Ecological impacts of human‐induced animal behaviour change

MW Wilson, AD Ridlon, KM Gaynor, SD Gaines… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A growing body of literature has documented myriad effects of human activities on animal
behaviour, yet the ultimate ecological consequences of these behavioural shifts remain …

Potential environmental impacts of recreational fishing on marine fish stocks and ecosystems

WC Lewin, MS Weltersbach, K Ferter… - Reviews in Fisheries …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Marine recreational fishing (MRF) is a popular activity that involves millions of people
worldwide. While the impacts of recreational fishing on freshwater ecosystems received …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of unmanned aerial vehicle shape, flight path and camera type for waterfowl surveys: disturbance effects and species recognition

JF McEvoy, GP Hall, PG McDonald - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for ecological research has grown rapidly in
recent years, but few studies have assessed the disturbance impacts of these tools on focal …

Fear generalization and behavioral responses to multiple dangers

A Sih, HJ Chung, I Neylan, C Ortiz-Jimenez… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Animals often exhibit consistent-individual differences (CIDs) in boldness/fearfulness,
typically studied in the context of predation risk. We focus here on fear generalization, where …

Are negative effects of tourist activities on wildlife over-reported? A review of assessment methods and empirical results

PW Bateman, PA Fleming - Biological Conservation, 2017 - Elsevier
There is a general assumption that animal species that face anthropogenic disturbance
through tourism suffer some negative impacts as a result. We carried out a meta-analysis of …

Escape responses of terrestrial and aquatic birds to drones: Towards a code of practice to minimize disturbance

MA Weston, C O'Brien, KN Kostoglou… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in human technology can lead to widespread and rapid increases in interactions
between wildlife and potentially disturbing stimuli. The recreational use of drones is …

Variation at the DRD4 locus is associated with wariness and local site selection in urban black swans

WFD van Dongen, RW Robinson, MA Weston… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2015 - Springer
Background Interactions between wildlife and humans are increasing. Urban animals are
often less wary of humans than their non-urban counterparts, which could be explained by …

A meta‐analysis of human disturbance impacts on Antarctic wildlife

BWT Coetzee, SL Chown - Biological Reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence‐based assessments are increasingly recognized as the best‐practice approach to
determine appropriate conservation interventions, but such assessments of the impact of …

Escape behaviour of birds in urban parks and cemeteries across Europe: Evidence of behavioural adaptation to human activity

F Morelli, P Mikula, Y Benedetti, R Bussière… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Urban environments are very heterogeneous, and birds living in the proximity of humans
have to adapt to local conditions, eg by changing their behavioural response to potential …

Database of bird flight initiation distances to assist in estimating effects from human disturbance and delineating buffer areas

KB Livezey, E Fernandez-Juricic… - Journal of Fish and …, 2016 - meridian.allenpress.com
Abstract US Fish and Wildlife Service biologists determine effects from disturbance to
threatened and endangered bird species, and staffs of federal and state agencies estimate …