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environment3 years ago•3 min saved

Lockdowns Reveal Thriving Wildlife Without Human Interference.

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns provided a unique opportunity for scientists to study how human activities impact animal behavior. Researchers from the COVID-19 Bio-Logging Initiative used bio-logging devices to track the movements of large land mammals during lockdowns and found that they were 36% closer to roads and moved 73% further than during the same period the previous year. The study highlights the direct influence of human mobility on animal behavior and suggests new ways to positively impact wildlife, such as adjusting traffic flows in areas important for animal movement.

via ScienceAlert|

#animal-behavior #bio-logging #covid-19

environment3 years ago•4 min saved

Lockdowns led to increased roaming of wild mammals, study finds.

A group of animal movement researchers formed the COVID-19 Bio-Logging Initiative to study how human activities impact the behavior of wildlife during the pandemic. By pooling data from over 2,300 individual tracked mammals, they found that mammals were 36% closer to roads during lockdown, and their movement distances over ten days were 73% longer compared to the same period one year earlier. The research shows that humans moving in the environment directly influence animal movements and behavior, in addition to the effects of the built environment, and provides an opportunity to think of new approaches to improve human-wildlife coexistence.

via Phys.org|

#animal-behavior #bio-logging #covid-19

environment3 years ago•4 min saved

COVID lockdowns led to increased animal mobility and human absence.

The COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity for researchers to study how human activities impact the behavior of wildlife. The COVID-19 Bio-Logging Initiative, a group of animal movement researchers, used bio-logging devices to record animal movements during lockdowns. By pooling data from over 2,300 individual tracked mammals, the researchers found that mammals were 36% closer to roads during lockdown, and their movement distances over ten days were 73% longer compared to the same period one year earlier. The findings suggest that humans moving in the environment directly influence animal movements and behavior, in addition to the effects of the built environment.

via The Conversation|

#animal-behavior #bio-logging #covid-19