Headlights and moths
Fabusova, M., Gaston, K.J. & Troscianko, J. 2024. Pulsed artificial light at night alters moth flight behaviour. Biology Letters 20, 20240403. Vehicle headlights create pulsed artificial light at night (pALAN) that is…
Read moreFunction changes through day
Cox, D.T.C. & Gaston, K.J. 2024. Ecosystem functioning across the diel cycle in the Anthropocene. Trends in Ecology and Evolution39, 31-40. Given the marked differences in environmental conditions and active biota…
Read moreKeeping active
Cox, D.T.C. & Gaston, K.J. 2024. Cathemerality: a key temporal niche. Biological Reviews 99, 329-347. Given the marked variation in abiotic and biotic conditions between day and night, many species specialise their…
Read moreBee early or late
Chapman, K.E., Smith, M.T., Gaston, K.J. & Hempel de Ibarra, N. 2024. Bumblebee nest departures under low light conditions at sunrise and sunset. Biology Letters 20, 20230518. Only a few diurnal animals,…
Read moreCorrecting bias in species distribution models
Baker, D.J., Maclean, I.M.D. & Gaston, K.J. 2024. Effective strategies for correcting spatial sampling bias in species distribution models without independent test data. Diversity and Distributions 30, e13802. Aim: Spatial sampling bias (SSB)…
Read moreEnvironmental legacy of satellite data
Anderson, K., Brewin, R.J.W., Mleczko, M.M., Mueller, M., Shutler, J.D., Wilkinson, R., Yan, X. & Gaston, K.J. 2024. The dark side of Earth observation. Nature Sustainability 7, 224-227. Earth Observation (EO) satellites have transformed…
Read moreRewiring ecological networks
Sanders, D., Hirt, M.R., Brose, U., Evans, D.M., Gaston, K.J., Gauzens, B. & Ryser, R. 2023. How artificial light at night may rewire ecological networks: concepts and models. Philosophical Transactions of…
Read moreBillions of decisions
Gaston, K.J., Phillips, B.B. & Soga, M. 2023. Personalised ecology and the future of biodiversity. Cambridge Prisms: Extinction 1, e18. The future of biodiversity lies not just in the strategies and mechanisms…
Read moreCommon ecology
Gaston, K.J. 2023. Common ecology. International Ecology Institute, Oldendorf/Luhe. This book is a manifesto and a synthesis. It is a manifesto for increased attention to common ecology. Common species shape much of…
Read moreWilderness under the plough
Gardner, A.S., Trew, B.T., Maclean, I.M.D., Sharma, M.D. & Gaston, K.J. 2023. Wilderness areas under threat from global redistribution of agriculture. Current Biology 33, 4721-4726. Agriculture expansion is already the primary cause of…
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