Aim Predators often have important roles in structuring ecosystems via their effects on each
other and on prey populations. However, these effects may be altered in the presence of …

Grey wolves Canis lupus have been studied extensively, but there has been no detailed
review of the species' feeding ecology, despite growing debate about how to conserve wolf …

Species that respond to ecosystem change in a timely, measurable, and interpretable way
can be used as sentinels of global change. Contrary to a pervasive view, we suggest that …

Top predators can suppress mesopredators by killing them, competing for resources and
instilling fear, but it is unclear how suppression of mesopredators varies with the distribution …

Behaviour is the interface between an organism and its environment, and behavioural
plasticity is important for organisms to cope with environmental change. Social behaviour is …

A reduction in the loss and waste of human food is a global issue for addressing poverty and
hunger in poorer nations, and for reducing the environmental footprint of the agriculture …

Virtually nothing in nature is uniform. Observed at the right scale, most entities are clustered
rather than evenly distributed, spatially and temporally, and this applies across domains …

Understanding drivers of space use by African elephants is critical to their conservation and
management, particularly given their large home-ranges, extensive resource requirements …

The study of animal space use is fundamental to effective conservation and management of
wildlife populations and habitats in a rapidly changing world, yet many species remain …

Apex predators are subject to lethal control in many parts of the world to minimize their
impacts on human industries and livelihoods. Diverse communities of smaller predators …