Investigating animal activity patterns and temporal niche partitioning using camera‐trap data: Challenges and opportunities
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 …
community ecology, including species' activity patterns and niche partitioning. Given the …
Paws without claws? Ecological effects of large carnivores in anthropogenic landscapes
DPJ Kuijper, E Sahlén, B Elmhagen… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Large carnivores are frequently presented as saviours of biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning through their creation of trophic cascades, an idea largely based on studies …
functioning through their creation of trophic cascades, an idea largely based on studies …
Fear of humans as apex predators has landscape‐scale impacts from mountain lions to mice
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 …
across wildlife communities, which could result largely from the fear they inspire, although …
The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality
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 …
distribution of wildlife, but the cumulative effect of human disturbance on the temporal …
Fear of large carnivores causes a trophic cascade
The fear large carnivores inspire, independent of their direct killing of prey, may itself cause
cascading effects down food webs potentially critical for conserving ecosystem function …
cascading effects down food webs potentially critical for conserving ecosystem function …
[HTML][HTML] Mesopredator spatial and temporal responses to large predators and human development in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California
Human-driven declines of apex predators can trigger widespread impacts throughout
ecological communities. Reduced apex predator occupancy or activity can release …
ecological communities. Reduced apex predator occupancy or activity can release …
Plasticity in circadian activity patterns of mesocarnivores in Southwestern Europe: implications for species coexistence
Limiting similarity theory predicts that competing species must segregate along one or more
dimensions of their ecological niche in order to coexist. In predator communities …
dimensions of their ecological niche in order to coexist. In predator communities …
Multiple threats, or multiplying the threats? Interactions between invasive predators and other ecological disturbances
Invasive species have reshaped the composition of biomes across the globe, and
considerable cost is now associated with minimising their ecological, social and economic …
considerable cost is now associated with minimising their ecological, social and economic …
[HTML][HTML] Feral cats are better killers in open habitats, revealed by animal-borne video
One of the key gaps in understanding the impacts of predation by small mammalian
predators on prey is how habitat structure affects the hunting success of small predators …
predators on prey is how habitat structure affects the hunting success of small predators …
[HTML][HTML] Landscape management of fire and grazing regimes alters the fine-scale habitat utilisation by feral cats
Intensification of fires and grazing by large herbivores has caused population declines in
small vertebrates in many ecosystems worldwide. Impacts are rarely direct, and usually …
small vertebrates in many ecosystems worldwide. Impacts are rarely direct, and usually …