Urban mesopredator distribution: examining the relative effects of landscape and socioeconomic factors

摘要: Cities harbor biodiversity, which has complex outcomes, both for humans and other animals. The situation is particularly complicated with carnivorous species such as mesopredators, elicit strong positive negative responses from urban residents. As cities are dominated by anthropogenic forces, socioeconomic factors likely play a major ecological role that gone mostly unexplored mammalian species. We used large database of motion-triggered camera imagery to investigate relationships between landscape features the distribution three mesopredator in Chicago, IL. Coyotes raccoons were most colonize less sites, coyotes least go extinct within sites high average per capita income. Opossum showed somewhat different dynamics, added availability habitat increased housing density decreasing odds new colonization. In general variables performed at well tested, indicating there significant biotic abiotic driving this area. suggest frameworks incorporating will be needed long-term management conservation wildlife regions.