Assessing the impacts of recreation on the spatial and temporal activity of mammals in an isolated alpine protected area.

ABSTRACT: The management objectives of many protected areas must meet the dual mandates of protecting biodiversity while providing recreational opportunities. It is difficult to balance these mandates because it takes considerable effort to monitor both the status of biodiversity and impacts of recreation. Using detections from 45 camera traps deployed between July 2019 and September 2021, we assessed the potential impacts of recreation on spatial and temporal activity for 8 medium- and large-bodied terrestrial mammals in an isolated alpine protected area: Cathedral Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. We hypothesised that some wildlife perceive a level of threat from people, such that they avoid 'risky times' or 'risky places' associated with human activity. Other species may benefit from ass

SUBMITTER: Fennell MJE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10682857 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature