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 …

The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality

KM Gaynor, CE Hojnowski, NH Carter, JS Brashares - Science, 2018 - science.org
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 …

Competition and coexistence among terrestrial mammalian carnivores

Z Li, SL Li'an Duo, T Wang - Biodiversity Science, 2021 - biodiversity-science.net
Background & Aim: Carnivores play an important role in maintaining the structural and
functional stability of ecosystems. Increasing anthropogenic pressure has resulted in …

Crowded mountains: Long-term effects of human outdoor recreation on a community of wild mammals monitored with systematic camera trapping

M Salvatori, V Oberosler, M Rinaldi, A Franceschini… - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Outdoor recreation in natural areas has become an increasingly popular activity globally, yet
the long-term effects on wildlife are poorly known. Reconciling human access to nature and …

Towns and trails drive carnivore movement behaviour, resource selection, and connectivity

J Whittington, M Hebblewhite, RW Baron, AT Ford… - Movement ecology, 2022 - Springer
Background Global increases in human activity threaten connectivity of animal habitat and
populations. Protection and restoration of wildlife habitat and movement corridors require …

Nighttime ecology: the “nocturnal problem” revisited

KJ Gaston - The American Naturalist, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
The existence of a synthetic program of research on what was then termed the “nocturnal
problem” and that we might now call “nighttime ecology” was declared more than 70 years …

Impact of ecotourism on abundance, diversity and activity patterns of medium-large terrestrial mammals at Brownsberg Nature Park, Suriname

DA Ouboter, VS Kadosoe, PE Ouboter - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The impacts of ecotourism on biodiversity are poorly understood and the outcome of this
type of research is often contradictory. On the one hand ecotourism could impact the …

Temporal road closures improve habitat quality for wildlife

J Whittington, P Low, B Hunt - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Increasing levels of human activity threaten wildlife populations through direct mortality,
habitat degradation, and habitat fragmentation. Area closures can improve habitat quality for …

Assessing the activity pattern overlap among leopards (Panthera pardus), potential prey and competitors in a complex landscape in Tanzania

RW Havmøller, NS Jacobsen, N Scharff… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Studying activity patterns and temporal overlap among carnivores and their putative prey is
difficult because of their secretive and elusive nature. With large carnivores declining …

Home range variation in leopards living across the human density gradient

MH Snider, VR Athreya, GA Balme… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Home range size is a fundamental measure of animal space use, providing insight into
habitat quality, animal density, and social organization. Human impacts increasingly are …