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 …

Diel spatio-temporal patterns of humpback whale singing on a high-density breeding ground

A Kügler, MO Lammers, AA Pack… - Royal Society …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Humpback whale song chorusing dominates the marine soundscape in Hawai 'i during
winter months, yet little is known about spatio-temporal habitat use patterns of singers. We …

Deer activity levels and patterns vary along gradients of food availability and anthropogenic development

ZJ Delisle, RD Sample, JN Caudell, RK Swihart - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Animal activity reflects behavioral decisions that depend upon environmental context. Prior
studies typically estimated activity distributions within few areas, which has limited …

Biological invasions disrupt activity patterns of native wildlife: An example from wild pigs

AM Dykstra, C Baruzzi, K VerCauteren, B Strickland… - Food Webs, 2023 - Elsevier
Activity patterns are an important behavioral trait linked to animal interactions within food
webs. Biological invasions can have impacts on the behavior of native species through …

Comparison of daily activity patterns across seasons using GPS telemetry and camera trap data for a widespread mammal

DW Wolfson, PE Schlichting, RK Boughton… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Daily activity patterns of animals can be dynamic across seasons in response to changing
environmental conditions. Daily activity, though, has rarely been evaluated in relation to …

Dynamic shifts in predator diel activity patterns across landscapes and threat levels

MW Rees, BA Wintle, JH Pascoe, M Le Pla… - Oikos, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the constraints that dominant predators impose on subordinate species is
important for predicting ecosystem dynamics and anticipating outcomes of predator …

Risky business: How an herbivore navigates spatiotemporal aspects of risk from competitors and predators

KS Huggler, JD Holbrook, MM Hayes… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding factors that influence animal behavior is central to ecology. Basic principles
of animal ecology imply that individuals should seek to maximize survival and reproduction …

Seasonal activity patterns of a Kalahari mammal community: Trade‐offs between environmental heat load and predation pressure

MM Vermeulen, H Fritz, WM Strauss… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mammals in arid zones have to trade off thermal stress, predation pressure, and time spent
foraging in a complex thermal landscape. We quantified the relationship between the …

White‐tailed deer detection rates increase when coyotes are present

HL Clipp, SM Pesi, ML Miller, LC Gigliotti… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Predator species can indirectly affect prey species through the cost of anti‐predator behavior
responses, which may involve shifts in occupancy, space use, or movement. Quantifying the …

Diel and monthly activity pattern of brown bears and sika deer in the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan

K Kawamura, M Jimbo, K Adachi, Y Shirane… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Mammals exhibit several types of diel activity pattern, including nocturnal, diurnal,
crepuscular, and cathemeral. These patterns vary inter-and intra-specifically and are …