![]() From 8,165 independent cottontail rabbit detections in Detroit across 11,616 trap nights, one-third were classified as vigilant. We predicted a scaled response where cottontail rabbits would be most vigilant in areas with high coyote activity, moderately vigilant in areas with high domestic dog activity, and the least vigilant in areas of high human activity. We conducted the first camera survey in urban parks throughout Detroit, Michigan in 2017–2020 to assess vigilance response corresponding to a heterogeneous landscape created from variation in the occupancy of threats. ![]() Here, we explore the behavioral response of a key prey species, cottontail rabbits ( Sylvilagus floridanus), to pressures from humans, domestic dogs, and a natural predator, coyotes ( Canis latrans) in a human-dominated landscape. Synergisms of natural and anthropogenic threats existing within urban environments exacerbate the necessity for species to differentially modify behavior to each risk. Rapid urbanization coupled with increased human activity induces pressures that affect predator-prey relations through a suite of behavioral mechanisms, including alteration of avoidance and coexistence dynamics. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Applied Wildlife Ecology Lab, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.Lima Siria Gámez Nathaniel Arringdale Nyeema C.
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