Understanding if an animal can adjust their temporal activity to mitigate or adapt to environmental change has become a recent topic of discussion and is important for effective wildlife management and conservation. Yet, changes in animal behavior within the shorter 24-hr light–dark cycle have largely gone unstudied. How animal behavior changes over time has been explored through well-known ecological theories like niche partitioning and predator–prey dynamics. Time is a fundamental component of ecological processes. Texas Parks and Wildlife, United States.The Nature Conservancy in Texas, United States.Department of Education & Conservation, Brandywine Zoo, United States.Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa, United States.Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada.Austin Parks and Recreation, City of Austin, United States.Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States.Department of Environmental Science and Policy, St.Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, United States.Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability, Butler University, United States.Department of Horticulture and Natural Resources, Kansas State University, United States.

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