Mixed‐species animal groups (MSGs) are widely acknowledged to increase predator
avoidance and foraging efficiency, among other benefits, and thereby increase participants' …

When individual animals make decisions, they routinely use information produced
intentionally or unintentionally by other individuals. Despite its prevalence and established …

Population heterogeneity is ubiquitous among active living systems, but little is known about
its role in determining their spatial organization and large-scale dynamics. Combining …

Interspecific information flow is known to affect individual fitness, population dynamics and
community assembly, but there has been less study of how species diversity affects …

Most invasions start with the introduction of a few individuals and the majority fail to establish
and become invasive populations. A possible explanation for this is that some species are …

Anthropogenic environmental change is altering the behavior of animals in ecosystems
around the world. Although behavior typically occurs on much faster timescales than …

Predation is a fundamental force exerting strong selective pressure on prey populations.
Predators not only kill prey, triggering lethal effects, but also hunt prey which can induce risk …

Predation is a strong ecological force that shapes animal communities through natural
selection. Recent studies have shown the cascading effects of predation risk on ecosystems …

Understanding the role of species interactions within communities is a central focus of
ecology. A key challenge is to understand variation in species interactions along …

Artificial waterholes are a widely used, yet contested wildlife management practice in semi-
arid environments. We evaluated wildlife water provisioning at four artificial waterholes in …