Effects of human disturbance on terrestrial apex predators

A Ordiz, M Aronsson, J Persson, OG Støen… - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
The effects of human disturbance spread over virtually all ecosystems and ecological
communities on Earth. In this review, we focus on the effects of human disturbance on …

[HTML][HTML] Wolverines (Gulo gulo) in a changing landscape and warming climate: A decadal synthesis of global conservation ecology research

JT Fisher, S Murray, M Barrueto, K Carroll… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wolverines are vulnerable to multiple, widespread, increasing forms of human activity so
have become an indicator of conservation success or failure for northern ecosystems …

Relative effects of recreational activities on a temperate terrestrial wildlife assemblage

R Naidoo, AC Burton - Conservation Science and Practice, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Outdoor recreation is one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world and provides
many benefits to people. Assessing possible negative impacts of recreation is nevertheless …

Towns and trails drive carnivore movement behaviour, resource selection, and connectivity

J Whittington, M Hebblewhite, RW Baron, AT Ford… - Movement ecology, 2022 - Springer
Background Global increases in human activity threaten connectivity of animal habitat and
populations. Protection and restoration of wildlife habitat and movement corridors require …

Damming effect on habitat quality of riparian corridor

S Pal, S Talukdar, R Ghosh - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Riparian corridor, a vital ecotonian ecosystem is under stress due to flow reduction and
inconsistency of flow in Lower Tangon river basin across the neo tectonically active Barind …

Understanding and managing the interactions of impacts from nature-based recreation and climate change

CA Monz, KJ Gutzwiller, VH Hausner, MW Brunson… - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
Disturbance to ecosystems in parks and protected areas from nature-based tourism and
recreation is increasing in scale and severity, as are the impacts of climate change—but …

Protection status, human disturbance, snow cover and trapping drive density of a declining wolverine population in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

M Barrueto, A Forshner, J Whittington, AP Clevenger… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Protected areas are important in species conservation, but high rates of human-caused
mortality outside their borders and increasing popularity for recreation can negatively affect …

Mismatch between risk and response may amplify lethal and non-lethal effects of humans on wild animal populations

JA Smith, KM Gaynor, JP Suraci - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Human activity has rapidly transformed the planet, leading to declines of animal populations
around the world through a range of direct and indirect pathways. Humans have strong …

Smartphone app reveals that lynx avoid human recreationists on local scale, but not home range scale

NH Thorsen, R Bischof, J Mattisson, TR Hofmeester… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Outdoor recreation is increasing and affects habitat use and selection by wildlife. These
effects are challenging to study, especially for elusive species with large spatial …

Human presence and infrastructure impact wildlife nocturnality differently across an assemblage of mammalian species

M Procko, R Naidoo, V LeMay, AC Burton - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Wildlife species may shift towards more nocturnal behavior in areas of higher human
influence, but it is unclear how consistent this shift might be. We investigated how humans …