Entrenching biophobia
Soga, M., Gaston, K.J., Fukano, Y. & Evans, M.J. 2023. The vicious cycle of biophobia. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 38, 512-520. People can express irrational fears and disgust responses towards certain…
Read moreTranscience in public attention to biological conservation
Jarić, I., Correia, R.A., Bonaiuto, M., Brook, B.W., Courchamp, F., Firth, J.A., Gaston, K.J., Heger, T., Jeschke, J.M., Ladle, R.J., Meinard, Y., Roberts, D.L., Sherren, K., Soga, M., Soriano-Redondo, A.,…
Read morePopulation decline & timing of threats
Cox, D.T.C., Gardner, A.S. & Gaston, K.J. 2023. Diel niche variation in mammalian declines in the Anthropocene. Scientific Reports 13, 1031. Biodiversity is being eroded worldwide. Many human pressures are most forcefully…
Read moreArtificial light confuses anti-predator defences
Bullough, K., Gaston, K.J. & Troscianko, J. 2023. Artificial light a night causes conflicting behavioural and morphological defence responses in a marine isopod. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290, 20230725. Encroachment…
Read moreBenefiting biodiversity
Soga, M. & Gaston, K.J. 2023. Nature benefit hypothesis: direct experiences of nature predict self-reported pro-biodiversity behaviours. Conservation Letters 16, e12945. Human activities are damaging the world’s ecosystems, posing a serious threat…
Read moreFunctioning at night
Cox, D.T.C., Baker, D.J., Gardner, A.S. & Gaston, K.J. 2023. Global variation in unique and redundant mammal functional diversity across the daily cycle. Journal of Biogeography 50, 629-640. Aim: Organisms primarily influence…
Read moreLosing the natural night
Gaston, K.J., Gardner, A.S. & Cox, D.T.C. 2023. Anthropogenic changes to the nighttime environment. BioScience 73, 280-290. How the relative impacts of anthropogenic pressures on the natural environment vary between different taxonomic…
Read moreShining a light on fear
Jolkkonen, J., Gaston, K.J. & Troscianko, J. 2023. Artificial lighting affects the landscape of fear in a widely distributed shorebird. Communications Biology 6, 131. Fear influences almost all aspects of a prey…
Read moreMaking connections
Soga, M. & Gaston, K.J. 2023. Global synthesis reveals heterogeneous changes in connection of humans to nature. One Earth 6, 131-138. The connection that individuals have with nature impacts their well-being and…
Read moreHorizon scanning
Sutherland, W.J., Bennett, C.., Brotherton, P.N.M. Butterworth, H.M., Clout, M.N., Côté, I.M., Dinsdale, J., Esmail, N., Fleishman, E., Gaston, K.J., Herbert-Read, J.E., Hughes, A., Kaartokallio, H., Le Roux, X., Lickorish,…
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