Trophic cascades—the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators—are an essential
aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically …

Summary 1 Nutrition influences most aspects of animal ecology: juvenile growth rates and
adult mass gain, body condition, probability of pregnancy, over‐winter survival, timing of …

The distribution of the diversity and abundance of life on Earth is thought to be shaped by
the patterns of plant growth (net primary production, NPP) in the oceans and on land. The …

Bergmann's rule, which proposes a heat‐balance explanation for the observed latitudinal
gradient of increasing animal body size with increasing latitude, has dominated the study of …

Many deer populations have recently increased worldwide leading to strong direct and
indirect ecological and socioeconomical impacts on the composition, dynamic, and functions …

Heavy browsing pressure from large ungulates is a multicontinent phenomenon that causes
regeneration failure of many palatable tree species and induces important socioeconomic …

Aim The island rule has been widely applied to a range of taxonomic groups, with some
studies reporting supporting evidence but others questioning this hypothesis. To bring more …

Identifying maternal effects on offspring is critical to interpreting population dynamics, but the
duration of maternal effects and which life-history traits they influence is not well understood …

Individual differences in body mass exert a major influence on several life-history traits of
mammals. We investigated the factors influencing variation in body mass of calves of …

Ecosystem restoration typically focuses on re‐establishing native plant communities with the
hope of restoring ecological processes over the long term. In contrast, endangered species …