Interactions among terrestrial carnivores involve a complex interplay of competition,
predation and facilitation via carrion provisioning, and these negative and positive pathways …

Animal behavior is greatly shaped by the 'landscape of fear', induced by predation risk, and
the equivalent 'landscape of disgust', induced by parasitism or infection risk. However, the …

Top carnivores have suffered widespread global declines, with well-documented effects on
mesopredators and herbivores. We know less about how carnivores affect ecosystems …

Understanding the distribution of biodiversity across the Earth is one of the most challenging
questions in biology. Much research has been directed at explaining the species latitudinal …

Vultures provide an essential ecosystem service through removal of carrion, but globally,
many populations are collapsing and several species are threatened with extinction …

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 resources sustain a complex and diverse community of both vertebrate and
invertebrate scavengers, either obligate or facultative. However, although carrion ecology …

Vultures are a key component of an effective scavenger guild and have evolved a number of
adaptations that allow them to locate and dispose of carcasses quickly and efficiently. The …

Although carrion ecology has received a great deal of scientific attention in recent years,
carrion supply is still poorly described in most ecosystems. Animals die from many causes …