Ecological impacts of human‐induced animal behaviour change

MW Wilson, AD Ridlon, KM Gaynor, SD Gaines… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A growing body of literature has documented myriad effects of human activities on animal
behaviour, yet the ultimate ecological consequences of these behavioural shifts remain …

DNA metabarcoding in diet studies: Unveiling ecological aspects in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

LL de Sousa, SM Silva, R Xavier - Environmental DNA, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Effective conservation of species and ecosystems requires the understanding of important
ecological traits, such as dietary habits, food webs, and trophic niches. In diet studies, the …

Fear of humans as apex predators has landscape‐scale impacts from mountain lions to mice

JP Suraci, M Clinchy, LY Zanette, CC Wilmers - Ecology letters, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Apex predators such as large carnivores can have cascading, landscape‐scale impacts
across wildlife communities, which could result largely from the fear they inspire, although …

The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality

KM Gaynor, CE Hojnowski, NH Carter, JS Brashares - Science, 2018 - science.org
Rapid expansion of human activity has driven well-documented shifts in the spatial
distribution of wildlife, but the cumulative effect of human disturbance on the temporal …

Human disturbance increases trophic niche overlap in terrestrial carnivore communities

PJ Manlick, JN Pauli - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Animal foraging and competition are defined by the partitioning of three primary niche axes:
space, time, and resources. Human disturbance is rapidly altering the spatial and temporal …

Disturbance type and species life history predict mammal responses to humans

JP Suraci, KM Gaynor, ML Allen… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Human activity and land use change impact every landscape on Earth, driving declines in
many animal species while benefiting others. Species ecological and life history traits may …

Beyond spatial overlap: harnessing new technologies to resolve the complexities of predator–prey interactions

JP Suraci, JA Smith, S Chamaillé‐Jammes, KM Gaynor… - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Predation risk, the probability that a prey animal will be killed by a predator, is fundamental
to theoretical and applied ecology. Predation risk varies with animal behavior and …

Human presence and human footprint have non-equivalent effects on wildlife spatiotemporal habitat use

BA Nickel, JP Suraci, ML Allen, CC Wilmers - Biological Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Human impacts on wildlife stem from both our footprint on the landscape and the presence
of people in wildlife habitat. Each may influence wildlife at very different spatial and temporal …

Methodological trends and perspectives of animal dietary studies by noninvasive fecal DNA metabarcoding

H Ando, H Mukai, T Komura, T Dewi… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fine‐scale estimation of trophic interactions is an important subject in the field of ecology.
Diet analysis based on fecal DNA metabarcoding has been accepted as a noninvasive …

The evolutionary consequences of human–wildlife conflict in cities

CJ Schell, LA Stanton, JK Young… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Human–wildlife interactions, including human–wildlife conflict, are increasingly common as
expanding urbanization worldwide creates more opportunities for people to encounter …