Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Diel niche variation in mammals associated with expanded trait space

  • D. T. C. Cox,
  • A. S. Gardner,
  • K. J. Gaston

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22023-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Most mammals are nocturnal, but a new analysis suggests that although most groups of species active at a particular time of day or night occupy different ecological niches, a surprisingly large proportion of species are more flexible in the timing of their activity than previously thought.