Anthropogenic change alters ecological relationships via interactive changes in stress physiology and behavior within and among organisms

TT Hammond, CA Ortiz-Jimenez… - … and comparative biology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Anthropogenic change has well-documented impacts on stress physiology and behavior
across diverse taxonomic groups. Within individual organisms, physiological and behavioral …

Behavioural correlations across multiple stages of the antipredator response: do animals that escape sooner hide longer?

CA Ortiz-Jimenez, M Michelangeli, E Pendleton, A Sih… - Animal Behaviour, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Prey face trade-offs across multiple stages of the antipredator response.•We
explore repeatability of antipredator responses and correlations between stages.•Human …

The effect of urbanization on innovation in spotted hyenas

L Johnson-Ulrich, G Yirga, RL Strong, KE Holekamp - Animal Cognition, 2021 - Springer
Urbanization represents a dramatic form of evolutionary novelty in the landscapes inhabited
by many extant animals. The Cognitive Buffer Hypothesis suggests that innovation, the …

Sensory integration of danger and safety cues may explain the fear of a quiet coyote

JE Smith, C Carminito, S Hamilton… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Sensory integration theory predicts natural selection should favour adaptive responses of
animals to multiple forms of information, yet empirical tests of this prediction are rare …

Mesopredators retain their fear of humans across a development gradient

CM Reilly, JP Suraci, JA Smith, Y Wang… - Behavioral …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Anthropogenic impacts on wildlife behavior arise both from the immediate presence of
people, which induces fear responses in many species, and the human footprint (ie …

Short-term social dynamics following anthropogenic and natural disturbances in a free-living mammal

GEC Gall, JC Evans, MJ Silk… - Behavioral …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Anthropogenic disturbances are widely recognized for their far-reaching consequences on
the survival and reproduction of wildlife, but we understand comparatively little about their …

[图书][B] Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

LB McNew, DK Dahlgren, JL Beck - 2023 - library.oapen.org
This open access book reviews the importance of ecological functioning within rangelands
considering the complex inter-relationships of production agriculture, ecosystem services …

[HTML][HTML] Small mammal glucocorticoid concentrations vary with forest fragment size, trap type, and mammal taxa in the Interior Atlantic Forest

SA Boyle, NU de la Sancha, P Pérez, D Kabelik - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Species that live in degraded habitats often show signs of physiological stress.
Glucocorticoid hormones (eg, corticosterone and cortisol) are often assessed as a proxy of …

Host traits, identity, and ecological conditions predict consistent flea abundance and prevalence on free-living California ground squirrels

JE Smith, IB Smith, CL Working, ID Russell… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding why some individuals are more prone to carry parasites and spread
diseases than others is a key question in biology. Although epidemiologists and disease …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological stress integrates resistance to rattlesnake venom and the onset of risky foraging in California ground squirrels

ML Holding, BJ Putman, LM Kong, JE Smith, RW Clark - Toxins, 2020 - mdpi.com
Using venom for predation often leads to the evolution of resistance in prey. Understanding
individual variation in venom resistance is key to unlocking basic mechanisms by which …