Assertion: kangaroo rat | /r/CapableOf | reduce above-ground activity
Facets:
value: in open habitats
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Kangaroo rats avoid or reduce above-ground activity in open habitats when ambient light is present, including bright moonlight or northern lights (aurora borealis), presumably to minimize detection by visually orienting predators (O’Farrell 1974, Rosenzweig 1974, Kaufman and Kaufman 1982, Gummer unpubl.
text: The specific impacts of artificial light on kangaroo rats have not been directly investigated, but based on their natural anti-predator behaviour, kangaroo rats likely reduce their above-ground activity or shift their microhabitat use to avoid exposure to predators under relatively bright conditions, as they do during bright moonlight (Kaufman and Kaufman 1982), twilight and aurora borealis (Gummer and Bender pers.