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 …

Human activity influences wildlife populations and activity patterns: implications for spatial and temporal refuges

JS Lewis, S Spaulding, H Swanson, W Keeley… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Human activity affects plant and animal populations across local to global scales, and the
management of recreation areas often aims to reduce such impacts. Specifically, by …

A multi-scale, multi-species approach for assessing effectiveness of habitat and connectivity conservation for endangered felids

MR Ashrafzadeh, R Khosravi, MA Adibi… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Habitat loss and fragmentation are major threats to global biodiversity. Felids, among the
many taxa experiencing population declines and range contraction around the world, are …

Effects of human impacts on habitat use, activity patterns and ecological relationships among medium and small felids of the Atlantic Forest

P Cruz, ME Iezzi, C De Angelo, D Varela, MS Di Bitetti… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Competition theory and niche theory suggest that two morphologically similar species may
coexist by reducing the overlap of at least one dimension of their ecological niche. The …

Puma activity patterns and temporal overlap with prey in a human‐modified landscape at Southeastern Brazil

FC Azevedo, FG Lemos, MC Freitas‐Junior… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Animal activity patterns correspond to the individual diel cycle time and is an important
attribute of species coexistence in ecological communities. However, activity patterns of …

Chronobiology of interspecific interactions in a changing world

N Kronfeld-Schor, ME Visser… - … Transactions of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Animals should time activities, such as foraging, migration and reproduction, as well as
seasonal physiological adaptation, in a way that maximizes fitness. The fitness outcome of …

The effect of urbanization on spatiotemporal interactions between gray foxes and coyotes

AW Parsons, KF Kellner, CT Rota, SG Schuttler… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions between species can influence their distribution and fitness, with potential
cascading ecosystem effects. Human disturbance can affect these competitive dynamics but …

Predator control alters wolf interactions with prey and competitor species over the diel cycle

S Frey, D Tejero, K Baillie‐David, AC Burton, JT Fisher - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Predator control remains one of the most common strategies for the conservation of
threatened prey species. Despite significant and ongoing efforts to reduce predator …

Lions and leopards coexist without spatial, temporal or demographic effects of interspecific competition

JRB Miller, RT Pitman, GKH Mann… - Journal of Animal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Although interspecific competition plays a principal role in shaping species behaviour and
demography, little is known about the population‐level outcomes of competition between …