The Weekend Effect on Urban Bat Activity Suggests Fine Scale Human-Induced Bat Movements.

ABSTRACT: In the urban environment, wildlife faces novel human disturbances in unique temporal patterns. The weekend effect describes that human activities on weekends trigger changes in the environment and impact wildlife negatively. Reduced occurrence, altered behaviors, and/or reduced fitness have been found in birds, ungulates, and meso-carnivores due to the weekend effect. We aimed to investigate if urban bat activity would differ on weekends from weekdays. We analyzed year-round bat acoustic monitoring data collected from two sites near the city center and two sites in the residential area/park complex in the city periphery. We constructed generalized linear models and found that bat activity was significantly lower on weekends as compared to weekdays during spring and summer at the site in th

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7552248 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature