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The secret life of wild animals revealed by accelerometer data: how landscape diversity and seasonality influence the behavioural types of European hares

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Ullmann,  Wiebke
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Fischer,  Christina
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Kramer-Schadt,  Stephanie
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Pirhofer Walzl,  Karin
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Eccard,  Jana A.
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Wevers,  Jan Philipp
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Hardert,  Angelique
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Sliwinski,  Katharina
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Crawford,  Michael
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

Glemnitz,  Michael
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Blaum,  Niels
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Ullmann, W., Fischer, C., Kramer-Schadt, S., Pirhofer Walzl, K., Eccard, J. A., Wevers, J. P., Hardert, A., Sliwinski, K., Crawford, M., Glemnitz, M., Blaum, N. (2023): The secret life of wild animals revealed by accelerometer data: how landscape diversity and seasonality influence the behavioural types of European hares. - Landscape Ecology, 38, 3081-3095.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01765-0


Zitierlink: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_29144
Zusammenfassung
Context: Landscape composition and configuration, as well as seasonal landscape dynamics shape the behaviour, movement and energy expenditure of animals, i.e. foraging, hiding or fleeing, and ultimately survival. Especially in highly modified agricultural systems, it is crucial to understand how animal behaviour is influenced by landscape context to develop sustainable land management concepts. - Objectives: We show how landscape composition and configuration, together with seasonal dynamics affect animal behavioural types, accounting for the different life-history events in both sexes. - Methods: We investigated 34 European hares in two contrasting agricultural landscapes (a simple and a complex landscape) by using tri-axial accelerometer data to classify the animals’ behaviour into five categories: resting, foraging, moving, grooming and standing upright (i.e. vigilance behaviour). We tested whether the amount of behaviours per category changed with landscape composition and configuration, season and sex. - Results: During peak breeding, hares in areas of high habitat diversity rested more, moved less and spent less time searching for resources. During winter, hares moved more and rested less. Females rested less and foraged more in areas with large agricultural fields. - Conclusions: A complex landscape is particularly important during the breeding season, allowing animals to allocate enough energy into reproduction. In winter, hares in areas of low habitat diversity may not find enough thermal and anti-predator shelter to move as much as they would need to meet their requirements. Hence, high habitat diversity and small field sizes guarantee species persistence in human-altered agricultural areas throughout the year.