Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
114(42), P. 11175 - 11180
Published: Oct. 2, 2017
Significance
Artificial
light
at
night
is
a
novel
stimulus
in
the
evolutionary
history
of
nocturnal
animals.
Light
pollution
can
significantly
alter
these
organisms’
behaviors,
from
migration
to
foraging
vocal
communication.
Nocturnally
migrating
birds
are
particularly
susceptible
artificial
because
adaptations
and
requirements
for
navigating
orienting
darkness.
However,
light’s
effects
on
in-flight
behaviors
have
not
been
well
quantified,
especially
urbanized
environments.
Here
we
report
that
an
iconic
urban
installation
dramatically
altered
multiple
nocturnally
birds—but
disappeared
when
lights
were
extinguished.
We
recommend
selective
removal
during
nights
with
substantial
bird
mitigate
negative
birds,
particular
collisions
lighted
structures.
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
99(4), P. 1242 - 1260
Published: March 4, 2024
ABSTRACT
Animal
migration
has
fascinated
scientists
and
the
public
alike
for
centuries,
yet
migratory
animals
are
facing
diverse
threats
that
could
lead
to
their
demise.
The
Anthropocene
is
characterised
by
reality
humans
dominant
force
on
Earth,
having
manifold
negative
effects
biodiversity
ecosystem
function.
Considerable
research
focus
been
given
assessing
anthropogenic
impacts
numerical
abundance
of
species/populations,
whereas
relatively
less
attention
devoted
animal
migration.
However,
there
clear
linkages,
example,
where
human‐driven
behaviour
can
population/species
declines
or
even
extinction.
Here,
we
explore
(in
all
domains
–
aquatic,
terrestrial,
aerial)
using
International
Union
Conservation
Nature
(IUCN)
Threat
Taxonomy
classifications.
We
reveal
(e.g.
human
development,
disease,
invasive
species,
climate
change,
exploitation,
pollution)
impact
wildlife
in
varied
ways
spanning
taxa,
life
stages
type
from
direct
mortality
changes
behaviour,
health,
physiology).
Notably,
these
often
interact
complex
unpredictable
detriment
wildlife,
further
complicating
management.
Fortunately,
beginning
identify
strategies
conserving
managing
Anthropocene.
provide
a
set
that,
if
embraced,
have
potential
ensure
animals,
important
ecological
functions
sustained
migration,
persist.
Journal of Experimental Biology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
228(Suppl_1)
Published: Feb. 15, 2025
ABSTRACT
Movement
paths
are
influenced
by
external
factors
and
depend
on
an
individual's
navigation
capacity
(Where
to
move?),
motion
(How
move?)
ultimately
driven
internal
physiological
state
(Why
move?).
Despite
physiology
underlying
most
aspects
of
this
movement
ecology
framework,
the
physiology–movement
nexus
remains
understudied
in
large
terrestrial
mammals.
Within
Commentary,
we
highlight
processes
that
underpin
framework
how
integrating
measurements
can
provide
mechanistic
insights
may
enhance
our
understanding
drivers
animal
movement.
We
focus
mammals,
which
well
represented
within
literature
but
under-represented
studies
integrate
state.
Recent
advances
biologging
technology
allow
for
variables,
such
as
heart
rate
body
movements,
be
recorded
remotely
continuously
free-living
animals.
Biologging
temperature
additional
into
states
driving
Body
not
only
provides
a
measure
thermal
stress,
also
index
wellbeing
through
quantification
nutrition,
hydration,
reproductive
disease
drive
movements.
Integrating
measures
with
fine-scale
GPS
locations
causality
improve
movement,
is
crucial
population
performance
monitoring
reintroduction
success.
recommend
baseline
undertaken,
linking
mechanisms,
development
realistic
predictive
models
conservation
efforts
Anthropocene.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
8(1)
Published: Aug. 13, 2018
Humpback
whale
(Megaptera
novaeangliae)
populations
typically
undertake
seasonal
migrations,
spending
winters
in
low
latitude
breeding
grounds
and
summers
foraging
high
feeding
grounds.
Until
recently,
a
broad
scale
understanding
of
movement
has
been
derived
from
whaling
records,
Discovery
marks,
photo
identification
genetic
analyses.
However,
with
advances
satellite
tagging
technology
concurrent
development
analytical
methodologies
we
can
now
detail
finer
humpback
movement,
infer
behavioural
context
examine
how
these
animals
interact
their
physical
environment.
Here
describe
the
temporal
spatial
characteristics
migration
along
east
Australian
seaboard
into
Southern
Ocean
by
30
whales
tagged
over
three
consecutive
austral
summers.
We
characterise
putative
Antarctic
identify
supplemental
within
temperate,
migratory
corridors.
demonstrate
that
habitat
is
associated
marginal
ice
zone,
key
predictors
inferred
behaviour
including
distance
edge,
melt
rate
variability
concentration
two
months
prior
to
arrival.
discuss
highly
variable
season
implications
this
other
environmental
factors
may
have
on
continued
strong
recovery
population.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
10(1)
Published: May 7, 2020
Abstract
Blue
whales
need
to
time
their
migration
from
breeding
grounds
feeding
avoid
missing
peak
prey
abundances,
but
the
cues
they
use
for
this
are
unknown.
We
examine
timing
(inferred
local
onset
and
cessation
of
blue
whale
calls
recorded
on
seafloor-mounted
hydrophones),
environmental
conditions
(e.g.,
sea
surface
temperature
anomalies
chlorophyll
a
),
(spring
krill
biomass
annual
net
tow
surveys)
during
10
year
period
(2008–2017)
in
waters
Southern
California
Region
where
feed
summer.
Colder
previous
season
were
correlated
with
greater
following
year,
earlier
arrival
by
whales.
Our
results
demonstrate
plastic
response
interannual
variability
importance
as
driving
force
behind
timing.
A
decadal-scale
increase
due
climate
change
has
led
extending
overall
California.
By
end
our
10-year
study,
arriving
at
more
than
one
month
earlier,
while
departure
date
did
not
change.
Conservation
strategies
will
account
increased
anthropogenic
threats
resulting
longer
times
grounds.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
75(3), P. 488 - 496
Published: Jan. 22, 2018
Thermoregulation
is
presumed
to
be
a
widespread
determinant
of
behaviour
in
fishes,
but
has
not
often
been
investigated
as
mechanism
shaping
long-distance
migrations.
We
used
acoustic
telemetry
and
animal-borne
thermal
loggers
test
the
hypothesis
that
seasonal
migration
adult
walleye
(Sander
vitreus)
Lake
Erie
size-
(or)
sex-specific
related
behavioural
thermoregulation.
Female
migrated
out
warm,
shallow
western
basin
earlier
than
did
males
were
1.8
times
more
likely
detected
on
receivers
deeper
cooler
eastern
basin.
The
few
fish
remained
restricted
smaller
range
higher
temperatures
(≥20
°C)
those
central
basins
(∼16–21
°C).
However,
temperature
records
from
nearly
indistinguishable
basin,
suggesting
preferences
alone
could
explain
As
such,
our
effort
understand
mechanisms
cause
migratory
behaviours
generated
mixed
evidence
role
factors
like
foraging
opportunities
may
have
synergistic
roles
migration.
The American Naturalist,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
191(2), P. E40 - E56
Published: Dec. 13, 2017
Integrating
behavior
and
physiology
is
critical
to
formulating
new
hypotheses
on
the
evolution
of
animal
life-history
strategies.
Migratory
capital
breeders
acquire
most
energy
they
need
sustain
migration,
gestation,
lactation
before
parturition.
Therefore,
when
predicting
impact
environmental
variation
such
species,
a
mechanistic
understanding
their
migratory
required.
Using
baleen
whales
as
model
system,
we
developed
dynamic
state
variable
that
captures
interplay
among
behavioral
decisions,
energy,
reproductive
needs,
environment.
We
applied
framework
blue
(Balaenoptera
musculus)
in
eastern
North
Pacific
Ocean
explored
effects
anthropogenic
perturbations
female
success.
demonstrate
emergence
migration
track
prey
resources,
enabling
us
quantify
trade-offs
breeding,
body
condition,
metabolic
expenses.
predict
periodic
climatic
oscillations
affect
success
less
than
unprecedented
changes
do.
The
effect
localized,
acute
impacts
depended
whales'
response
disturbance;
chronic,
but
weaker,
disturbances
had
little
Because
link
vital
rates
by
modeling
individuals'
energetic
budgets,
provide
general
investigate
ecology
assess
population
consequences
disturbance,
while
identifying
knowledge
gaps.
Movement Ecology,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
8(1)
Published: Feb. 4, 2020
Abstract
Movement,
from
foraging
to
migration,
is
known
be
under
the
influence
of
environment.
The
translation
environmental
cues
individual
movement
decision
making
determined
by
an
individual’s
internal
state
and
anticipated
balance
costs
benefits.
General
body
condition,
metabolic
hormonal
physiology
mechanistically
underpin
this
state.
These
physiological
determinants
are
tightly,
often
genetically
linked
with
each
other
hence
central
a
mechanistic
understanding
movement.
We
here
synthesise
available
evidence
drivers
signatures
review
(1)
how
as
measured
in
its
most
coarse
way
condition
correlates
decisions
during
foraging,
migration
dispersal,
(2)
changes
underlie
these
strategies
(3)
can
molecular
pathways.
reveale
that
high
facilitates
efficiency
routine
dispersal
migration.
Dispersal
is,
however,
some
cases
stimulated
decreased
condition.
Many
biotic
abiotic
stressors
induce
initiate
cascade
vertebrates
through
production
stress
hormones.
Movement
therefore
associated
hormone
levels
but
also
insects,
interaction
factors
related
or
social
underlying
mechanisms
currently
studied
few
model
species,
show
–in
congruence
our
insights
on
role
condition-
energy
metabolism
glycolysis,
coupling
timing
processes
Molecular
into
basis
remain,
highly
refractory.
finalise
critical
reflection
importance
feedbacks
for
better
effects
ecological
dynamics
at
all
biological
organization.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
10(1)
Published: April 7, 2020
Abstract
During
their
annual
cycles,
animals
face
a
series
of
energetic
challenges
as
they
prioritise
different
life
history
events
by
engaging
in
temporally
and
potentially
spatially
segregated
reproductive
non-breeding
periods.
Investigating
behaviour
energy
use
across
these
periods
is
fundamental
to
understanding
how
survive
the
changing
conditions
associated
with
cycles.
We
estimated
year-round
activity
budgets,
expenditure,
location,
colony
attendance
foraging
for
surviving
individuals
from
population
common
guillemots
Uria
aalge
.
Despite
potential
constraints
reduced
day
lengths
sea
surface
temperatures
winter,
managed
expenditure
throughout
year.
Values
were
high
prior
during
breeding
season,
driven
combination
thermoregulatory
costs,
diving
activity,
flight.
Guillemots
also
exhibited
partial
outside
likely
supported
local
resources.
Additionally,
there
was
mismatch
timing
peaks
dive
effort
peak
nocturnal
indicating
that
adapted
availability
prey
rather
than
daylight.
Our
study
identifies
adaptations
flexibility
budgets
mechanisms
enable
manage
cycle.
The Anthropocene Review,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
10(2), P. 367 - 392
Published: Nov. 18, 2021
Light
pollution
is
the
consequence
of
elevated
lighting
emitted
by
human-made
artefacts
to
lower
atmosphere.
Recently,
there
have
been
major
advances
in
assessment
and
mitigation
light
impacts
on
humans
natural
ecosystems.
Severe
negative
highlighted
while
very
few
measures
implemented.
People
(scientists,
policymakers
or
stakeholders)
interested
may
not
a
holistic
perspective
problem,
also
need
for
incorporating
social
dimensions.
Therefore,
main
goal
this
paper
review
literature
using
ISI
Web
Science
paying
attention
(i)
type
publication,
year
journal;
(ii)
specific
elements;
(iii)
location
(iv)
methods
used.
Our
results
indicated
that
number
papers
come
from
diverse
range
disciplines,
methods,
places
scales.
It
clear
getting
enough
scientific
community
but
decisions
implementation
are
left
with
stakeholders,
ordinary
inhabitants,
politicians.
Nevertheless,
having
health
ecosystem
as
perceived
experts
inhabitants
divergent
perspectives.
Thus,
multifaceted
difficult
be
faced,
mitigated
holistically
understood.
This
groups
total
Earth
presents
some
contradictory
results,
summarises
measures,
provides
future
research
directions.