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Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification on birds and mammals

  • Ruth Y. Oliver1,2,3
  • Scott W. Yanco2,3,4,5
  • Diego Ellis‐Soto2,3
  • Brett R. Jesmer6
  • Juliet Cohen1
  • Song Gao7
  • Robert Patchett8
  • Tal Avgar9,10,11
  • Keith L. Bildstein12
  • Nicholas W. Bakner13
  • David R. Barber12
  • Kristin J. Barker14
80 more authors
  • Joseph G. Barnes15
  • Guillaume Bastille‐Rousseau16
  • Jerrold L. Belant17
  • John F. Benson18
  • Joël Bêty19
  • Dean E. Beyer17
  • David M. Bird20,21
  • Nathaniel R. Bowersock22
  • Andy J. Boyce4
  • Ben Carlson2,3
  • Michael L. Casazza23
  • Michael J. Chamberlain24
  • Michael J. Cherry25
  • Bret A. Collier26
  • Alyson B. Courtemanch27
  • Sarah C. Davidson28,29,30
  • Darren DeBloois31
  • Vickie L. DeNicola32
  • Christopher R. DeSorbo33
  • Robert C. Dowler34
  • Daniel L. J. Dupont35
  • L. Mark Elbroch36
  • John E. Elliott37,38,21
  • Betsy A. Evans39
  • William Mark Ford40
  • David Hancock21
  • Molly Hardesty‐Moore
  • Jason E. Hawley
  • Mackenzie R. Jeffress
  • Scott Jennings
  • Matthew J. Kauffman
  • Roland Kays
  • Marcella J. Kelly6
  • Bryan M. Kluever39
  • Myles Lamont21
  • Scott D. LaPoint
  • Tayler N. LaSharr
  • Josée Lefebvre
  • Pierre Legagneux
  • Matthias-Claudio Loretto29
  • David Lumpkin
  • Lindsay A. Martinez
  • John M. Marzluff
  • Douglas J. McCauley
  • Fiona P Mcduie23
  • Tony W. Mong
  • Kevin L. Monteith
  • Thomas Mueller

60 listed; 92 in total.

40 affiliations
  1. 1Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  2. 2Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
  3. 3Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
  4. 4Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, USA
  5. 5School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  6. 6Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  7. 7Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
  8. 8Centre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
  9. 9Biodiversity Pathways Ltd., Calgary, AB, Canada
  10. 10Department of Biology, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, BC, Canada
  11. 11Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
  12. 12Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Orwigsburg, PA, USA
  13. 13Waterfowl and Upland Gamebird Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
  14. 14Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
  15. 15US Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Program, Reno, NV, USA
  16. 16Cooperative Wildlife Research Lab, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA
  17. 17Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
  18. 18School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
  19. 19Département de Biologie and Centre d’études nordiques, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, Canada
  20. 20Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, West Montreal, QC, Canada
  21. 21Hancock Wildlife Foundation, Surrey, BC, Canada
  22. 22Missouri Department of Conservation, Columbia, MO, USA
  23. 23United States Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Dixon Field Station, Dixon, CA, USA
  24. 24Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
  25. 25Cesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, USA
  26. 26School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
  27. 27Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Jackson, WY, USA
  28. 28Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
  29. 29Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Department of Animal Migration, Radolfzell, Germany
  30. 30The Ohio State University, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, Columbus, USA
  31. 31Division of Wildlife Resources, Utah Department of Natural Resources, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  32. 32Field Engine Wildlife Research and Management, East Haddam, CT, USA
  33. 33Biodiversity Research Institute, Portland, ME, USA
  34. 34Department of Biology, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX, USA
  35. 35Départment des sciences expérimentales, Université de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  36. 36Panthera, New York, NY, USA
  37. 37Applied Animal Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  38. 38Environment and Climate Change Canada, Delta, BC, Canada
  39. 39US Dept of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Gainesville, FL, USA
  40. 40United States Geological Survey Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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Abstract

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.

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@article{oliver2026interacting,
  title = {{Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification on birds and mammals}},
  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 L. Bildstein and Nicholas W. Bakner and David R. Barber and Kristin J. 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 M. Bird and Nathaniel R. Bowersock and Andy J. Boyce and Ben Carlson and Michael L. Casazza and Michael J. Chamberlain and Michael J. Cherry and Bret A. Collier and Alyson B. Courtemanch and Sarah C. Davidson and Darren DeBloois and Vickie L. DeNicola and Christopher R. DeSorbo and Robert C. Dowler and Daniel L. J. Dupont and L. Mark Elbroch and John E. Elliott and Betsy A. Evans and William 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 D. LaPoint and Tayler N. LaSharr and Josée Lefebvre and Pierre Legagneux and Matthias-Claudio Loretto and David Lumpkin and Lindsay A. Martinez and John M. Marzluff and Douglas J. McCauley and Fiona P Mcduie and Tony W. Mong and Kevin L. Monteith and Thomas Mueller},
  journal = {Science},
  year = {2026},
  month = may,
  doi = {10.1126/science.adq3396},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adq3396},
  note = {Public domain},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification on birds and mammals
AU  - Ruth Y. Oliver
AU  - Scott W. Yanco
AU  - Diego Ellis‐Soto
AU  - Brett R. Jesmer
AU  - Juliet Cohen
AU  - Song Gao
AU  - Robert Patchett
AU  - Tal Avgar
AU  - Keith L. Bildstein
AU  - Nicholas W. Bakner
AU  - David R. Barber
AU  - Kristin J. Barker
AU  - Joseph G. Barnes
AU  - Guillaume Bastille‐Rousseau
AU  - Jerrold L. Belant
AU  - John F. Benson
AU  - Joël Bêty
AU  - Dean E. Beyer
AU  - David M. Bird
AU  - Nathaniel R. Bowersock
AU  - Andy J. Boyce
AU  - Ben Carlson
AU  - Michael L. Casazza
AU  - Michael J. Chamberlain
AU  - Michael J. Cherry
AU  - Bret A. Collier
AU  - Alyson B. Courtemanch
AU  - Sarah C. Davidson
AU  - Darren DeBloois
AU  - Vickie L. DeNicola
AU  - Christopher R. DeSorbo
AU  - Robert C. Dowler
AU  - Daniel L. J. Dupont
AU  - L. Mark Elbroch
AU  - John E. Elliott
AU  - Betsy A. Evans
AU  - William Mark Ford
AU  - David Hancock
AU  - Molly Hardesty‐Moore
AU  - Jason E. Hawley
AU  - Mackenzie R. Jeffress
AU  - Scott Jennings
AU  - Matthew J. Kauffman
AU  - Roland Kays
AU  - Marcella J. Kelly
AU  - Bryan M. Kluever
AU  - Myles Lamont
AU  - Scott D. LaPoint
AU  - Tayler N. LaSharr
AU  - Josée Lefebvre
AU  - Pierre Legagneux
AU  - Matthias-Claudio Loretto
AU  - David Lumpkin
AU  - Lindsay A. Martinez
AU  - John M. Marzluff
AU  - Douglas J. McCauley
AU  - Fiona P Mcduie
AU  - Tony W. Mong
AU  - Kevin L. Monteith
AU  - Thomas Mueller
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/05/21
JO  - Science
DO  - 10.1126/science.adq3396
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adq3396
AB  - 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.
SN  - 0036-8075
SN  - 0193-4511
SN  - 1095-9203
ER  -