Daily activity timing in the Anthropocene

NA Gilbert, KA McGinn, LA Nunes, AA Shipley… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Animals are facing novel 'timescapes' in which the stimuli entraining their daily activity
patterns no longer match historical conditions due to anthropogenic disturbance. However …

Designing studies of predation risk for improved inference in carnivore-ungulate systems

LR Prugh, KJ Sivy, PJ Mahoney, TR Ganz… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Quantifying both the lethal and non-lethal (or “risk”) effects of predation has emerged as a
major research focus in carnivore-ungulate systems. While numerous studies have …

Optimizing the use of biologgers for movement ecology research

HJ Williams, LA Taylor, S Benhamou… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The paradigm‐changing opportunities of biologging sensors for ecological research,
especially movement ecology, are vast, but the crucial questions of how best to match the …

[HTML][HTML] Large carnivore response to human road use suggests a landscape of coexistence

TM Kautz, NL Fowler, TR Petroelje, DE Beyer… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coexistence between humans and large carnivores may depend on carnivore adaptations
to use developed landscapes while reducing human encounters. Roads are a widespread …

Black bears alter movements in response to anthropogenic features with time of day and season

KA Zeller, DW Wattles, L Conlee, S DeStefano - Movement Ecology, 2019 - Springer
Background With the growth and expansion of human development, large mammals will
increasingly encounter humans, elevating the likelihood of human-wildlife conflicts …

Evaluating species‐specific responses to camera‐trap survey designs

F Iannarilli, J Erb, TW Arnold, JR Fieberg - Wildlife Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Camera traps are widely used to collect information on the distribution and abundance of
multiple species simultaneously. However, we still lack important guidance for designing …

Bears habituate to the repeated exposure of a novel stimulus, unmanned aircraft systems

MA Ditmer, LK Werden, JC Tanner… - Conservation …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS; ie 'drones') provide new opportunities for data collection
in ecology, wildlife biology and conservation. Yet, several studies have documented …

Mismatch between risk and response may amplify lethal and non-lethal effects of humans on wild animal populations

JA Smith, KM Gaynor, JP Suraci - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Human activity has rapidly transformed the planet, leading to declines of animal populations
around the world through a range of direct and indirect pathways. Humans have strong …

Dynamic balancing of risks and rewards in a large herbivore: Further extending predator–prey concepts to road ecology

MP Poulin, SG Cherry, JA Merkle - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Animal behaviour is shaped by the ability to identify risks and profitably balance the levels of
risks encountered with the payoffs experienced. Anthropogenic disturbances like roads …

Individual and population fitness consequences associated with large carnivore use of residential development

HE Johnson, DL Lewis, SW Breck - Ecosphere, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Large carnivores are negotiating increasingly developed landscapes, but little is known
about how such behavioral plasticity influences their demographic rates and population …