Changes in wildlife activity patterns in response to war in Ukraine

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kudrenko, Svitlana; Bischof, Richard; Zedrosser, Andreas; Selva, Nuria; Korepanova, Kateryna; Vyshnevskiy, Denys; Gahbauer, Martin; Obrizan, Serhii; Domashevskiy, Serhii; Borsuk, Oleksandr; Varukha, Alona; Heurich, Marco
• 署名单位: University of Freiburg; University of South-Eastern Norway; Norwegian University of Life Sciences; BOKU University; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC); CSIC - Estacion Biologica de Donana (EBD); Polish Academy of Sciences; Universidad de Huelva; Fukushima University
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
• DOI: 10.1126/science.aed1493
• 发表日期: 2026-06-18
• 页码: 1282-1286
• 关键词: PRIMEVAL FOREST POLAND; behavioral-responses; population-dynamics; biodiversity; CONFLICT; warfare; IMPACT; disturbance; CARNIVORES; BYELARUS

摘要

Conflict zones are inherently hazardous and inaccessible for researchers, which results in a knowledge gap about the immediate effects of armed conflicts on the environment, particularly wildlife. We used camera-trap detections to investigate the impact of armed conflict on wildlife activity patterns before, during, and after the Russian occupation of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (Ukraine) in 2022 and compared it to the same period in 2021. Mammal species responded to armed conflict through immediate behavioral adjustments, including reduced activity during night and on dates when armed-conflict activities intensified. Our results provide insight into wildlife's behavioral responses to armed conflict in real time and underscore the potential of camera trapping to quantify the ecological effects of war.