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Human disturbance increases spatiotemporal associations among mountain forest terrestrial mammal species
| العنوان: | Human disturbance increases spatiotemporal associations among mountain forest terrestrial mammal species |
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| المؤلفون: | Li, Xueyou, Bleisch, William V, Hu, Wenqiang, Li, Quan, Wang, Hongjiao, Chen, Zhongzheng, Bai, Ru, Jiang, Xue-Long |
| المساهمون: | Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China, West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Biodiversity Monitoring and Research Network, Yunnan Provincial Youth Talent Support Program |
| المصدر: | eLife ; volume 12 ; ISSN 2050-084X |
| بيانات النشر: | eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | eLife (E-Journal - via CrossRef) |
| الوصف: | Spatial and temporal associations between sympatric species underpin biotic interactions, structure ecological assemblages, and sustain ecosystem functioning and stability. However, the resilience of interspecific spatiotemporal associations to human activity remains poorly understood, particularly in mountain forests where anthropogenic impacts are often pervasive. Here, we applied context-dependent Joint Species Distribution Models to a systematic camera-trap survey dataset from a global biodiversity hotspot in eastern Himalayas to understand how prominent human activities in mountain forests influence species associations within terrestrial mammal communities. We obtained 10,388 independent detections of 17 focal species (12 carnivores and five ungulates) from 322 stations over 43,163 camera days of effort. We identified a higher incidence of positive associations in habitats with higher levels of human modification (87%) and human presence (83%) compared to those located in habitats with lower human modification (64%) and human presence (65%) levels. We also detected a significant reduction of pairwise encounter time at increasing levels of human disturbance, corresponding to more frequent encounters between pairs of species. Our findings indicate that human activities can push mammals together into more frequent encounters and associations, which likely influences the coexistence and persistence of wildlife, with potential far-ranging ecological consequences. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.7554/elife.92457 |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.92457 https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/92457/elife-92457-v1.pdf https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/92457/elife-92457-v1.xml https://elifesciences.org/articles/92457 |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.83AD6A6E |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.7554/elife.92457 |
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