Predator interactions, mesopredator release and biodiversity conservation

EG Ritchie, CN Johnson - Ecology letters, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
There is growing recognition of the important roles played by predators in regulating
ecosystems and sustaining biodiversity. Much attention has focused on the consequences of …

Climate change and timing of avian breeding and migration: evolutionary versus plastic changes

A Charmantier, P Gienapp - Evolutionary applications, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
There are multiple observations around the globe showing that in many avian species, both
the timing of migration and breeding have advanced, due to warmer springs. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] State of the world's raptors: Distributions, threats, and conservation recommendations

CJW McClure, JRS Westrip, JA Johnson… - Biological …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Raptors provide critical ecosystem services, yet there is currently no systematic, global
synthesis of their conservation status or threats. We review the International Union for the …

Top predators as biodiversity indicators: A meta‐analysis

H Natsukawa, F Sergio - Ecology Letters, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Identifying efficient biodiversity indicators is a key pillar of the global conservation strategy.
Top predators have been proposed as reliable biodiversity signposts, but their role is …

Predators and the breeding bird: behavioral and reproductive flexibility under the risk of predation

SL Lima - Biological reviews, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A growing body of work suggests that breeding birds have a significant capacity
to assess and respond, over ecological time, to changes in the risk of predation to both …

Top predators as conservation tools: ecological rationale, assumptions, and efficacy

F Sergio, T Caro, D Brown, B Clucas… - Annual review of …, 2008‏ - annualreviews.org
We review the ecological rationale behind the potential compatibility between top predators
and biodiversity conservation, and examine their effectiveness as surrogate species …

A 'dynamic'landscape of fear: prey responses to spatiotemporal variations in predation risk across the lunar cycle

MS Palmer, J Fieberg, A Swanson, M Kosmala… - Ecology …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ambiguous empirical support for 'landscapes of fear'in natural systems may stem from failure
to consider dynamic temporal changes in predation risk. The lunar cycle dramatically alters …

Intraguild predation in raptor assemblages: a review

F Sergio, F Hiraldo - Ibis, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
Intraguild predation, the killing of species that use similar resources, has been largely
overlooked in raptor investigations. To help fill this gap in knowledge, we conducted a …

Responses of a top and a meso predator and their prey to moon phases

V Penteriani, A Kuparinen, M del Mar Delgado… - Oecologia, 2013‏ - Springer
We compared movement patterns and rhythms of activity of a top predator, the Iberian lynx
Lynx pardinus, a mesopredator, the red fox Vulpes vulpes, and their shared principal prey …

Evidence that dingoes limit abundance of a mesopredator in eastern Australian forests

CN Johnson, J VanDerWal - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Aggressive behaviour of top predators may have strong effects on the
distribution and abundance of mesopredator species. Such interactions between predator …