Urbanization does not affect red foxes’interest in anthropogenic food,but increases their initial cautiousness  被引量:1

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作  者:Martina Lazzaroni Rudy Brogi Valentina Napolitano Marco Apollonio Friederike Range Sarah Marshall-Pescini 

机构地区:[1]Domestication Laboratory,Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology,University of Veterinary Medicine,Vienna A-1160,Austria [2]Department of Veterinary Medicine,University of Sassari,via Vienna 2,I-07100 Sassari,Italy

出  处:《Current Zoology》2024年第3期394-405,共12页动物学报(英文版)

基  金:The study was funded by the Vienna Science and Technology Fund(WWTF)[10.47379/ESR20009];RB was partially financed by the WWTF and partially financed under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan(NRRP),Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.4 Call for tender No.3138 of 16 December 2021,rectified by Decree n.3175 of 18 December 2021 of Italian Ministry of University and Research funded by the European Union Next Generation EU.MAwas financed by Fondo di Ateneo per la Ricerca 2020(University of Sassari).

摘  要:Human presence and activities have profoundly altered animals’habitats,exposing them to greater risks but also providing new opportunities and resources.The animals’capacity to effectively navigate and strike a balance between risks and benefts is crucial for their survival in the Anthropocene era.Red foxes(Vulpes vulpes),adept urban dwellers,exhibit behavioral plasticity in human-altered environments.We investigated variations in detection frequency on trail cameras and the behavioral responses(explorative,bold,and fearful)of wild red foxes living along an urbanization gradient when exposed to a metal bin initially presented clean and then flled with anthropogenic food.All fox populations displayed an increased interest and similar explorative behavioral responses toward the anthropogenic food source,irrespective of the urbanization gradient.Despite no impact on explorative behaviors,foxes in more urbanized areas initially showed heightened fear toward the empty bin,indicating increased apprehension toward novel objects.However,this fear diminished over time,and in the presence of food,urban foxes displayed slightly reduced fear compared with their less urban counterparts.Our results highlight foxes’potential for adaptability to human landscapes,additionally underscoring the nuanced interplay of fear and explorative behavioral response of populations living along the urbanization gradient.

关 键 词:anthropization BOLD explorative FEARFUL human footprint Vulpes vulpes 

分 类 号:Q95[生物学—动物学]

 

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