Environmental Health and Societal Wealth Predict Movement Patterns of an Urban Carnivore.

ABSTRACT: How societal, ecological and infrastructural attributes interact to influence wildlife movement is uncertain. We explored whether neighbourhood socioeconomic status and environmental quality were associated with coyote (Canis latrans) movement patterns in Los Angeles, California and assessed the performance of integrated social-ecological movement models. We found that coyotes living in more anthropogenically burdened regions (i.e. higher pollution, denser development, etc.) had larger home ranges and showed greater daily displacement and mean step length than coyotes in less burdened regions. Coyotes experiencing differing levels of anthropogenic burdens demonstrated divergent selection for vegetation, pollution, road densities and other habitat conditions. Further, movement models that i

SUBMITTER: Wilkinson CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11856846 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature