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Habitat selection in natural and human-modified landscapes by capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), an important host for Amblyomma sculptum ticks

Human activities are changing landscape structure and function globally, affecting wildlife space use, and ultimately increasing human-wildlife conflicts and zoonotic disease spread. Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) are linked to conflicts in human-modified landscapes (e.g. crop damage, vehicle...

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Autores principales: Dias, Thiago C., Stabach, Jared A., Huang, Qiongyu, Labruna, Marcelo B., Leimgruber, Peter, Ferraz, Katia M. P. M. B., Lopes, Beatriz, Luz, Hermes R., Costa, Francisco B., Benatti, Hector R., Correa, Lucas R., Nievas, Ana M., Monticelli, Patrícia F., Piovezan, Ubiratan, Szabó, Matias P. J., Aguiar, Daniel M., Brites-Neto, José, Port-Carvalho, Marcio, Rocha, Vlamir J.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7444575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32817698
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229277
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author Dias, Thiago C.
Stabach, Jared A.
Huang, Qiongyu
Labruna, Marcelo B.
Leimgruber, Peter
Ferraz, Katia M. P. M. B.
Lopes, Beatriz
Luz, Hermes R.
Costa, Francisco B.
Benatti, Hector R.
Correa, Lucas R.
Nievas, Ana M.
Monticelli, Patrícia F.
Piovezan, Ubiratan
Szabó, Matias P. J.
Aguiar, Daniel M.
Brites-Neto, José
Port-Carvalho, Marcio
Rocha, Vlamir J.
author_facet Dias, Thiago C.
Stabach, Jared A.
Huang, Qiongyu
Labruna, Marcelo B.
Leimgruber, Peter
Ferraz, Katia M. P. M. B.
Lopes, Beatriz
Luz, Hermes R.
Costa, Francisco B.
Benatti, Hector R.
Correa, Lucas R.
Nievas, Ana M.
Monticelli, Patrícia F.
Piovezan, Ubiratan
Szabó, Matias P. J.
Aguiar, Daniel M.
Brites-Neto, José
Port-Carvalho, Marcio
Rocha, Vlamir J.
author_sort Dias, Thiago C.
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description Human activities are changing landscape structure and function globally, affecting wildlife space use, and ultimately increasing human-wildlife conflicts and zoonotic disease spread. Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) are linked to conflicts in human-modified landscapes (e.g. crop damage, vehicle collision), as well as the spread and amplification of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), the most human-lethal tick-borne disease in the world. Even though it is essential to understand the link between capybaras, ticks and BSF, many knowledge gaps still exist regarding the effects of human disturbance in capybara space use. Here, we analyzed diurnal and nocturnal habitat selection strategies of capybaras across natural and human-modified landscapes using resource selection functions (RSF). Selection for forested habitats was higher across human-modified landscapes, mainly during day- periods, when compared to natural landscapes. Across natural landscapes, capybaras avoided forests during both day- and night periods. Water was consistently selected across both landscapes, during day- and nighttime. Distance to water was also the most important variable in predicting capybara habitat selection across natural landscapes. Capybaras showed slightly higher preferences for areas near grasses/shrubs across natural landscapes, and distance to grasses/shrubs was the most important variable in predicting capybara habitat selection across human-modified landscapes. Our results demonstrate human-driven variation in habitat selection strategies by capybaras. This behavioral adjustment across human-modified landscapes may be related to increases in A. sculptum density, ultimately affecting BSF.
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spelling pubmed-74445752020-08-27 Habitat selection in natural and human-modified landscapes by capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), an important host for Amblyomma sculptum ticks Dias, Thiago C. Stabach, Jared A. Huang, Qiongyu Labruna, Marcelo B. Leimgruber, Peter Ferraz, Katia M. P. M. B. Lopes, Beatriz Luz, Hermes R. Costa, Francisco B. Benatti, Hector R. Correa, Lucas R. Nievas, Ana M. Monticelli, Patrícia F. Piovezan, Ubiratan Szabó, Matias P. J. Aguiar, Daniel M. Brites-Neto, José Port-Carvalho, Marcio Rocha, Vlamir J. PLoS One Research Article Human activities are changing landscape structure and function globally, affecting wildlife space use, and ultimately increasing human-wildlife conflicts and zoonotic disease spread. Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) are linked to conflicts in human-modified landscapes (e.g. crop damage, vehicle collision), as well as the spread and amplification of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), the most human-lethal tick-borne disease in the world. Even though it is essential to understand the link between capybaras, ticks and BSF, many knowledge gaps still exist regarding the effects of human disturbance in capybara space use. Here, we analyzed diurnal and nocturnal habitat selection strategies of capybaras across natural and human-modified landscapes using resource selection functions (RSF). Selection for forested habitats was higher across human-modified landscapes, mainly during day- periods, when compared to natural landscapes. Across natural landscapes, capybaras avoided forests during both day- and night periods. Water was consistently selected across both landscapes, during day- and nighttime. Distance to water was also the most important variable in predicting capybara habitat selection across natural landscapes. Capybaras showed slightly higher preferences for areas near grasses/shrubs across natural landscapes, and distance to grasses/shrubs was the most important variable in predicting capybara habitat selection across human-modified landscapes. Our results demonstrate human-driven variation in habitat selection strategies by capybaras. This behavioral adjustment across human-modified landscapes may be related to increases in A. sculptum density, ultimately affecting BSF. Public Library of Science 2020-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7444575/ /pubmed/32817698 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229277 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication.
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Dias, Thiago C.
Stabach, Jared A.
Huang, Qiongyu
Labruna, Marcelo B.
Leimgruber, Peter
Ferraz, Katia M. P. M. B.
Lopes, Beatriz
Luz, Hermes R.
Costa, Francisco B.
Benatti, Hector R.
Correa, Lucas R.
Nievas, Ana M.
Monticelli, Patrícia F.
Piovezan, Ubiratan
Szabó, Matias P. J.
Aguiar, Daniel M.
Brites-Neto, José
Port-Carvalho, Marcio
Rocha, Vlamir J.
Habitat selection in natural and human-modified landscapes by capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), an important host for Amblyomma sculptum ticks
title Habitat selection in natural and human-modified landscapes by capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), an important host for Amblyomma sculptum ticks
title_full Habitat selection in natural and human-modified landscapes by capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), an important host for Amblyomma sculptum ticks
title_fullStr Habitat selection in natural and human-modified landscapes by capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), an important host for Amblyomma sculptum ticks
title_full_unstemmed Habitat selection in natural and human-modified landscapes by capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), an important host for Amblyomma sculptum ticks
title_short Habitat selection in natural and human-modified landscapes by capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), an important host for Amblyomma sculptum ticks
title_sort habitat selection in natural and human-modified landscapes by capybaras (hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), an important host for amblyomma sculptum ticks
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7444575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32817698
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229277
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