The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade

LJ Hughes, O Morton, BR Scheffers… - Biological …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Wildlife trade is a key driver of extinction risk, affecting at least 24% of terrestrial vertebrates.
The persistent removal of species can have profound impacts on species extinction risk and …

The generality of cryptic dietary niche differences in diverse large-herbivore assemblages

J Pansu, MC Hutchinson, TM Anderson… - Proceedings of the …, 2022‏ - pnas.org
Ecological niche differences are necessary for stable species coexistence but are often
difficult to discern. Models of dietary niche differentiation in large mammalian herbivores …

Ivory poaching and the rapid evolution of tusklessness in African elephants

SC Campbell-Staton, BJ Arnold, D Gonçalves, P Granli… - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
Understanding the evolutionary consequences of wildlife exploitation is increasingly
important as harvesting becomes more efficient. We examined the impacts of ivory poaching …

Cascading impacts of large-carnivore extirpation in an African ecosystem

JL Atkins, RA Long, J Pansu, JH Daskin, AB Potter… - Science, 2019‏ - science.org
Populations of the world's largest carnivores are declining and now occupy mere fractions of
their historical ranges. Theory predicts that when apex predators disappear, large …

Trophic rewilding revives biotic resistance to shrub invasion

JA Guyton, J Pansu, MC Hutchinson… - Nature ecology & …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Trophic rewilding seeks to rehabilitate degraded ecosystems by repopulating them with
large animals, thereby re-establishing strong top-down interactions. Yet there are very few …

Trait-based sensitivity of large mammals to a catastrophic tropical cyclone

RH Walker, MC Hutchinson, JA Becker, JH Daskin… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
Extreme weather events perturb ecosystems and increasingly threaten biodiversity.
Ecologists emphasize the need to forecast and mitigate the impacts of these events, which …

Using US Natural Resource Damage Assessment to understand the environmental consequences of the war in Ukraine

RJ Wenning, TD Tomasi - … Environmental Assessment and …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Military conflict has led to large‐scale environmental changes throughout recorded human
history. Pollution from war contaminates surface water and soil, releases large volumes of …

Mechanisms of dietary resource partitioning in large‐herbivore assemblages: A plant‐trait‐based approach

AB Potter, MC Hutchinson, J Pansu… - Journal of …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Sympatric large mammalian herbivore species differ in diet composition, both by eating
different parts of the same plant and by eating different plant species. Various theories …

Grazing herbivores reduce herbaceous biomass and fire activity across African savannas

AT Karp, SE Koerner, GP Hempson… - Ecology …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Fire and herbivory interact to alter ecosystems and carbon cycling. In savannas, herbivores
can reduce fire activity by removing grass biomass, but the size of these effects and what …

The successful reintroduction of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) to Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

P Bouley, A Paulo, M Angela, C Du Plessis… - PLoS …, 2021‏ - journals.plos.org
Large carnivores have experienced widespread extirpation and species are now threatened
globally. The ecological impact of the loss of large carnivores has been prominent in …