Nature Communications (Nov 2022)
Consistent diel activity patterns of forest mammals among tropical regions
- Andrea F. Vallejo-Vargas,
- Douglas Sheil,
- Asunción Semper-Pascual,
- Lydia Beaudrot,
- Jorge A. Ahumada,
- Emmanuel Akampurira,
- Robert Bitariho,
- Santiago Espinosa,
- Vittoria Estienne,
- Patrick A. Jansen,
- Charles Kayijamahe,
- Emanuel H. Martin,
- Marcela Guimarães Moreira Lima,
- Badru Mugerwa,
- Francesco Rovero,
- Julia Salvador,
- Fernanda Santos,
- Wilson Roberto Spironello,
- Eustrate Uzabaho,
- Richard Bischof
Affiliations
- Andrea F. Vallejo-Vargas
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Douglas Sheil
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Asunción Semper-Pascual
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Lydia Beaudrot
- Department of BioSciences, Program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Rice University
- Jorge A. Ahumada
- Moore Center for Science, Conservation International
- Emmanuel Akampurira
- Department of Conflict and Development Studies, Ghent University
- Robert Bitariho
- Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
- Santiago Espinosa
- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
- Vittoria Estienne
- Wildlife Conservation Society, Congo Program
- Patrick A. Jansen
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University and Research
- Charles Kayijamahe
- International Gorilla Conservation Programme
- Emanuel H. Martin
- College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka, Department of Wildlife Management
- Marcela Guimarães Moreira Lima
- Laboratório de Biogeografia da Conservação e Macroecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará
- Badru Mugerwa
- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
- Francesco Rovero
- Department of Biology, University of Florence
- Julia Salvador
- Wildlife Conservation Society Ecuador
- Fernanda Santos
- Programa de Capacitação Institucional, Coordenação de Ciências da Terra e Ecologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
- Wilson Roberto Spironello
- Grupo de Pesquisa de Mamíferos Amazônicos, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
- Eustrate Uzabaho
- International Gorilla Conservation Programme
- Richard Bischof
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34825-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Temporal niche partitioning is an important feature of animal communities. Here, Vallejo-Vargas and colleagues analyze standardized camera trap survey data from protected areas across the tropics to investigate diel patterns of forest mammals in relation to body mass and trophic guild.
