Fear of the dark? A mesopredator mitigates large carnivore risk through nocturnality, but humans moderate the interaction

Adaptive genomic evolution of opsins reveals that early mammals flourished in nocturnal environments

(2018) Rui Borges et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Diel predator activity drives a dynamic landscape of fear

(2018) Michel T. Kohl et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Ecological correlates of the spatial co-occurrence of sympatric mammalian carnivores worldwide

(2018) Courtney L. Davis et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Fear, foraging and olfaction: how mesopredators avoid costly interactions with apex predators

(2018) Peter M. Haswell et al.   OECOLOGIA

Animals feel safer from humans in the dark

(2018) Ana Benítez-López   SCIENCE

One-third of global protected land is under intense human pressure

(2018) Kendall R. Jones et al.   SCIENCE

The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality

(2018) Kaitlyn M. Gaynor et al.   SCIENCE

Contextual influences on animal decision-making: Significance for behavior-based wildlife conservation and management

(2017) Megan A. OWEN et al.   Integrative Zoology

Fear of the human ‘super predator’ reduces feeding time in large carnivores

(2017) Justine A. Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Forecasting disturbance effects on wildlife: tolerance does not mitigate effects of increased recreation on wildlands

(2016) B. P. Pauli et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Managing conservation flagship species in competition: Tiger, leopard and dhole in Malaysia

(2016) D. Mark Rayan et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

In the absence of a “landscape of fear”: How lions, hyenas, and cheetahs coexist

(2016) Alexandra Swanson et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Spatial and temporal adjustments allowing the coexistence among carnivores in Liguria (N-W Italy)

(2015) E. Torretta et al.   ACTA ETHOLOGICA

The impact of multiple anthropogenic contaminants on the terrestrial environment of the Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia

(2015) Snježana Herceg Romanić et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Drivers of red fox (Vulpes vulpes) daily activity: prey availability, human disturbance or habitat structure?

(2015) F. Díaz-Ruiz et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Interference competition: odours of an apex predator and conspecifics influence resource acquisition by red foxes

(2015) Viyanna Leo et al.   OECOLOGIA

The unique ecology of human predators

(2015) C. T. Darimont et al.   SCIENCE

Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes?

(2015) M. S. Banks et al.   Science Advances

Plasticity in circadian activity patterns of mesocarnivores in Southwestern Europe: implications for species coexistence

(2014) Pedro Monterroso et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Multi-season occupancy analysis reveals large scale competitive exclusion of the critically endangered European mink by the invasive non-native American mink in Spain

(2014) Giulia Santulli et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Visual Acuity in Mammals: Effects of Eye Size and Ecology

(2014) Carrie C. Veilleux et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

The application of occupancy modeling to evaluate intraguild predation in a model carnivore system

(2014) Quinn H. Robinson et al.   ECOLOGY

A continental scale trophic cascade from wolves through coyotes to foxes

(2014) Thomas M. Newsome et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Cheetahs and wild dogs show contrasting patterns of suppression by lions

(2014) Alexandra Swanson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Activity Patterns of Eurasian Lynx Are Modulated by Light Regime and Individual Traits over a Wide Latitudinal Range

(2014) Marco Heurich et al.   PLoS One

Recovery of large carnivores in Europe’s modern human-dominated landscapes

(2014) Guillaume Chapron et al.   SCIENCE

Quantifying levels of animal activity using camera trap data

(2014) J. Marcus Rowcliffe et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Recommended survey designs for occupancy modelling using motion-activated cameras: insights from empirical wildlife data

(2014) Graeme Shannon et al.   PeerJ

The evolutionary consequences of interspecific aggression

(2013) Gregory F. Grether et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Catch Me If You Can: Diel Activity Patterns of Mammalian Prey and Predators

(2013) Pedro Monterroso et al.   ETHOLOGY

Reproductive failure of a human-tolerant species, the American kestrel, is associated with stress and human disturbance

(2013) Erin H. Strasser et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Lethal and sublethal effects of black-backed jackals on cape foxes and bat-eared foxes

(2013) Jan F. Kamler et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

High genetic diversity and low population structure in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Croatia

(2013) Ana Galov et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Fear of the dark or dinner by moonlight? Reduced temporal partitioning among Africa's large carnivores

(2012) Gabriele Cozzi et al.   ECOLOGY

Trophic niche overlap and wild ungulate consumption by red fox and wolf in a mountain area in Italy

(2012) Elena Bassi et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Eye shape and the nocturnal bottleneck of mammals

(2012) M. I. Hall et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Integrating animal behavior and conservation biology: a conceptual framework

(2011) O. Berger-Tal et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Noisy clocks and silent sunrises: measurement methods of daily activity pattern

(2011) P. Nouvellet et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Assessing tiger-prey interactions in Sumatran rainforests

(2011) M. Linkie et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Early dispersal of modern humans in Europe and implications for Neanderthal behaviour

(2011) Stefano Benazzi et al.   NATURE

Tuning the Mammalian Circadian Clock: Robust Synergy of Two Loops

(2011) Angela Relógio et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

The Nocturnal Bottleneck and the Evolution of Mammalian Vision

(2010) Christopher P. Heesy et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Temporal Partitioning of Activity in Large African Carnivores: Tests of Multiple Hypotheses

(2010) Matt W. Hayward et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

The Ecological Role of the Mammalian Mesocarnivore

(2009) Gary W. Roemer et al.   BIOSCIENCE

The Rise of the Mesopredator

(2009) Laura R. Prugh et al.   BIOSCIENCE

The impact of native competitors on an alien invasive: temporal niche shifts to avoid interspecific aggression

(2009) Lauren A. Harrington et al.   ECOLOGY

Predator interactions, mesopredator release and biodiversity conservation

(2009) Euan G. Ritchie et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

What Drives Wolves: Fear or Hunger? Humans, Diet, Climate and Wolf Activity Patterns

(2009) Jörn Theuerkauf   ETHOLOGY

Estimating overlap of daily activity patterns from camera trap data

(2009) M. S. Ridout et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS

The first hominin of Europe

(2008) Eudald Carbonell et al.   NATURE

Relationships between direct predation and risk effects

(2008) Scott Creel et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION