Effects of human activity on the habitat utilization of Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) in Zoige wetland.

ABSTRACT: Human activity is increasingly and persistently disturbing nature and wild animals. Affected wildlife adopts multiple strategies to deal with different human influences. To explore the effect of human activity on habitat utilization of Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana), habitat utilization patterns of three neighboring marmot populations in habitats affected differently by human activities were recorded and compared. We found that (a) distance between reproductive burrows (a represent of reproductive pairs) becomes shorter under the influence of human activities, and more burrows were dug as temporary shelters, resulting in shorter distance between those shelters and shorter distance flee to those shelters and, consequently, shorter flight initiation distance when threatened. Mo

SUBMITTER: Zhou S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8258216 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature