Ecological impacts of human‐induced animal behaviour change

MW Wilson, AD Ridlon, KM Gaynor, SD Gaines… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A growing body of literature has documented myriad effects of human activities on animal
behaviour, yet the ultimate ecological consequences of these behavioural shifts remain …

Status and ecological effects of the world's largest carnivores

WJ Ripple, JA Estes, RL Beschta, CC Wilmers… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Background The largest terrestrial species in the order Carnivora are wide-ranging and rare
because of their positions at the top of food webs. They are some of the world's most …

The role of behavioral ecotoxicology in environmental protection

AT Ford, M Ågerstrand, BW Brooks, J Allen… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
For decades, we have known that chemicals affect human and wildlife behavior. Moreover,
due to recent technological and computational advances, scientists are now increasingly …

Large-scale shift in the structure of a kelp forest ecosystem co-occurs with an epizootic and marine heatwave

ML McPherson, DJI Finger, HF Houskeeper… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Climate change is responsible for increased frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme
events, such as marine heatwaves (MHWs). Within eastern boundary current systems …

A climate risk index for marine life

DG Boyce, DP Tittensor, C Garilao, S Henson… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change is impacting virtually all marine life. Adaptation strategies will require a
robust understanding of the risks to species and ecosystems and how those propagate to …

Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century

KA Krumhansl, DK Okamoto, A Rassweiler… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - pnas.org
Kelp forests (Order Laminariales) form key biogenic habitats in coastal regions of temperate
and Arctic seas worldwide, providing ecosystem services valued in the range of billions of …

Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing

SD Ling, RE Scheibling… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A pronounced, widespread and persistent regime shift among marine ecosystems is
observable on temperate rocky reefs as a result of sea urchin overgrazing. Here, we …

Long-term studies contribute disproportionately to ecology and policy

BB Hughes, R Beas-Luna, AK Barner, K Brewitt… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
As the contribution for long-term ecological and environmental studies (LTEES) to our
understanding of how species and ecosystems respond to a changing global climate …

Sea urchin barrens as alternative stable states of collapsed kelp ecosystems

K Filbee-Dexter, RE Scheibling - Marine ecology progress series, 2014 - int-res.com
Sea urchin barrens are benthic communities on rocky subtidal reefs that are dominated by
urchins and coralline algae; in the absence of intense herbivory by urchins, these barrens …

Whales as marine ecosystem engineers

J Roman, JA Estes, L Morissette… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Baleen and sperm whales, known collectively as the great whales, include the largest
animals in the history of life on Earth. With high metabolic demands and large populations …