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Published January 12, 2019 | Version v1
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Data from: Moving in the Anthropocene: global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

Creators

  • 1. Senckenberg Nature Research Society
  • 2. University of Maryland, College Park
  • 3. University of Guelph
  • 4. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
  • 5. Duke University
  • 6. Hirola Conservation Programme, Garissa, Kenya.*
  • 7. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • 8. Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
  • 9. University of Alberta
  • 10. University College London
  • 11. Wildlife Conservation Society, Mongolia Program, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.*
  • 12. Mississippi State University
  • 13. Sao Paulo State University
  • 14. Michigan Department of Natural Resources
  • 15. University of California, Davis
  • 16. Aarhus University
  • 17. Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
  • 18. University of Potsdam
  • 19. Tennessee State University
  • 20. University of Pretoria
  • 21. Fondazione Edmund Mach
  • 22. University of Évora
  • 23. Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier
  • 24. Phillip Island Nature Parks, Victoria, Australia.*
  • 25. The Ohio State University
  • 26. Fiji National University
  • 27. United States Geological Survey
  • 28. Park University
  • 29. Save the Elephants
  • 30. Giraffe Conservation Foundation, P.O. Box 86099, Eros, Namibia.*
  • 31. German Primate Center
  • 32. Technical University Munich
  • 33. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
  • 34. University of British Columbia
  • 35. University of Zurich
  • 36. University of Wyoming
  • 37. University of Montana
  • 38. Bavarian Forest National Park
  • 39. University of Toulouse
  • 40. Bionet Natuuronderzoek, 6171EL Stein, Netherlands.*
  • 41. University College Cork
  • 42. North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
  • 43. Karatina University
  • 44. National Zoological Park
  • 45. University of Valencia
  • 46. Stony Brook University
  • 47. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) Tapir Specialist Group (TSG), Rua Licuala, 622, Damha 1, Campo Grande, CEP: 79046-150, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.*
  • 48. University of Alicante
  • 49. Embrapa Pantanal, Corumbá, MS 79320-900, Brazil.*
  • 50. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade
  • 51. University of Glasgow
  • 52. New York University
  • 53. University of Oslo
  • 54. Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • 55. Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
  • 56. Field Museum of Natural History
  • 57. Consorzio Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio, Bormio (Sondrio), Italy.*
  • 58. Grenoble Alpes University
  • 59. Nationalpark Schwarzwald, 77889 Seebach, Germany.*
  • 60. Environmental Earth Sciences
  • 61. Pennsylvania Game Commission, Harrisburg, PA 17110, USA.*
  • 62. Princeton University
  • 63. Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage
  • 64. University of Haifa
  • 65. Western EcoSystems Technology (United States)
  • 66. Polish Academy of Sciences
  • 67. University of Porto
  • 68. Jackson Memorial Hospital
  • 69. University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover
  • 70. University of California, Santa Cruz
  • 71. Tatra National Park, 34-500 Zakopane, Poland.*

Description

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.

Notes

Terrestrial Mammal Displacement Data
This data file includes median (0.5 quantile) and long-distance (0.95 quantile) displacement distances for 803 individuals spanning 57 terrestrial mammal species. Also included are mean body mass, trophic guild, mean Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and mean human footprint index values for each individual. Displacement values are in kilometres and body mass values are in grams. The displacement and body mass values are log10 transformed and the NDVI values are scaled. Please note that each row within a time interval represents a different individual. Please see the associated manuscript and supplementary materials for details on the data sources and calculation methods.
MammalDisplacementData.csv

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10.1126/science.aam9712 (DOI)