Diurnal activity and resting time allocation of the West African giraffe in an agropastoral human-dominated landscape
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2024.1459960" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2024.1459960</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2024.1459960" target="_blank" >10.3389/fcosc.2024.1459960</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Diurnal activity and resting time allocation of the West African giraffe in an agropastoral human-dominated landscape
Original language description
Resting is an integral component of animal behavior, contributing to one’s fitness through careful optimization strategies. In large herbivores, resting periods are driven by availability of food, presence of predators, and thermoregulation. A combination of these drivers leads to high variability in resting behaviors and their time allocation throughout the day. However, these drivers are rarely evaluated in the wild. Megaherbivores, including giraffe (Giraffa spp.), adopt social resting strategies, which enable them to optimize the cost–benefit ratio, with rest and vigilance varying with group size and composition. We investigated resting behavior of the West African giraffe (G. camelopardalis peralta) living in a human-populated landscape dominated by agropastoralism activities in Niger. Through direct observation, we evaluated the influence of group size and composition, and presence of livestock and humans on giraffe resting behavior. We concluded that giraffe increased their resting time with shorter distance to other giraffe and livestock. Livestock did not negatively impact giraffe behavior; rather, they provided a kind of “safe environment”. Human presence resulted in only minor changes in vigilance of giraffe and did not significantly affect their resting time. Our findings highlight a positive instance of human–giraffe coexistence in a human-dominated landscape, attributed to the long-term benefits of conservation efforts.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10614 - Behavioral sciences biology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Frontiers in Conservation Science
ISSN
2673-611X
e-ISSN
2673-611X
Volume of the periodical
5
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
1-10
UT code for WoS article
001347692700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85208603746