Human habituation reduces hyrax flight initiation distance in Serengeti

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dc.creatorMbise, Franco P.
dc.creatorFredriksen, Kari-Elise
dc.creatorRanke, Peter S.
dc.creatorJackson, Craig
dc.creatorFyumagwa, Robert
dc.creatorHolmern, Tomas
dc.creatorFossøy, Frode
dc.creatorRøskaft, Eivin
dc.date2022-03-23T08:58:53Z
dc.date2022-03-23T08:58:53Z
dc.date2019
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T13:09:31Z
dc.date.available2022-10-20T13:09:31Z
dc.descriptionFull text article. Also available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eth.12968
dc.descriptionMany animal populations are exposed to disturbance originating from human ac‐ tivities. In response to human disturbance, certain animals display a variety of po‐ tentially costly behavioural responses, such as increased antipredator behaviour or relocation to new areas. In contrast, other animals seemingly thrive in the presence of humans and benefit from human‐derived resources. Flight initiation distance (FID: the distance between predator and prey when prey starts to flee) is a measure com‐ monly used to assess animals’ tolerance to humans. In this study, we tested how FID changes in relation to human presence in two hyrax species in Serengeti National Park. Hyraxes living on kopjes (rock outcrops) among human settlements showed a significantly shorter FID than hyraxes living on kopjes without human settlements. In addition, we found that hyraxes feeding before the experiment had shorter FID than hyraxes resting or being vigilant, and hyraxes disturbed during the early morn‐ ing had shorter FID than hyraxes disturbed during late morning. We did not find any significant effects of group size or species composition on FID. Our results suggest that hyraxes living in the presence of humans are habituated and are not adversely affected by human settlements
dc.identifierMbise, F. P., Fredriksen, K. E., Ranke, P. S., Jackson, C., Fyumagwa, R., Holmern, T., ... & Røskaft, E. (2020). Human habituation reduces hyrax flight initiation distance in Serengeti. Ethology, 126(3), 297-303.
dc.identifierDOI: 10.1111/eth.12968
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3515
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3515
dc.languageen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.
dc.subjectHuman habituation
dc.subjectSerengeti
dc.subjectFlight initiation distance
dc.subjectFID
dc.subjectHyrax species
dc.subjectSerengeti National Park
dc.subjectKopje
dc.subjectAntipredatory behaviour
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.titleHuman habituation reduces hyrax flight initiation distance in Serengeti
dc.typeArticle

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