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Spatial and temporal variations in interspecific interaction : impact of a recreational landscape
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dc.contributor.author | Marion, Solène | |
dc.contributor.author | Demšar, Urška | |
dc.contributor.author | Davies, Althea | |
dc.contributor.author | Stephens, Philip A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Irvine, R. Justin | |
dc.contributor.author | Long, Jed | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-23T14:30:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-06-23T14:30:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-05-17 | |
dc.identifier | 279546339 | |
dc.identifier | 375ad86f-358a-4b14-930f-821f74ca0140 | |
dc.identifier | 000796999000001 | |
dc.identifier | 85130226035 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Marion , S , Demšar , U , Davies , A , Stephens , P A , Irvine , R J & Long , J 2022 , ' Spatial and temporal variations in interspecific interaction : impact of a recreational landscape ' , European Journal of Wildlife Research , vol. 68 , 36 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-022-01584-9 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1612-4642 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-7791-2807/work/114977197 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-9774-7386/work/114977598 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-8982-7471/work/114977644 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/25559 | |
dc.description.abstract | Anthropogenic activities, such as outdoor recreation, have the potential to change complex interactions between wildlife and livestock, with further consequences for the management of both animals, the environment, and disease transmission. We present the interaction amongst wildlife, livestock, and outdoor recreationists as a three-way interaction. Little is known about how recreational activities alter the interaction between herbivores in areas extensively used for recreational purposes. We investigate how hiking activity affects spatio-temporal co-occurrence between domestic sheep (Ovis aries) and red deer (Cervus elaphus). We used camera traps to capture the spatio-temporal distribution of red deer and sheep and used the distance from the hiking path as a proxy of hiking activity. We used generalized linear models to investigate the spatial distribution of sheep and deer. We analysed the activity patterns of sheep and deer and then calculated their coefficients of temporal overlap for each camera trap location. We compared these coefficients in relation to the distance from the hiking path. Finally, we used a generalized linear mixed-model to investigate which factors influence the spatio-temporal succession between deer and sheep. We do not find that sheep and red deer spatially avoid each other. The coefficient of temporal overlap varied with distance from the hiking trail, with stronger temporal co-occurrence at greater distances from the hiking trail. Red deer were more likely to be detected further from the path during the day, which increased the temporal overlap with sheep in these areas. This suggests that hiking pressure influences spatio-temporal interactions between sheep and deer, leading to greater temporal overlap in areas further from the hiking path due to red deer spatial avoidance of hikers. This impact of recreationists on the wildlife and livestock interaction can have consequences for the animals’ welfare, the vegetation they graze, their management, and disease transmission. | |
dc.format.extent | 10 | |
dc.format.extent | 1451629 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | European Journal of Wildlife Research | en |
dc.subject | Wildlife | en |
dc.subject | Cattle | en |
dc.subject | Outdoor recreation | en |
dc.subject | Interaction | en |
dc.subject | Spatiotemporal overlap | en |
dc.subject | Hikers | en |
dc.subject | G Geography (General) | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | G1 | en |
dc.title | Spatial and temporal variations in interspecific interaction : impact of a recreational landscape | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | The British Deer Society | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Carnegie Trust | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. University of St Andrews | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Environmental Change Research Group | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Bell-Edwards Geographic Data Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Development | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Energy Ethics | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Geographies of Sustainability, Society, Inequalities and Possibilities | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10344-022-01584-9 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | RES2017 JI | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 70706 | en |
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