TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploiting common senses
T2 - Sensory ecology meets wildlife conservation and management
AU - Elmer, Laura K.
AU - Madliger, Christine L.
AU - Blumstein, Daniel T.
AU - Elvidge, Chris K.
AU - Fernández-Juricic, Esteban
AU - Horodysky, Andrij Z.
AU - Johnson, Nicholas S.
AU - McGuire, Liam P.
AU - Swaisgood, Ronald R.
AU - Cooke, Steven J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press and the Society for Experimental Biology.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Multidisciplinary approaches to conservation and wildlife management are often effective in addressing complex, multi-factor problems. Emerging fields such as conservation physiology and conservation behaviour can provide innovative solutions and management strategies for target species and systems. Sensory ecology combines the study of 'how animals acquire' and process sensory stimuli from their environments, and the ecological and evolutionary significance of 'how animals respond' to this information. We review the benefits that sensory ecology can bring to wildlife conservation and management by discussing case studies across major taxa and sensory modalities. Conservation practices informed by a sensory ecology approach include the amelioration of sensory traps, control of invasive species, reduction of human-wildlife conflicts and relocation and establishment of new populations of endangered species. We illustrate that sensory ecology can facilitate the understanding of mechanistic ecological and physiological explanations underlying particular conservation issues and also can help develop innovative solutions to ameliorate conservation problems.
AB - Multidisciplinary approaches to conservation and wildlife management are often effective in addressing complex, multi-factor problems. Emerging fields such as conservation physiology and conservation behaviour can provide innovative solutions and management strategies for target species and systems. Sensory ecology combines the study of 'how animals acquire' and process sensory stimuli from their environments, and the ecological and evolutionary significance of 'how animals respond' to this information. We review the benefits that sensory ecology can bring to wildlife conservation and management by discussing case studies across major taxa and sensory modalities. Conservation practices informed by a sensory ecology approach include the amelioration of sensory traps, control of invasive species, reduction of human-wildlife conflicts and relocation and establishment of new populations of endangered species. We illustrate that sensory ecology can facilitate the understanding of mechanistic ecological and physiological explanations underlying particular conservation issues and also can help develop innovative solutions to ameliorate conservation problems.
KW - Conservation
KW - multidisciplinary
KW - sensory ecology
KW - sensory modality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85107927403&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/conphys/coab002
DO - 10.1093/conphys/coab002
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85107927403
SN - 2051-1434
VL - 9
JO - Conservation Physiology
JF - Conservation Physiology
IS - 1
M1 - coab002
ER -