Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns

Marlee A. Tucker; Aafke M. Schipper; Tempe S.F. Adams; Nina Attias; Tal Avgar; Natarsha L. Babic; Kristin J. Barker; Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau; Dominik M. Behr; Jerrold L. Belant; Dean E. Beyer; Niels Blaum; J. David Blount; Dirk Bockmühl; Ricardo Luiz Pires Boulhosa; Michael B. Brown; Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar; Francesca Cagnacci; Justin M. Calabrese; Rok Černe; Simon Chamaillé-Jammes; Aung Nyein Chan; Michael J. Chase; Yannick Chaval; Yvette Chenaux-Ibrahim; Seth G. Cherry; Duško Ćirović; Emrah Çoban; Eric K. Cole; Laura Conlee; Alyson Courtemanch; Gabriele Cozzi; Sarah C. Davidson; Darren DeBloois; Nandintsetseg Dejid; Vickie DeNicola; Arnaud L.J. Desbiez; Iain Douglas-Hamilton; David Drake; Michael Egan; Jasper A.J. Eikelboom; William F. Fagan; Morgan J. Farmer; Julian Fennessy; Shannon P. Finnegan; Christen H. Fleming; Bonnie Fournier; Nicholas L. Fowler; Mariela G. Gantchoff; Alexandre Garnier; Benedikt Gehr; Chris Geremia; Jacob R. Goheen; Morgan L. Hauptfleisch; Mark Hebblewhite; Morten Heim; Anne G. Hertel; Marco Heurich; A. J.Mark Hewison; James Hodson; Nicholas Hoffman; J. Grant C. Hopcraft; Djuro Huber; Edmund J. Isaac; Karolina Janik; Miloš Ježek; Örjan Johansson; Neil R. Jordan; Petra Kaczensky; Douglas N. Kamaru; Matthew J. Kauffman; Todd M. Kautz; Roland Kays; Allicia P. Kelly; Jonas Kindberg; Miha Krofel; Josip Kusak; Clayton T. Lamb; Tayler N. LaSharr; Peter Leimgruber; Horst Leitner; Michael Lierz; John D.C. Linnell; Purevjav Lkhagvaja; Ryan A. Long; José Vicente López-Bao; Matthias Claudio Loretto; Pascal Marchand; Hans Martin; Lindsay A. Martinez; Roy T. McBride; Ashley A.D. McLaren; Erling Meisingset; Joerg Melzheimer; Evelyn H. Merrill; Arthur D. Middleton; Kevin L. Monteith; Seth A. Moore; Bram Van Moorter; Nicolas Morellet; Thomas Morrison; Rebekka Müller; Atle Mysterud; Michael J. Noonan; David O’Connor; Daniel Olson; Kirk A. Olson; Anna C. Ortega; Federico Ossi; Manuela Panzacchi; Robert Patchett; Brent R. Patterson; Rogerio Cunha de Paula; John Payne; Wibke Peters; Tyler R. Petroelje; Benjamin J. Pitcher; Boštjan Pokorny; Kim Poole; Hubert Potočnik; Marie Pier Poulin; Robert M. Pringle; Herbert H.T. Prins; Nathan Ranc; Slaven Reljić; Benjamin Robb; Ralf Röder; Christer M. Rolandsen; Christian Rutz; Albert R. Salemgareyev; Gustaf Samelius; Heather Sayine-Crawford; Sarah Schooler; Çağan H. Şekercioğlu; Nuria Selva; Paola Semenzato; Agnieszka Sergiel; Koustubh Sharma; Avery L. Shawler; Johannes Signer; Václav Silovský; João Paulo Silva; Richard Simon; Rachel A. Smiley; Douglas W. Smith; Erling J. Solberg; Diego Ellis-Soto; Orr Spiegel; Jared Stabach; Jenna Stacy-Dawes; Daniel R. Stahler; John Stephenson; Cheyenne Stewart; Olav Strand; Peter Sunde; Nathan J. Svoboda; Jonathan Swart; Jeffrey J. Thompson; Katrina L. Toal; Kenneth Uiseb; Meredith C. VanAcker; Marianela Velilla; Tana L. Verzuh; Bettina Wachter; Brittany L. Wagler; Jesse Whittington; Martin Wikelski; Christopher C. Wilmers; George Wittemyer; Julie K. Young; Filip Ziba; Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica; Mark A.J. Huijbregts; Thomas Mueller

doi:10.1126/science.abo6499

Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns

Marlee A. Tucker^*, Aafke M. Schipper, Tempe S.F. Adams, Nina Attias, Tal Avgar, Natarsha L. Babic, Kristin J. Barker, Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau, Dominik M. Behr, Jerrold L. Belant, Dean E. Beyer, Niels Blaum, J. David Blount, Dirk Bockmühl, Ricardo Luiz Pires Boulhosa, Michael B. Brown, Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar, Francesca Cagnacci, Justin M. Calabrese, Rok ČerneSimon Chamaillé-Jammes, Aung Nyein Chan, Michael J. Chase, Yannick Chaval, Yvette Chenaux-Ibrahim, Seth G. Cherry, Duško Ćirović, Emrah Çoban, Eric K. Cole, Laura Conlee, Alyson Courtemanch, Gabriele Cozzi, Sarah C. Davidson, Darren DeBloois, Nandintsetseg Dejid, Vickie DeNicola, Arnaud L.J. Desbiez, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, David Drake, Michael Egan, Jasper A.J. Eikelboom, William F. Fagan, Morgan J. Farmer, Julian Fennessy, Shannon P. Finnegan, Christen H. Fleming, Bonnie Fournier, Nicholas L. Fowler, Mariela G. Gantchoff, Alexandre Garnier, Benedikt Gehr, Chris Geremia, Jacob R. Goheen, Morgan L. Hauptfleisch, Mark Hebblewhite, Morten Heim, Anne G. Hertel, Marco Heurich, A. J.Mark Hewison, James Hodson, Nicholas Hoffman, J. Grant C. Hopcraft, Djuro Huber, Edmund J. Isaac, Karolina Janik, Miloš Ježek, Örjan Johansson, Neil R. Jordan, Petra Kaczensky, Douglas N. Kamaru, Matthew J. Kauffman, Todd M. Kautz, Roland Kays, Allicia P. Kelly, Jonas Kindberg, Miha Krofel, Josip Kusak, Clayton T. Lamb, Tayler N. LaSharr, Peter Leimgruber, Horst Leitner, Michael Lierz, John D.C. Linnell, Purevjav Lkhagvaja, Ryan A. Long, José Vicente López-Bao, Matthias Claudio Loretto, Pascal Marchand, Hans Martin, Lindsay A. Martinez, Roy T. McBride, Ashley A.D. McLaren, Erling Meisingset, Joerg Melzheimer, Evelyn H. Merrill, Arthur D. Middleton, Kevin L. Monteith, Seth A. Moore, Bram Van Moorter, Nicolas Morellet, Thomas Morrison, Rebekka Müller, Atle Mysterud, Michael J. Noonan, David O’Connor, Daniel Olson, Kirk A. Olson, Anna C. Ortega, Federico Ossi, Manuela Panzacchi, Robert Patchett, Brent R. Patterson, Rogerio Cunha de Paula, John Payne, Wibke Peters, Tyler R. Petroelje, Benjamin J. Pitcher, Boštjan Pokorny, Kim Poole, Hubert Potočnik, Marie Pier Poulin, Robert M. Pringle, Herbert H.T. Prins, Nathan Ranc, Slaven Reljić, Benjamin Robb, Ralf Röder, Christer M. Rolandsen, Christian Rutz, Albert R. Salemgareyev, Gustaf Samelius, Heather Sayine-Crawford, Sarah Schooler, Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, Nuria Selva, Paola Semenzato, Agnieszka Sergiel, Koustubh Sharma, Avery L. Shawler, Johannes Signer, Václav Silovský, João Paulo Silva, Richard Simon, Rachel A. Smiley, Douglas W. Smith, Erling J. Solberg, Diego Ellis-Soto, Orr Spiegel, Jared Stabach, Jenna Stacy-Dawes, Daniel R. Stahler, John Stephenson, Cheyenne Stewart, Olav Strand, Peter Sunde, Nathan J. Svoboda, Jonathan Swart, Jeffrey J. Thompson, Katrina L. Toal, Kenneth Uiseb, Meredith C. VanAcker, Marianela Velilla, Tana L. Verzuh, Bettina Wachter, Brittany L. Wagler, Jesse Whittington, Martin Wikelski, Christopher C. Wilmers, George Wittemyer, Julie K. Young, Filip Ziba, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, Mark A.J. Huijbregts, Thomas Mueller

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1059-1064
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science
Volume	380
Issue number	6649
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo6499
State	Published - 9 Jun 2023

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Wyoming Governor’s Big Game License Coalition
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Greensboro Science Center
British Ecological Society
Saxon Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism
Bowhunters of Wyoming
College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York
Barbara Watkins
Koniag Native Corporation
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
FEDER EU
Sigrid Rausing Trust
Naturvårdsverket
Aage V. Jensen Naturfond
Boone and Crockett Club
Center of Advanced Systems Understanding
David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
Safari Club International and Alberta Conservation Association
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
Dutch Research Council NWO
Foundation for North American Wild Sheep
Kodiak Brown Bear Trust
Grand Teton Association
Disney Conservation Fund
Wyoming Wild Sheep Foundation
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Slovenia Hunters Association and Slovenia Forest Service
Ministry of Environment and Tourism Namibia
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Bernd Thies-Stiftung
State University of New York
Aix-Marseille Université
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Old Harbor Native Corporation
U.S. Forest Service
European Commission
Miljødirektoratet
Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Parks Canada
Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst
EuroNatur Stiftung
Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation
Wyoming Game and Fish Commission
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
World Wildlife Fund
Lord Kelvin Adam Smith fund
Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory
Ecotone Telemetry company
Messerli Foundation in Switzerland
Yellowstone Forever
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Muley Fanatic Foundation
National Park Service
Wyoming Wildlife/Livestock Disease Research Partnership
Wyoming Animal Damage Management Board
Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust
North Florida Wildlife Center
Wolf Conservation Trust
Institute of Petroleum Engineering, University of Tehran
Batubay Özkan
Zoo Miami
Zoo Miami Foundation
ANR-16-CE02-0010
Radboud Excellence Initiative
Alberta Environment and Parks
American Society of Mammalogists African Graduate Student Research Fund
Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program
Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Association
Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapahoe Fish and Game Department
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute and Tanzania National Parks
Fondation Segré
Zoo Dresden
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
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Tucker, M. A., Schipper, A. M., Adams, T. S. F., Attias, N., Avgar, T., Babic, N. L., Barker, K. J., Bastille-Rousseau, G., Behr, D. M., Belant, J. L., Beyer, D. E., Blaum, N., Blount, J. D., Bockmühl, D., Boulhosa, R. L. P., Brown, M. B., Buuveibaatar, B., Cagnacci, F., Calabrese, J. M., ... Mueller, T. (2023). Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns. Science, 380(6649), 1059-1064. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo6499

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AU - Rutz, Christian

AU - Salemgareyev, Albert R.

AU - Samelius, Gustaf

AU - Sayine-Crawford, Heather

AU - Schooler, Sarah

AU - Şekercioğlu, Çağan H.

AU - Selva, Nuria

AU - Semenzato, Paola

AU - Sergiel, Agnieszka

AU - Sharma, Koustubh

AU - Shawler, Avery L.

AU - Signer, Johannes

AU - Silovský, Václav

AU - Silva, João Paulo

AU - Simon, Richard

AU - Smiley, Rachel A.

AU - Smith, Douglas W.

AU - Solberg, Erling J.

AU - Ellis-Soto, Diego

AU - Spiegel, Orr

AU - Stabach, Jared

AU - Stacy-Dawes, Jenna

AU - Stahler, Daniel R.

AU - Stephenson, John

AU - Stewart, Cheyenne

AU - Strand, Olav

AU - Sunde, Peter

AU - Svoboda, Nathan J.

AU - Swart, Jonathan

AU - Thompson, Jeffrey J.

AU - Toal, Katrina L.

AU - Uiseb, Kenneth

AU - VanAcker, Meredith C.

AU - Velilla, Marianela

AU - Verzuh, Tana L.

AU - Wachter, Bettina

AU - Wagler, Brittany L.

AU - Whittington, Jesse

AU - Wikelski, Martin

AU - Wilmers, Christopher C.

AU - Wittemyer, George

AU - Young, Julie K.

AU - Ziba, Filip

AU - Zwijacz-Kozica, Tomasz

AU - Huijbregts, Mark A.J.

AU - Mueller, Thomas

PY - 2023/6/9

Y1 - 2023/6/9

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

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U2 - 10.1126/science.abo6499

DO - 10.1126/science.abo6499

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C2 - 37289888

AN - SCOPUS:85163907791

SN - 0036-8075

VL - 380

SP - 1059

EP - 1064

JO - Science

JF - Science

IS - 6649

ER -

Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns

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