Increasing awareness of avian ecological function

CH Sekercioglu - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2006 - cell.com
Birds are one of the most diverse groups of ecosystem service providers, whose ecological
functions range from creating soil to shaping primate behavior, Nevertheless, the impression …

Hazardous duty pay and the foraging cost of predation

JS Brown, BP Kotler - Ecology letters, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
We review the concepts and research associated with measuring fear and its consequences
for foraging. When foraging, animals should and do demand hazardous duty pay. They …

[HTML][HTML] State of the world's raptors: Distributions, threats, and conservation recommendations

CJW McClure, JRS Westrip, JA Johnson… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Raptors provide critical ecosystem services, yet there is currently no systematic, global
synthesis of their conservation status or threats. We review the International Union for the …

[图书][B] Ecology: from individuals to ecosystems

M Begon, CR Townsend - 2021 - books.google.com
A definitive guide to the depth and breadth of the ecological sciences, revised and updated
The revised and updated fifth edition of Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems–now in full …

Does moonlight increase predation risk? Meta‐analysis reveals divergent responses of nocturnal mammals to lunar cycles

LR Prugh, CD Golden - Journal of animal ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The risk of predation strongly affects mammalian population dynamics and community
interactions. Bright moonlight is widely believed to increase predation risk for nocturnal …

The dark side of light at night: physiological, epidemiological, and ecological consequences

KJ Navara, RJ Nelson - Journal of pineal research, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Organisms must adapt to the temporal characteristics of their surroundings to successfully
survive and reproduce. Variation in the daily light cycle, for example, acts through endocrine …

Vigilance, patch use and habitat selection: foraging under predation risk

JS Brown - Evolutionary ecology research, 1999 - evolutionary-ecology.com
To balance conflicting demands for food and safety from predation, feeding animals have
two useful tools. First, they can vary the amount of time they devote to harvesting patches …

[图书][B] Quantitative methods in landscape ecology: the analysis and interpretation of landscape heterogeneity

MG Turner, RH Gardner - 1991 - Springer
Landscape ecology as a modern interdisciplinary science is making use increasingly of
quantitative research techniques adopted from other fields. So far, no synthetic reference …

[图书][B] Design and analysis of ecological experiments

SM Scheiner, J Gurevitch - 2001 - books.google.com
Ecological research and the way that ecologists use statistics continues to change rapidly.
This second edition of the best-selling Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments leads …

Light at night as an environmental endocrine disruptor

KLG Russart, RJ Nelson - Physiology & behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
Environmental endocrine disruptors (EEDs) are often consequences of human activity;
however, the effects of EEDs are not limited to humans. A primary focus over the past∼ 30 …