White-bearded wildebeest in Kenya-accessory

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dc.contributor.authorStabach, Jared A.
dc.contributor.authorHughey, Lacey F.
dc.contributor.authorReid, Robin S.
dc.contributor.authorWorden, Jeffrey S.
dc.contributor.authorLeimgruber, Peter
dc.contributor.authorBoone, Randall B.
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-01T22:20:50Z
dc.date.available2020-12-01T22:20:50Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-01
dc.description.abstractThe ability to move is essential for animals to find mates, escape predation, and meet energy and water demands. This is especially important across grazing systems where vegetation productivity can vary drastically between seasons or years. With grasslands undergoing significant changes due to climate change and anthropogenic development, there is an urgent need to determine the relative impacts of these pressures on the movement capacity of native herbivores. To measure these impacts, we fitted 36 white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) with GPS collars across three study areas in southern Kenya (Amboseli Basin, Athi-Kaputiei Plains, and Mara) to test the relationship between movement (e.g., directional persistence, speed, home range crossing time) and gradients of vegetation productivity (i.e., NDVI) and anthropogenic disturbance. As expected, wildebeest moved the most (21.0 km day–1; CI: 18.7–23.3) across areas where movement was facilitated by low human footprint and necessitated by low vegetation productivity (Amboseli Basin). However, in areas with moderate vegetation productivity (Athi-Kaputiei Plains), wildebeest moved the least (13.3 km day–1; CI: 11.0–15.5). This deviation from expectations was largely explained by impediments to movement associated with a large human footprint. Notably, the movements of wildebeest in this area were also less directed than the other study populations, suggesting that anthropogenic disturbance (i.e., roads, fences, and the expansion of settlements) impacts the ability of wildebeest to move and access available resources. In areas with high vegetation productivity and moderate human footprint (Mara), we observed intermediate levels of daily movement (14.2 km day–1; CI: 12.3–16.1). Wildebeest across each of the study systems used grassland habitats outside of protected areas extensively, highlighting the importance of unprotected landscapes for conserving mobile species. These results provide unique insights into the interactive effects of climate and anthropogenic development on the movements of a dominant herbivore in East Africa and present a cautionary tale for the development of grazing ecosystems elsewhere.
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.5441/001/1.h0t27719/1
dc.identifier.urihttps://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.1096
dc.relation.ispartofdoi:10.5441/001/1.h0t27719
dc.relation.isreferencedbydoi:10.3389/fevo.2022.846171
dc.relation.isreferencedbydoi:10217/167207
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectAmboseli National Park
dc.subjectanimal movement
dc.subjectanimal tracking
dc.subjectConnochaetes taurinus
dc.subjectGPS logger
dc.subjectKenya
dc.subjectMaasai Mara National Reserve
dc.subjectNairobi National Park
dc.subjectwhite-bearded wildebeest
dc.titleWhite-bearded wildebeest in Kenya-accessory
dc.typeDataset
dspace.entity.typeData package
dwc.ScientificNameConnochaetes taurinus
mdr.citation.BibTex
@misc{001/1_h0t27719/1,
  title = {White-bearded wildebeest in Kenya-accessory},
  author = {Stabach, JA and Hughey, LF and Reid, RS and Worden, JS and Leimgruber, P and Boone, RB},
  year = {2020},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.h0t27719/1},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.h0t27719/1},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}
mdr.citation.CSE
Stabach JA, Hughey LF, Reid RS, Worden JS, Leimgruber P, Boone RB. 2020. White-bearded wildebeest in Kenya-accessory. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.h0t27719/1
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