Functional diversity loss and change in nocturnal behavior of mammals under anthropogenic disturbance.

ABSTRACT: In the Anthropocene, understanding the impacts of anthropogenic influence on biodiversity and behavior of vulnerable wildlife communities is increasingly relevant to effective conservation. However, comparative studies aimed at disentangling the concurrent effect of different types of human disturbance on multifaceted biodiversity and on activity patterns of mammals are surprisingly rare. We applied a multiregion community model to separately estimate the effects of cumulative human modification (e.g., settlement, agriculture, and transportation) and human presence (aggregated presence of dogs, people, and livestock) on species richness and functional composition of medium- and large-bodied mammals based on camera trap data collected across 45 subtropical montane forests. We divided the de

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9299805 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature