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| Title |
Scale Dependent Behavioral Responses to Human Development by a Large Predator, the Puma
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0060590 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Christopher C. Wilmers, Yiwei Wang, Barry Nickel, Paul Houghtaling, Yasaman Shakeri, Maximilian L. Allen, Joe Kermish-Wells, Veronica Yovovich, Terrie Williams |
| Abstract |
The spatial scale at which organisms respond to human activity can affect both ecological function and conservation planning. Yet little is known regarding the spatial scale at which distinct behaviors related to reproduction and survival are impacted by human interference. Here we provide a novel approach to estimating the spatial scale at which a top predator, the puma (Puma concolor), responds to human development when it is moving, feeding, communicating, and denning. We find that reproductive behaviors (communication and denning) require at least a 4× larger buffer from human development than non-reproductive behaviors (movement and feeding). In addition, pumas give a wider berth to types of human development that provide a more consistent source of human interference (neighborhoods) than they do to those in which human presence is more intermittent (arterial roads with speeds >35 mph). Neighborhoods were a deterrent to pumas regardless of behavior, while arterial roads only deterred pumas when they were communicating and denning. Female pumas were less deterred by human development than males, but they showed larger variation in their responses overall. Our behaviorally explicit approach to modeling animal response to human activity can be used as a novel tool to assess habitat quality, identify wildlife corridors, and mitigate human-wildlife conflict. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 40% |
| Italy | 1 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 10% |
| Hungary | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 3 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 70% |
| Scientists | 2 | 20% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 366 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | <1% |
| South Africa | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| India | 2 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 353 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 72 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 69 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 58 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 42 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 4% |
| Other | 46 | 13% |
| Unknown | 65 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 156 | 43% |
| Environmental Science | 95 | 26% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 2% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 5 | 1% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 1% |
| Other | 19 | 5% |
| Unknown | 80 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 36. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 December 2018.
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#7,907
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#291
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