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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-74329-w
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- National Science Foundation Population and Community Ecology Program [DEB-2032131]
- National Science Foundation Animal Behavior Program [IOS-1145749]
- Worldwide Fund for Nature-Netherlands and Zambia
- Bennink Foundation
- Companies for Conservation (C4C)
- Tusk
- Painted Dog Conservation Inc.
- Mfuwe Lodge/Bushcamp Company
- Dazzle Africa
- National Geographic Conservation and Research Program
- Gemfields
- Vulcan Inc
- IUCN Save Our Species
- European Union
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Large carnivores have experienced considerable range contraction, increasing the importance of movement across human-altered landscapes between small, isolated populations. African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) are exceptionally wide-ranging, and recolonization is an important element of their persistence at broad scales. The competition-movement-connection hypothesis suggests that adaptations to move through areas that are unfavorable due to dominant competitors might promote the ability of subordinate competitors (like wild dogs) to move through areas that are unfavorable due to humans. Here, we used hidden Markov models to test how wild dog movements were affected by the Human Footprint Index in areas inside and outside of South Luangwa National Park. Movements were faster and more directed when outside the National Park, but slowed where the human footprint was stronger. Our results can be directly and quantitatively applied to connectivity planning, and we use them to identify ways to better understand differences between species in recent loss of connectivity.
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