Macrobehaviour: behavioural variation across space, time, and taxa

SA Keith, JP Drury, BJ McGill, GF Grether - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - cell.com
We explore how integrating behavioural ecology and macroecology can provide
fundamental new insight into both fields, with particular relevance for understanding …

Invasive species drive cross-ecosystem effects worldwide

T Peller, F Altermatt - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2024 - nature.com
Invasive species are pervasive around the world and have profound impacts on the
ecosystem they invade. Invasive species, however, can also have impacts beyond the …

Seabirds boost coral reef resilience

CE Benkwitt, C D'Angelo, RE Dunn, RL Gunn… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Global climate change threatens tropical coral reefs, yet local management can influence
resilience. While increasing anthropogenic nutrients reduce coral resistance and recovery, it …

Predation of sea turtle eggs by rats and crabs

HJ Stokes, N Esteban, GC Hays - Marine Biology, 2024 - Springer
Egg predation by invasive and native species may have severe impacts on endangered
species and negatively affect species recovery. We assessed the levels of egg predation …

Seabird guano reshapes intertidal reef food web in an isolated oceanic islet

R Andrades, GC Cardozo-Ferreira, LJ Benevides… - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
Deposits of seabird guano on marine shores have drawn the attention of companies and
naturalists for centuries. Among notable effects, allochthonous energy/matter inputs by …

Variation in farming damselfish behaviour creates a competitive landscape of risk on coral reefs

CE Sheppard, L Boström-Einarsson… - Biology …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Interspecific interactions are fundamental drivers of animal space use. Yet while non-
consumptive effects of predation risk on prey space use are well-known, the risk of …

[HTML][HTML] Re-connecting ecosystems: Integrating coral reefs into monitoring of island restoration

CE Benkwitt, KSI Bistolas, JL DeVore, S Ducatez… - Ecological …, 2025 - Elsevier
Ecosystems are intrinsically linked, such that management actions in one ecosystem can
influence adjacent ecosystems. However, adequate data, and even protocols, for monitoring …

[HTML][HTML] Invasive rats topple ecological domino that affects reef fish behavior

J Cannon - news.mongabay.com
A recent study reveals that the presence of invasive rats on islands can lead to behavioral
changes in fish living on coral reefs offshore. A team of scientists found that damselfish have …