Artificial lighting affects the landscape of fear in a widely distributed shorebird

• Published in: Communications Biology
• Main Authors: Jolkkonen, Juho, Gaston, Kevin J., Troscianko, Jolyon
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
• Subjects: Article; Fid; Eurasian Curlew
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9889372/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36721045; https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04486-x

Fear influences almost all aspects of a prey species’ behaviour, such as its foraging and movement, and has the potential to cause trophic cascades. The superior low-light vision of many predators means that perceived predation risk in prey is likely to be affected by light levels. The widespread an...