Nocturnal Animals - Adapted or Inherited Plasticity - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1806312352 ISBN 13 : 9781806312351

Editeur : IntechOpen, 2026

Synopsis

The impacts of climate change are ongoing and are likely to result in the loss of numerous species, habitat fragmentation, and phenological change. Even a slight temperature change will affect the distribution and numbers of nocturnal animals, as well as their behavior, reproduction, migration, and foraging. Over five chapters, this book describes recent findings on the global threats posed by climate change to social insects and scorpions. Luckily, nocturnality and behavioral plasticity may buffer short-term impacts, but sustained shifts in temperature and humidity could alter activity windows, prey availability, and reproductive success. Urban development creates anthropogenic challenges, such as artificial light and noise, which make it difficult for social insects to maintain their dark-friendly lifestyle. The book also has a chapter on how plant-visiting bats have adapted to human life, and another on a nocturnal owl that showed enjoyment of human companionship.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: IntechOpen
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1806312352
• ISBN 13: 9781806312351
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Éditeur: Mikkola Heimo
• Coordonnées du fabricant: IN TECH d.o.o.; info@intechopen.com; ; Prolaz Marije Krucifikse Kozuli¿ 3; Rijeka; 51000; Croatie