changes to animal behavior when humans live nearby
“In remote areas with limited human infrastructure, the effects of our actual presence on wildlife may be particularly strong,” said study co-author Kaitlyn Gaynor, a biologist at UBC.
The opportunity for that is past, more or less. Google "myth of pristine nature". Humans used widespread fire to modify forests and other vegetation for the last 85,000 years. [1] Microplastics have been found at the bottom of the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and 20,000 lbs of human poop are left atop Mount Everest every year. [2]
There's a lot of evidence that animals modify their behavior when living near humans. [3] Now there's new evidence that animals that have the least contact with humans have the largest behavior disturbance when they encounter human activity. [4]