Environmental impacts of artificial light at night

KJ Gaston, A Sánchez de Miguel - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The nighttime is undergoing unprecedented change across much of the world, with natural
light cycles altered by the introduction of artificial light emissions. Here we review the extent …

Investigating animal activity patterns and temporal niche partitioning using camera‐trap data: Challenges and opportunities

S Frey, JT Fisher, AC Burton… - Remote Sensing in …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Time‐stamped camera data are increasingly used to study temporal patterns in species and
community ecology, including species' activity patterns and niche partitioning. Given the …

Human disturbance has contrasting effects on niche partitioning within carnivore communities

A Sévêque, LK Gentle, JV López‐Bao… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Among species, coexistence is driven partly by the partitioning of available resources. The
mechanisms of coexistence and competition among species have been a central topic …

Shining the spotlight on small mammalian carnivores: Global status and threats

C Marneweck, AR Butler, LC Gigliotti, SN Harris… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Small mammalian carnivores (Carnivora< 16 kg) carry out important roles in ecosystems,
such as influencing ecosystem structure and providing numerous ecosystem services …

Prey availability and temporal partitioning modulate felid coexistence in Neotropical forests

F Santos, C Carbone, OR Wearn, JM Rowcliffe… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Carnivores have long been used as model organisms to examine mechanisms that allow
coexistence among ecologically similar species. Interactions between carnivores, including …

Move to nocturnality not a universal trend in carnivore species on disturbed landscapes

S Frey, JP Volpe, NA Heim, J Paczkowski, JT Fisher - Oikos, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic landscape change is a leading driver of biodiversity loss. Preceding dramatic
changes such as wildlife population declines and range shifts, more subtle responses may …

Mammals adjust diel activity across gradients of urbanization

T Gallo, M Fidino, B Gerber, AA Ahlers, JL Angstmann… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Time is a fundamental component of ecological processes. How animal behavior changes
over time has been explored through well-known ecological theories like niche partitioning …

The inappropriate use of time‐to‐independence biases estimates of activity patterns of free‐ranging mammals derived from camera traps

C Peral, M Landman, GIH Kerley - Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Measuring and comparing activity patterns provide key insights into the behavioral trade‐
offs that result in animal activity and their extrinsic and intrinsic drivers. Camera traps are a …

A model‐based hypothesis framework to define and estimate the diel niche via the 'Diel.Niche' R package

BD Gerber, K Devarajan, ZJ Farris… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
How animals use the diel period (24‐h light–dark cycle) is of fundamental importance to
understand their niche. While ecological and evolutionary literature abound with discussion …

Ecological correlates of the spatial co‐occurrence of sympatric mammalian carnivores worldwide

CL Davis, LN Rich, ZJ Farris, MJ Kelly… - Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The composition of local mammalian carnivore communities has far‐reaching effects on
terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. To better understand how carnivore communities are …