The puma Puma concolor is the fourth largest wild felid and the most widespread native
terrestrial mammal of the Americas. We synthesised published literature documenting the …

Nature's contributions to people (NCP) may be both beneficial and detrimental to humans'
quality of life. Since our origins, humans have been closely related to wild ungulates, which …

Soil microorganisms are major regulators of ecosystem functioning and are under threat
from human-induced disturbances. Among these threats is grassland degradation, which is …

Context Carnivores influence the spatial heterogeneity of biogeochemical processes in
ecological communities through predation and the deposition of animal carcasses, and …

Rural abandonment and subsequent vegetation regeneration ('passive rewilding') are
expected to increase worldwide, producing cascades of dynamic socioeconomic, landscape …

Species assemblages often have a non‐random nested organization, which in vertebrate
scavenger (carrion‐consuming) assemblages is thought to be driven by facilitation in …

Carrion production is one of the most crucial yet neglected and understudied processes in
food webs and ecosystems. In this study, we performed a large-scale estimation of the …

Carrion decomposition is fundamental to nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems because it
provides a high-quality resource to diverse organisms. A conceptual framework …

Untangling the relationship between network complexity and ecological stability under
climate change is an arduous challenge for theoretical and empirical ecology. Even more …

Scavenging is a common feeding behavior that provides ecosystem services by removing
potentially infectious waste from the landscape. The importance of facultative scavenging is …