The Human Shield in Time but Not in Space: Scale-Dependent Responses of Small Indian Civet-Prey Interactions to Anthropogenic Disturbance.

ABSTRACT: Despite growing evidence of the widespread impacts of human activities on carnivores and their prey, it remains unclear how different types and intensities of human disturbance reshape predator-prey interactions. In this study, we conducted a systematic camera-trapping survey on a threatened carnivore, the small Indian civet (Viverricula indica). This species forages on prey with contrasting diel patterns, including nocturnal rats and diurnal species such as Pallas's squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus) and Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracica) in the southern Wuyi Mountains of southeastern China. Based on data from an extensive sampling effort (60,901 trap days at 180 camera stations), we used kernel density estimation and Pianka's index to examine whether an

SUBMITTER: Ji C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12608993 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature