. and López-Bao, J. and Loretto, M. and Marchand, P. and Martin, H. and Martinez, L. and McBride, R. and McLaren, A. and Meisingset, E. and Melzheimer, J. and Merrill, E. and Middleton, A. and Monteith, K. and Moore, S. and Van Moorter, B. and Morellet, N. and Morrison, T. and Müller, R. and Mysterud, A. and Noonan, M. and O’Connor, D. and Olson, D. and Olson, K. and Ortega, A. and Ossi, F. and Panzacchi, M. and Patchett, R. and Patterson, B. and de Paula, R. and Payne, J. and Peters, W. and Petroelje, T. and Pitcher, B. and Pokorny, B. and Poole, K. and Potočnik, H. and Poulin, M. and Pringle, R. and Prins, H. and Ranc, N. and Reljić, S. and Robb, B. and Röder, R. and Rolandsen, C. and Rutz, C. and Salemgareyev, A. and Samelius, G. and Sayine-Crawford, H. and Schooler, S. and Şekercioğlu, Ç. and Selva, N. and Semenzato, P. and Sergiel, A. and Sharma, K. and Shawler, A. and Signer, J. and Silovský, V. and Silva, J. and Simon, R. and Smiley, R. and Smith, D. and Solberg, E. and Ellis-Soto, D. and Spiegel, O. and Stabach, J. and Stacy-Dawes, J. and Stahler, D. and Stephenson, J. and Stewart, C. and Strand, O. and Sunde, P. and Svoboda, N. and Swart, J. and Thompson, J. and Toal, K. and Uiseb, K. and VanAcker, M. and Velilla, M. and Verzuh, T. and Wachter, B. and Wagler, B. and Whittington, J. and Wikelski, M. and Wilmers, C. and Wittemyer, G. and Young, J. and Zięba, F. and Zwijacz-Kozica, T. and Huijbregts, M. and Mueller, T.},
month = {jun},
year = {2023},
abstract = {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.},
pages = {1059-1064},
volume = {380},
issue = {6649},
journal = {Science},
publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo6499},
}
