Impacts of large herbivores on terrestrial ecosystems

RM Pringle, JO Abraham, TM Anderson, TC Coverdale… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Large herbivores play unique ecological roles and are disproportionately imperiled by
human activity. As many wild populations dwindle towards extinction, and as interest grows …

Macrobehaviour: behavioural variation across space, time, and taxa

SA Keith, JP Drury, BJ McGill, GF Grether - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - cell.com
We explore how integrating behavioural ecology and macroecology can provide
fundamental new insight into both fields, with particular relevance for understanding …

Evolutionary causes and consequences of ungulate migration

JO Abraham, NS Upham, A Damian-Serrano… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Ungulate migrations are crucial for maintaining abundant populations and functional
ecosystems. However, little is known about how or why migratory behaviour evolved in …

Using joint species distribution modelling to identify climatic and non‐climatic drivers of Afrotropical ungulate distributions

A Cranston, N Cooper, J Bro‐Jørgensen - Ecography, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The relative importance of the different processes that determine the distribution of species
and the assembly of communities is a key question in ecology. The distribution of any …

[HTML][HTML] A taphonomic analysis of PTK (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge) and its bearing on the interpretation of the dietary and eco-spatial behaviors of early humans

E Organista, A Moclán, J Aramendi… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Here, we present a thorough taphonomic analysis of the 1.84 million-year-old site of Phillip
Tobias Korongo (PTK), Bed I, Olduvai Gorge. PTK is one of the new archaeological sites …

Seasonal dynamics impact habitat preferences and protected area use of the critically endangered Kordofan giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum)

RK Clark, J Fennessy, S Ferguson, C Fraticelli… - African Journal of …, 2023 - BioOne
Understanding animals' habitat selection and movement behaviours relative to human
activities is important for evaluating resource requirements and ensuring effective …

Seasonal Diet Composition of Goitered Gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) in an Arid and Semi-Arid Region of Western China

N Zhang, Z Zhang, C Liu, Z **ong, Y Wei, D Meng… - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Understanding the resource requirements, including the dietary needs, of
threatened species is crucial for formulating effective conservation strategies, especially in …

Lost in the collections. A critical re-appraisal on Equus major provides a new perspective on the paleobiogeography of the Plio-Pleistocene European equids and on …

O Cirilli, J Saarinen, RL Bernor - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite its description at the end of the XIX Century, the alpha-taxonomy,
paleobiogeography and biochronology of Equus major remains obscure and ill-defined …

Non‐Analog Behaviour of Eastern African Herbivore Communities During the Last Glacial Period

K O'Brien, L Ashioya, JT Faith - Ecology Letters, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Modern African ungulates navigate seasonal variation in resource availability through diet‐
switching (primarily mixed‐feeders) and/or migrating (primarily grass grazers). These …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison and association of winter diets and gut microbiota using trnL and 16S rRNA gene sequencing for three herbivores in Taohongling, China

Z Cao, D Wang, X Hu, J He, Y Liu, W Liu, J Zhan… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Food provides essential nutrients and energy for wildlife and directly influences the
compositional patterns of the gut microbiota in natural reservoirs. Little is known about the …