Predicting human-wildlife interaction in urban environments through agent-based models

Synurbic species adapt to global urbanization by increasingly inhabiting urban environments, where social and ecological factors, such as anthropogenic food resources and habitat alterations, promote close human-wildlife interactions. Ineffective management of these interactions can result in confli...

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Autores: González-Crespo, Carlos|||0000-0003-4312-0398, Martínez-López, Beatriz|||0000-0002-7162-2582, Conejero Fuentes, Carles|||0000-0001-6830-6880, Castillo Contreras, Raquel|||0000-0002-5770-7264, Serrano Ferron, Emmanuel|||0000-0002-9799-9804, López-Martín, Josep Maria|||0000-0001-8162-3960, Lavín González, Santiago|||0000-0001-5655-588X, López Olvera, Jorge R|||0000-0002-2999-3451
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:288600
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/288600
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104878
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Agent-based model
Human-wildlife interaction
Spatial-explicit simulation model
Synurbization
Urban ecosystem
Urban wild boar
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Sumario:Synurbic species adapt to global urbanization by increasingly inhabiting urban environments, where social and ecological factors, such as anthropogenic food resources and habitat alterations, promote close human-wildlife interactions. Ineffective management of these interactions can result in conflicts, altered animal population dynamics, and increased public and private expenditures. This study presents the Barcelona wild boar (BCNWB)-prototype model, a spatially explicit, incremental agent-based simulation that captures interactions between citizens and wild boar (Sus scrofa) agents in fine-scale GIS-based scenarios in Barcelona. Developed using GAMA software, the model's results were analyzed with QGIS and R software. The model aims to simulate the dynamics of the social-ecological system underlying the urban ecosystem use by synurbic wild boars and their interactions with humans in the (peri)urban area of Barcelona, Spain. The BCNWB-prototype model demonstrated high accuracy in predicting the magnitude and location of wild boar movements (multiple-resolution-goodness-of-fit = 0.73) compared to reported wild boar presences in Barcelona. The model also forecasted 115 attack events and 1,442 direct feeding events during a one-year simulation period, as compared to the actual 150 attacks and 1,858 feeding events reported annually. The model's strong performance highlights its potential as a predictive tool for identifying priority areas for human-wild boar interactions and conflicts. Additionally, the model could be employed to assess the cost-effectiveness of management strategies and evaluate the spread, transmission risks, and public health implications of pathogens carried by wild boars.