Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification on birds and mammals
Ruth Y. Oliver · Scott W. Yanco · Diego Ellis-Soto · Brett R. Jesmer · Juliet Cohen · Song Gao · Robert Patchett · Tal Avgar · Keith Bildstein · Nicholas W. Bakner · David Barber · Kristin Barker · Joseph G. Barnes · Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau · Jerrold L. Belant · John F. Benson · Joël Bêty · Dean E. Beyer · David Bird · Nathaniel Bowersock · Andy J. Boyce · Ben S. Carlson · Michael L. Casazza · Michael J. Chamberlain · Michael J. Cherry · Bret A. Collier · Alyson Courtemanch · Sarah C. Davidson · Darren DeBloois · Vickie DeNicola · Christopher R. DeSorbo · Robert C. Dowler · Daniel Dupont · L. Mark Elbroch · John Elliott · Betsy A. Evans · W. Mark Ford · David Hancock · Molly Hardesty-Moore · Jason E. Hawley · Mackenzie R. Jeffress · Scott Jennings · Matthew J. Kauffman · Roland Kays · Marcella J. Kelly · Bryan M. Kluever · Myles Lamont · Scott LaPoint · Tayler N. LaSharr · Josee Lefebvre · Pierre Legagneux · Matthias-Claudio Loretto · David Lumpkin · Lindsay A. Martinez · John M. Marzluff · Douglas McCauley · Fiona McDuie · Tony W. Mong · Kevin L. Monteith · Thomas Mueller · Levi Newediuk · Anna C. Ortega · Federico Ossi · Cory Overton · J. Clint Perkins · Tyler R. Petroelje · Laura Prugh · Kimberly A. Sager-Fradkin · Michael Seer · Avery L. Shawler · Shannon Skalos · Rachel A. Smiley · Julia Sommerfeld · Daniel R. Stahler · John A. Stephenson · Richard D. Stevens · Nathan J. Svoboda · Jean-Francois Therrien · Phillipe J. Thomas · Meredith VanAcker · Eric Vander Wal · Dan E. Varland · Tana L. Verzuh · Brittany L. Wagler · Nils Warnock · Stephen L. Webb · Christopher K. Williams · Christopher C. Wilmers · David W. Wolfson · Julie K. Young · Christian Rutz · Walter Jetz
期刊Science
类型Article
发表2026-05-21
卷期页392(6800): 879-884
收录2026-10-09
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关键词human presencelandscape modificationhuman-wildlife coexistencebirdsmammalsmobile device datahuman disturbancehabitat modificationwildlife management
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Sustainable human–wildlife coexistence requires a mechanistic understanding of the many ways that humans affect animals. However, progress is hampered by the lack of accessible data measuring the dynamic presence of people. Here, we leverage mobile-device data to disentangle how human presence and landscape modification differentially influence the use of geographic and environmental space for 37 mammal and bird species across the United States. Human presence affected more than 65% of species, with substantial variation across species. For ~60% of species that responded to human activities, the effects were interdependent—animals tended to react more strongly to human presence in less modified habitats. Our results demonstrate that human presence and landscape modification have complex combined effects on wildlife, which need to be considered for effective management.

@article{oliver2026,
author = {Ruth Y. Oliver and Scott W. Yanco and Diego Ellis-Soto and Brett R. Jesmer and Juliet Cohen and Song Gao and Robert Patchett and Tal Avgar and Keith Bildstein and Nicholas W. Bakner and David Barber and Kristin Barker and Joseph G. Barnes and Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau and Jerrold L. Belant and John F. Benson and Joël Bêty and Dean E. Beyer and David Bird and Nathaniel Bowersock and Andy J. Boyce and Ben S. Carlson and Michael L. Casazza and Michael J. Chamberlain and Michael J. Cherry and Bret A. Collier and Alyson Courtemanch and Sarah C. Davidson and Darren DeBloois and Vickie DeNicola and Christopher R. DeSorbo and Robert C. Dowler and Daniel Dupont and L. Mark Elbroch and John Elliott and Betsy A. Evans and W. Mark Ford and David Hancock and Molly Hardesty-Moore and Jason E. Hawley and Mackenzie R. Jeffress and Scott Jennings and Matthew J. Kauffman and Roland Kays and Marcella J. Kelly and Bryan M. Kluever and Myles Lamont and Scott LaPoint and Tayler N. LaSharr and Josee Lefebvre and Pierre Legagneux and Matthias-Claudio Loretto and David Lumpkin and Lindsay A. Martinez and John M. Marzluff and Douglas McCauley and Fiona McDuie and Tony W. Mong and Kevin L. Monteith and Thomas Mueller and Levi Newediuk and Anna C. Ortega and Federico Ossi and Cory Overton and J. Clint Perkins and Tyler R. Petroelje and Laura Prugh and Kimberly A. Sager-Fradkin and Michael Seer and Avery L. Shawler and Shannon Skalos and Rachel A. Smiley and Julia Sommerfeld and Daniel R. Stahler and John A. Stephenson and Richard D. Stevens and Nathan J. Svoboda and Jean-Francois Therrien and Phillipe J. Thomas and Meredith VanAcker and Eric Vander Wal and Dan E. Varland and Tana L. Verzuh and Brittany L. Wagler and Nils Warnock and Stephen L. Webb and Christopher K. Williams and Christopher C. Wilmers and David W. Wolfson and Julie K. Young and Christian Rutz and Walter Jetz},
title = {Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification on birds and mammals},
journal = {Science},
year = {2026},
volume = {392},
number = {6800},
pages = {879-884},
doi = {10.1126/science.adq3396},
publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},
}· END ·