The activities involved in preparing for, executing, and recovering from armed conflict are
globally pervasive and consequential, with significant impacts on natural systems. Effects on …

Megaherbivores perform vital ecosystem engineering roles, and have their last remaining
stronghold in Africa. Of Africa's remaining megaherbivores, the common hippopotamus …

Societal Impact Statement Madagascar is famous for its unique forests and their fauna. Most
of the island is covered by flammable grassy ecosystems long considered to be of human …

The core principle shared by most theories and models of succession is that, following a
major disturbance, plant–environment feedback dynamics drive a directional change in the …

How animals respond to seasonal resource availability has profound implications for their
dietary flexibility and realized ecological niches. We sought to understand seasonal dietary …

The diet of fossil herbivores inferred from enamel stable carbon isotopes is often used to
make paleoenvironmental reconstructions. While many studies have focused on using …

African leopards (Panthera pardus pardus) and spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) are data
deficient across much of Africa, and there are only a handful of recent population estimates …

African lions are declining across much of their range, yet robust measures of population
densities remain rare. The Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area (QECA; 2,400 km2) in East …

Over the past half-century, large mammal populations have declined substantially
throughout East Africa, mainly due to habitat loss and unsustainable direct exploitation …

Abstract During the African Humid Period (AHP), between~ 14 and 5 ka, north and eastern
Africa were much wetter and greener than they are today. Although the AHP has long been …