Two sides of a coin: ecological and chronobiological perspectives of timing in the wild

B Helm, ME Visser, W Schwartz… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Most processes within organisms, and most interactions between organisms and their
environment, have distinct time profiles. The temporal coordination of such processes is …

Chronobiology by moonlight

N Kronfeld-Schor, D Dominoni… - … of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Most studies in chronobiology focus on solar cycles (daily and annual). Moonlight and the
lunar cycle received considerably less attention by chronobiologists. An exception are …

A practical guide to avoid giving up on giving-up densities

MA Bedoya-Perez, AJR Carthey, VSA Mella… - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2013 - Springer
The giving-up density (GUD) framework provides a powerful experimental approach with a
strong theoretical underpinning to quantify foraging outcomes in heterogeneous …

Mapping projected variations of temperature and precipitation due to climate change in Venezuela

JA Viloria, BO Olivares, P García, F Paredes-Trejo… - Hydrology, 2023 - mdpi.com
The impacts of climate change will not be homogeneous in all countries or between regions
within each country. Mapping projected changes in temperature and precipitation is crucial …

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 …

Foraging activity pattern is shaped by water loss rates in a diurnal desert rodent

O Levy, T Dayan, WP Porter… - The American …, 2016 - journals.uchicago.edu
Although animals fine-tune their activity to avoid excess heat, we still lack a mechanistic
understanding of such behaviors. As the global climate changes, such understanding is …

Aggression repeatability in stressed fish in response to an environmental concentration of sertraline and lunar cycle as evidenced by brain metabolomics

P Hubená, P Horký, R Grabic, K Grabicová, K Douda… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2023 - Elsevier
Sertraline is an environmental pollutant which received magnified scientific attention due to
its global presence in waters. Adverse effects on feeding, reproduction and other traits were …

Fitness consequences of chronic exposure to different light pollution wavelengths in nocturnal and diurnal rodents

H Vardi-Naim, A Benjamin, T Sagiv… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Use of artificial at night (ALAN) exposes the world to continuously increasing levels and
distribution of light pollution. Our understanding of the adverse effects of ALAN is based …

Lunar biological effects and the magnetosphere

M Bevington - Pathophysiology, 2015 - Elsevier
The debate about how far the Moon causes biological effects has continued for two
millennia. Pliny the Elder argued for lunar power “penetrating all things”, including plants …

Nocturnal lighting in animal research should be replicable and reflect relevant ecological conditions

AE Aulsebrook, A Jechow… - Biology …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In nature, light is a key driver of animal behaviour and physiology. When studying captive or
laboratory animals, researchers usually expose animals to a period of darkness, to mimic …